Sports are more than just games. Competition is a classroom for the human experience. While scoreboards declare winners and losers, the real value of athletics is the lessons that transcend any field of play. Lessons like perseverance, leadership, and resilience. And coaches are the people responsible for teaching these principles to athletes and fans alike. Have you ever wondered what shaped the philosophy or leadership style of your favorite coaches? A new podcast from KSL - Coach’s Book Club - asks coaches and athletes to share how their favorite books educated, changed or inspired them. Hosts David James and Amy...
Latest episodes
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Episode 21 - Nothing but curveballs
Former basketball coach and long-time broadcast analyst Joe Cravens returns to discuss his book choice - The Last Innocents by Michael Leahy. We each share some of our favorite mom…
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Episode 20: Chari Hawkins and The Happiness Advantage
Olympic and Utah State track athlete Chari Hawkins joins us to talk about how reading The Happiness Advantage by Shawn Achor changed her life. The Idaho native talks about growing…
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Episode 19: Joe Cravens on sports and politics
Join us for a wide-ranging, entertaining conversation with a man who has done it all - retired coach and current broadcaster, Joe Cravens. Recently inducted into the Utah Sports Ha…
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Episode 18: Morgan Scalley and the lessons of the ego
University of Utah head coach Morgan Scalley returns to discuss why he loves the book - Ego is the Enemy - by Ryan Holiday. He tells us how seeing flaws in other people help him ap…
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Episode 17: Sharrieff Shah and The Energy Bus
Get to know Utah’s new Associate head coach - and longtime assistant coach - Sharrieff Shah in this episode where he shares lessons from one of his favorite books - The Energy Bus…
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Episode 16: Kevin McGiven, Utah Offensive Coordinator
In this episode, we get to know University of Utah football's new offensive coordinator - Kevin McGiven. We talk about his path to coaching college football, his unique interview f…
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Episode 15 - Don’t call me coach
In this episode, we get to know Utah’s new football general manager - Joe D’Orazio. A former center, Joe talks about how he was hired to work with the offensive line under Norm Cho…
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Episode 14 - Morgan Scalley - Ego is the Enemy
University of Utah head football coach Morgan Scalley knows joins the podcast to discuss why he chose Ego is the Enemy by Ryan Holiday. Morgan talks about growing up playing sports…
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Episode 13 - Lessons on Untethered Soul
Real Salt Lake head coach Pablo Mastroeni returns to discuss how the principles of Untethered Soul by Michael Singer helped him adjust to disappointment, manage anxiety, and live w…
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Episode 12: DeAndre Yedlin - Mindfulness and Children’s books
Real Salt Lake right back DeAndre Yedlin talks about how he went from having his soccer dreams come true to rock bottom - and how it was books that showed him how to succeed, no ma…
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Episode 11 - Jason Kreis - Belonging
A lifetime in professional sports has given Jason Kreis a lot of experience in what builds team dynamic and what undermines it. Playing and coaching for Real Salt Lake were unique…
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Episode 10: Jimmy Coenraets - Surrounded by Idiots
Utah Royals head coach Jimmy Coenraets grew up in Belgium with a heart condition that didn’t allow him to play soccer until he was much older. But once he reached his goal of playi…
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Episode 9 - Pablo Mastroeni and The Untethered Soul
Real Salt Lake head coach Pablo Mastroeni was at the top of his professional soccer career when he realized the anxiety he felt everywhere but on the pitch wasn’t normal. He sought…
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Episode 8 - Lessons from Boys in the Boat
Weber State cross country and track coach Corbin Talley returns to discuss what we learned reading this incredible book. We share the quotes that moved us, the lessons we took from…
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Episode 7: Dream Crazy
In this episode we talk with Olympic steeplechase athlete Courtney Wayment on her unlikely path to fulfilling a childhood dream. The former BYU All-American was the youngest child…
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Episode 6: An improbable Olympian
Olympic marathon runner Jared Ward joins Coaches’ Book Club to discuss our April book - Boys in the Boat - his career, and two books he wanted to share with us. Jared Ward has enjo…
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Episode 5 - Corbin Talley and The Boys in the Boat
Weber State head cross country and track coach Corbin Talley is stalwart member of Utah’s running community, and he chose the book we are reading in April - The Boys in the Boat by…
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Episode 4: Why we loved Endurance
U.S. Bobsled coach Chris Fogt returns for our review of his book choice - Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing. We talk about what happened after the ship be…
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Episode 3 - Olympic medalist Noelle Pikus-Pace
Why is it so hard to go from setting a goal to achieving a dream? How do challenges actually help you succeed? And how do you sabotage your own success? These are just a few of the…
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Episode 2: Life Lessons from Adventure Books
Coaches Book Club hosts David James and Amy Donaldson discuss some of the real-life lessons they’re learning as they read this month’s book - "Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Vo…