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Coaching is HARD! And Nate Albaugh is on a mission to be an encourager. Bringing together Athletic Directors and Coaches from around the country to share stories of growth, encouragement, and humor to keep you going for another season.
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Signup to Generate a PitchCoaching is HARD! And Nate Albaugh is on a mission to be an encourager. Bringing together Athletic Directors and Coaches from around the country to share stories of growth, encouragement, and humor to keep you going for another season.
Recent episodes include "Leading as the New Guy at an Old School in Downtown Minneapolis | AD Austin Junker - DeLaSalle, MN" (26 January 2026, 21 minutes), "Changing the Name "Athletic Director" and 90s Culture vs Today | Kevin Guzzo AD - St. Joseph, MI" (12 January 2026, 25 minutes), and "Swallowing the Frog - 1 Tough Decision Away | Scott Garvis | AD Newton HS, IA" (6 January 2026, 32 minutes).
Coaches, Be Encouraged. publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 21 minutes across 20 episodes.
Booking probability for Coaches, Be Encouraged. is 18%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Coaches, Be Encouraged. requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Coaches, Be Encouraged.'s contact route on record: public web form.
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Episode #20
On a trip to Minneapolis in January of '26 I sat down with DeLaSalle's new athletic director, Austin Junker. It was a great conversation during an emotional time in Minneapolis, and we both left feeling encouraged...
Episode #19
Kevin Guzzo is the long time AD at St. Joseph HS, MI. In this podcast we discuss the following topics: 1. Changing the name, "Athletic Director" 2. Breaking free of the paperwork 3. You must lead yourself 1st 4. When to...
Scott Garvis is a long time AD, speaker, and now author of 4 great books! In this episode Nate throws the following questions at Scott, and he hits 'em out of the park: 1. What do you love about the job? 2. How do you...
On a road trip to Nebraska to capture some mic'd up practices I got to stop by Wahoo HS and chat with AD Robert Barry. The former Nebraska tight end became the AD at Wahoo 7 years ago and is doing some great leadership...
This episode was recorded in Seward Nebraska! Scott and I had a great conversation about the art of coaching. Here's a list of the questions Scott spoke on: 1. What's great about your job? 2. Tell us about your coaches...
Jason Grunkemeyer went from playing D1 basketball to coaching it. Though there was one year mixed in there as a high school AD, he put together a good career coaching NCAA basketball which included stops at Miami of...
Episode #14
Mark Price played his college basketball at Samford then coached men's college basketball for 21 years before ending up at Baylor School in Chattanooga coaching their high profile basketball program. Recently, he gave...
Jason Maxwell is a fairly new to the world of being an AD and had great insight to share in this episode of Coaches Be Encouraged. We asked Jason about what 'Good Baseball' looks like, what's tough about being an AD...
Jeff Behrens has been the AD at Pewaukee WI for 8 years now and is doing a great job pouring into his coaches. In this episode, Jeff talks about building a good team around you because the discouraging days cannot be...
Mike Ellson, CMAA is the executive director of the TIAAA and was able to put together an incredible 33 year career as an Athletic Administrator. In this episode Mike gives thoughtful answers to the following questions...
Ingle Martin has been at Christ Presbyterian Academy for 15 years. The former college football player who spent time in the NFL is now serving as an athletic director and head football coach. In this episode he speaks...
How can you impact your athletic programs as an AD? In this episode you can hear Scott's passion for the job as he says, "If you take the job seriously, you can really be a valuable resource to a community." From the...
Kendall Griffin has been the AD at Maine East for the last 6 years. Enjoy listening in on this conversation we had with Kendall on a standout cheer coach he has in the building, creating your department mission and...
Molly Tomlinson is in her first year as the Athletic Director at Glenbrook North HS in the suburbs of Chicago. Molly shares a great example of how a former coach of hers used feedback from the kids, something he could...
Chris Madson came up teaching and coaching in his home town of McHenry and got the Head Basketball job at a young age. They started off with a hugely successful season and followed it up with a season where wins were...
Darren Howard has been an athletic director for 25 years and right in the middle of his career he had a pivotal moment. The school he had poured his heart and soul into decided to 'move on' and left Darren crushed...
Matt Ryder is in his 6th year as the Athletic Director at Maine South HS in the northern suburbs of Chicago. It's a great job, and one he never would have had if the door he first sought would have been opened to him...
Todd Thompson is the Athletic Director at Moline HS in Moline, IL. A former wrestling coach, Todd and host Nate Albaugh have a good conversation about how Todd supports his coaches, how he hopes to be able to improve...
After a 30 year career as an AD in Illinois Matt Hensley shares insight into how he approaches his job, the things that get to him, and how he has improved over his career.
Let's kick things off with understanding what types of actions, or lack of, build the cultures within our athletic programs. Special guest John Woods, AD at Libertyville HS, IL is one of the states leaders in...
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Retired AD - Athletics & Leadership Consultant - Speaker - Author - Podcast Host, Dale Carnegie Training
Disability Resources Coordinator, CSU’s Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture
former managing director of Waitrose, deputy chair of the John Lewis Partnership, author of Happy Economics, Opus College of Business at the University of St. Thomas
managing director and portfolio manager, Reams Asset Management
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