Swim Lessons

Minot State football is building something, and Head Coach Ian Shields joins Swim Lessons the Podcast to talk about it.Coach Shields sits down for a real conversation about the direction of the Beavers program...

Pete Stanton is the Head Football Coach and Athletic Director of the Dickinson State Blue Hawks. Coach Stanton joins Swim Lessons the Podcast to talk about building a winning culture at Dickinson State, the recruiting...

Ron Wingenbach is the head football coach of the Century Patriots in Bismarck, North Dakota. Coach Wingenbach joins Swim Lessons the Podcast to talk about Century Patriots football, building a winning culture...

Rocky Larson is the Head Football Coach and Athletic Director at Mayville State University. Coach Larson joins Swim Lessons to talk about building the Comets football program, developing a winning culture, recruiting in...

Shann Schillinger is the head football coach at the University of Mary, a former NFL defensive back, and has one of the more interesting football paths you'll hear. Before taking over the Marauders program, Shann's path...

Blaise Kautzman is a comedian, radio host, and podcaster. In this episode, Blaise sits down to talk comedy, life in the Midwest, radio, chasing creative work, bombing, winning, and the stories that come with trying to...

Scott Bethke is a Thoroughbred and Quarter Horse jockey who has won 50 races this summer alone. He's also been the leading rider at Chippewa Downs and The North Dakota Horse Park. Scott grew up riding horses and...

Bubby Harr is the longtime track announcer at the North Dakota Horse Park, and a passionate advocate for horse racing. He joins Swim Lessons the Podcast to talk about life at the track, calling races, the people and...

Luke Martinez joins the show to talk basketball, life, and the long road to redemption. We get into his journey from North Dakota gyms to Williston State, the jump to Wyoming, and how he carved out a decade of success...

Chad is an entrepreneur, real estate leader, restaurant owner, and cofounder of Prairie Grit Adaptive Sport- an organization built from real life, real family, and a real mission to help kids and adults with...

Jesse Roberts is stepping into a brand-new chapter as the Head Girls Basketball Coach at Minot North High School after spending years as a longtime assistant with the Minot High Majettes. That includes helping bring...

Matt Samson's brother Brady was diagnosed with muscular dystrophy at age five. Matt watched him fight that disease with everything he had until Brady passed away far too young. But watching that strength up close...

In this episode, I sit down with Dorion Cipriani, the founder and commissioner of the Dakota Basketball League (DBL). A brand new professional league being built from the ground up for North Dakota players 18 and older...

Mike Schitt has lived two lives most people can only imagine. He spent years as a federal agent and decades inside the world of hockey officiating. Now he's the NCHC Director of Officials, running the officiating...

Eli threw a 17-strikeout perfect game, got named North Dakota's Gatorade Player of the Year, and signed with Creighton as the #1 baseball prospect in the state. Then a season-ending injury nearly took it all away. In...