Captains & Coaches Podcast
Tex McQuilkin
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The Fast-Track to Becoming a Game-Changing Leader.
Discover how the greatest minds in sports build winning cultures. Dive into raw, no-nonsense conversations with elite coaches and captains who've been in the trenches. We're not here for fluff – expect:
- Hard-hitting strategies to skyrocket your team's performance
- Insider tips on building unbreakable team chemistry
- Career-defining lessons from both victories and failures
Whether you're calling plays or taking the field, we're building you up, not breaking you down.
Ready to raise your game? Let's do it together.
Press play. Listen and lead with purpose. Become the leader your team needs.
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Recent Episodes
124 - Pitcher Quirks & Trusting Your Stuff w/ Trey Dombroski
Trey Dombroski is a lefty starter in the Houston Astros organization, currently pitching Double-A ball with the Corpus Christi Hooks. Fourth round draft pick out of Monmouth University. Nearly 380…
123 - Win Now, Not at Life: Researching Gaps & Assumptions in Sports
Six months into a doctoral program in Educational Leadership and Organizational Innovation, and the research is starting to ask harder questions than the coaching did.In this episode, Tex breaks down…
122 - How to Raise Gritty, Multi-Sport Badasses w/ Brianna Battles
Brianna Battles is an athlete, strength coach, mom of two, and the founder of Pregnancy & Postpartum Athleticism. She's coached at the Division I level, competes in jiu jitsu, and has spent her…
121 - 5 Stages of Team Development: A Field Guide for Coaches & Captains
Every roster goes through the same predictable stages of development, whether coaches and captains are aware of it or not. In this episode, Tex breaks down Bruce Tuckman's Five Stages of Team…
120 - Hammer & Chisel Lessons from Weight Room to Locker Room w/ Jon Heck
What does it take to build a leader? According to Jon Heck, it starts under the bar.Jon played offensive tackle at UNC, two-time All-ACC, four-year starter, then spent nearly a decade coaching…
119 - Halftime Adjustments & Double-Loop Learning: Are You Actually Changing, or Just Guessing?
Most halftime adjustments aren't real adjustments, they're just louder versions of what wasn't working in the first half. In this episode, we break down double-loop learning, the concept developed by…
118 - Strong Ankles & Olympic Feat w/ Cal Dietz
What if the secret to reducing ACL risk, unlocking elite speed, and fixing broken movement patterns starts at the bottom of your athletes' feet?In this episode, we're live from Summerstrong with Cal…
117 - It's Not Conditioning, It's Getting Sexy
Your athletes hear the word "conditioning" and the intent dies before the first rep. So stop calling it that.In this episode, Tex shares the full presentation he gave at the Soldiers to Sidelines…
116 - Recruiting, Reps, & Resilience w/ Nick Tintle
Most athletes think showing up is enough. Go to the tournaments, hit the showcases, get seen, and the offers will come. Nick Tintle has spent nearly two decades watching that belief cost athletes the…
115 - Speed is Simple. People are Complex.
Matt Erdman spent 14 years in law enforcement before stumbling into a coaching opportunity he wasn't ready for. He'll be the first to tell you he didn't know a thing. So he learned.Now he runs…
114 - Beyond Sport: Teaching Lessons That Last w/ Jim Davis
Jim Davis is the founder of the Good Athlete Project and author of Get Steady: Essays at the Foundation of Sustainable High Performance. This conversation was recorded live at New Trier High School…
113 - What a Season of Real Leadership Development Looks Like
Every season, coaches name captains. Hand out the 'C.' Fire everyone up.And then the season hits, and half the time, those captains don't know what to do with it.Not because they don't care. Not…
112 - Environment, Experience & Excellence w/ Matt Nein, Salisbury University & USA Lacrosse
What separates a good strength coach from a great one? According to Matt Nein, it's not the programming. It's the environment you create and the experience you deliver — every single day.In his 21…
111 - Connection Before Commitment: The 3-H's That Build Unbreakable Teams
You can spend an entire season with someone and still not know a single real thing about them. You know their position. You know what they do when the game's on the line. But you don't know their…
110 - Creatine, Concussions & Contact Sports w/ Dr Mike T Nelson
Dr. Mike T. Nelson [@drmiketnelson] is a PhD exercise physiologist, metabolic flexibility expert, and one of the most applied performance scientists in the game. He's been researching and using…
109 - The Disease of Me: Pat Riley's 7 Sins That Destroy Teams
Pat Riley called it the Disease of Me — and it doesn't start with losing. It starts with winning.In this episode, Tex breaks down Pat Riley's 7 Danger Signals: the warning signs that individual ego…
108 - Strength, Service, & Navy Football w/ Jim Kiritsy
There's no game like Army-Navy. No neutral site classic, no rivalry week hype machine — just two military academies, one football field, and everything that comes with wearing the uniform. Navy just…
107 - Know Your Role: Why the Best Teams Don't Have One Leader
Most teams hand one athlete a title and expect leadership to follow. It doesn't work — and now there's research to prove it.In this episode, Tex breaks down why the traditional captain model sets…
106 - Self-Esteem & Service Reflexes w/ Luka Hocevar
Luka Hocevar [@lukahocevar] didn't choose coaching because it was safe. He chose it because nothing else gave him the same feeling — watching someone go from doubt to capable, from stuck to moving.…
105 - What Got You Here Won't Keep You There
You made the team. You earned the spot. You hit the goal.Now what?In this episode, we break down one of the hardest truths in sports—and in life: the habits, effort, and mindset that got you here are…
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Captains & Coaches Podcast has published 124 episodes since August 2024, covering topics in Education, Health & Fitness.
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