SimpleCoach D3 Soccer YouTube Channel

[Gregory Sager]

Congrats, SC! You're halfway to YouTube celebrityhood!

I have to say that yours is a much more genteel path to becoming a social media sensation than inventing some ridiculous dance on TikTok.

(If you have invented ridiculous dances on TikTok, please don't feel the need to share them here. )

[SimpleCoach]

Congrats, SC! You're halfway to YouTube celebrityhood!

I have to say that yours is a much more genteel path to becoming a social media sensation than inventing some ridiculous dance on TikTok.

(If you have invented ridiculous dances on TikTok, please don't feel the need to share them here. )

I am influencing!  Can you feel the influencing happening???

Fear not @Gregory Sager .... if I did a Tik Tok of me dancing ... the internet would be broken.  Forever.  And think it would cause permanent brain damage to anyone who saw it....

SC.

[SimpleCoach]

Part I of my interview with Julianne Sitch, new head men's coach at the University of Chicago.  Had some connectivity issues and hope the next one will be more of a discussion about the game.

Julianne Sitch, Head Men's Coach, University of Chicago

[SimpleCoach]

Part I of my interview with Julianne Sitch, new head men's coach at the University of Chicago.  Had some connectivity issues and hope the next one will be more of a discussion about the game.

Julianne Sitch, Head Men's Coach, University of Chicago

And as an FYI, I think Chicago will find much success with Coach Sitch at the helm.

[SimpleCoach]

Hey, I guess I scooped Soccer America!

Julianne Sitch well-prepped to take reins of University of Chicago men's team.  Just came out I think....

https://www.socceramerica.com/publications/article/92237/julianne-sitch-well-prepped-to-take-reins-of-unive.html?verified=1

[SimpleCoach]

Today it's Jim Findlay, Head Men's Coach at Susquehanna University.  This was a good one that I thoroughly enjoyed.  Think the video quality is getting better as well.

Jim Findlay, Head Men's Coach at Susquehanna University

[SimpleCoach]

Today I had an excellent conversation with Tommy Ardt, Head Men's Coach at Lancaster Bible College.   From a great stadium to building a lasting program, we cover it all.

Tommy Ardt, Head Men's Coach at Lancaster Bible College

[Kuiper]

Part I of my interview with Julianne Sitch, new head men's coach at the University of Chicago.  Had some connectivity issues and hope the next one will be more of a discussion about the game.

Julianne Sitch, Head Men's Coach, University of Chicago

Did you ever get a chance to load Part II of this interview (or is Part II basically going to be a new conversation when you could reschedule it for a time when you both had better internet)? The connectivity problems made it choppy and short.

[SimpleCoach]

Try to schedule Part II.  Yeah, it was either that or not post anything, and opted for this.

Sorry about that.  Having said that, I was impressed with Coach Sitch. 

SC

[Kuiper]

Try to schedule Part II.  Yeah, it was either that or not post anything, and opted for this.

Sorry about that.  Having said that, I was impressed with Coach Sitch. 

SC

Thanks. I figured it was something like that. Looking forward to hearing more.

[Kuiper]

So, got to speak with one of my all time favorite collegiate coaches, Jay Martin at Ohio Wesleyan.  So truly enjoyed this one.

Dr. Jay Martin, Head Men's Coach at Ohio Wesleyan University

I finally got a chance to watch this interview and it did not disappoint!  Martin's really ahead of his time with the mental approach to the game and even involving some of the players in recruiting decisions (although I think a lot of coaches informally take input from players after camps or recruiting visits).  It was also interesting to hear his description of the shift from D3 coaches being professors in the physical education department to just being full time soccer coaches.  I know that Pomona-Pitzer and Claremont-Mudd-Scripps both still use the professor of physical education role for most of the head coaches of their team sports (for example, Pomona's long-time men's soccer coach, Bill Swartz, holds a faculty position), but I don't know of too many others.  Part of that is the full-time demands of coaching and recruiting and part of that is either the demise of physical education departments or the professionalization of their faculty with people who have sports management or exercise science PhDs and focus their non-class time on research and writing.

By the way, you mentioned that after watching 200+ games last fall you noticed that there are only a relative small number of teams who actually try to primarily play the game on the ground rather than going direct all the time and trying to create chaos.  Can you share the teams you felt played the former?

[Another Mom]

Mike Singleton,  the Washington and Lee head coach, is also a psychology professor.  Though I say it, he's an impressive guy.

[BigSoccerFan]

Mike Singleton,  the Washington and Lee head coach, is also a psychology professor.  Though I say it, he's an impressive guy.

It was not Eastern.  That is for sure.

[camosfan]

Was he at MIT a few years back?

[Another Mom]

Was he at MIT a few years back?

Yes, he was their head coach.