Coach Me Up with Jimmy Dykes & Chris Burke

Learning from others and being coachable is a huge part of navigating life. Jimmy Dykes and Chris Burke will be engaging in powerful conversations with some of the biggest names, on and off the field, as the entire Coach Me Up team will be encouraged, challenged, and lifted up each episode to a new level in our faith and how we apply it to every day life.

Coach Me Up with Jimmy Dykes & Chris Burke is a religion podcast hosted by Jimmy Dykes, with 108 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

Jimmy Dykes hosts Coach Me Up with Jimmy Dykes & Chris Burke, a religion show with 108 episodes published.

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  Lee Smith: "I Was Easy Prey" — 11 Years in the NFL and the Wall He Built | Coach Me Up with Jimmy Dykes & Chris Burke

  Sep 27, 202652 min

  Lee Smith never missed a Bible study in eleven NFL seasons. He prayed over his kids their whole lives. And he'll tell you straight: for most of that time, he was easy prey. The Knoxville native signed with Tennessee out of Powell High School and didn't make it to his first training camp — a DUI arrest ended it before the summer was over. He landed at Marshall, got married at the courthouse at nineteen, had two kids in college and a third by the time the Patriots drafted him in 2011. New England cut him. Buffalo claimed him. Eleven years, 149 games, and four kids later, he walked away on his own terms. Chris opens with a genuinely great football conversation — why the tight end has more on his plate than anyone but the quarterback, and why the guys who can block and catch never leave the teams that draft them. Then it turns. Lee talks about the wall he built as a kid to feel safe, the father who transitioned out of the NFL badly and died at forty-six, and why it took retirement before he'd finally hand over the reins. He credits a mentor who "wasn't scared to hurt my feelings," and says he's still fighting the Lee way most days. Now he runs Triple F Elite Sports Training in Knoxville, where the deal is total family transformation — Monday night Bible studies, scholarship spots for kids with nobody at home on the night shift, and a hard conversation with every parent that starts with: your kid probably isn't playing pro sports. Learn more about Triple F Elite Sports Training: https://triplefsports.com As always, we thank our title sponsor https://onecountry.com for making this podcast possible — catch every episode on the OneCountry app — and https://konexial.com for their continued support of the show. COACH ME UP TEAM https://onecountry.com https://konexial.com Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CoachJimmyDykes https://twitter.com/ChrisBurke02 ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Hosted by Jimmy Dykes and Chris Burke Produced by Jared Mark Fincher — https://jaredmarkfincher.com All audio is subject to copyright 2026 Jimmy Dykes Inc. Contact us at coachmeuppodcast@gmail.com

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  Owen Strachan: You Can't Outwork Anxiety | Coach Me Up with Jimmy Dykes & Chris Burke

  Aug 17, 202648 min

  Owen Strachan: You Can't Outwork Anxiety | Coach Me Up with Jimmy Dykes & Chris Burke You can't grind your way out of anxiety. That's the message from Dr. Owen Strachan — theologian, author, and Director of One Gospel — as Jimmy and Chris open year five of the podcast with a conversation that hits everybody, believer or not. Owen's new book, A Call to Cultivate, digs into why anxiety has skyrocketed in a world that promised technology would make life easier. He unpacks the "hamster wheel" we all step onto when we're afraid, why men so rarely admit they feel it, and the practical habits that actually move the needle instead of just making you busier. Jimmy asks the question a lot of high performers are afraid to ask out loud: can we outwork anxiety? Chris brings it to the field — what he learned about worst-case scenarios after getting to the big leagues, and why he doesn't actually want his kids' games to go perfectly. And Owen gets brutally honest about being a dad: he can't remove a single weed from his daughter's path, and pretending otherwise is the problem. Also in this one: growing up 5'7" in Maine, Stephen King buying his high school basketball team's uniforms, the "divine Wi-Fi," and the 32-minutes-of-heck defense he coached last season in Louisville. Owen's book, A Call to Cultivate: Overcome Anxiety by Thriving Where God Plants You: https://www.amazon.com/Call-Cultivate-Overcome-Anxiety-Thriving/dp/1510786597 Listen to Owen's podcast, Grace & Truth: https://salempodcastnetwork.com/podcasts/grace-truth-with-owen-strachan As always, we thank our title sponsor https://onecountry.com for making this podcast possible — catch every episode on the OneCountry app — and https://konexial.com for their continued support of the show. COACH ME UP TEAM https://onecountry.com https://konexial.com Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CoachJimmyDykes https://twitter.com/ChrisBurke02 ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Hosted by Jimmy Dykes and Chris Burke Produced by Jared Mark Fincher — https://jaredmarkfincher.com All audio is subject to copyright 2026 Jimmy Dykes Inc. Contact us at coachmeuppodcast@gmail.com

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  David Pollack: Losing ESPN, Fighting Cancer, and Why Every Day Counts | Coach Me Up with Jimmy Dykes & Chris Burke

  Aug 2, 202648 min

  David Pollack is back — and a lot has happened since his first appearance on the show. In one stretch, he was let go from ESPN after 14 years on College GameDay, and then came the news no husband is ready for: his wife Lindsay was diagnosed with a brain tumor. Today, she's cancer-free — and David says she never once cried, never once asked "why me?" In this conversation, David opens up about getting fired ("they told me not to come back"), why the timing turned out to be God's perfect setup, and what it looked like to watch faith win over fear in his own home. He shares why he prays for his kids' resilience instead of their protection, how making decisions before choices will change your family, and the simple three-part prayer system — Reflect, Repent, Repurpose — that transformed his relationship with God. Plus: David and Chris dig into the state of college football, the move toward a 24-team playoff, why players are opting out of playoff games for the portal, and what's happening with Georgia baseball. And a wild connection — Lindsay's doctor at Duke is the same Dr. Henry Friedman who treated Jimmy's mother-in-law. David's new book, Every Day Counts, is available wherever books are sold: https://www.amazon.com/Every-Day-Counts-Start-Where/dp/B0FG6Z4N9L Learn more about David or book him to speak: https://davidpollack.com As always, we thank our title sponsor https://onecountry.com for making this podcast possible — catch every episode on the OneCountry app — and https://konexial.com for their continued support of the show. COACH ME UP TEAM https://onecountry.com https://konexial.com Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CoachJimmyDykes https://twitter.com/ChrisBurke02 ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Hosted by Jimmy Dykes and Chris Burke Produced by Jared Mark Fincher — https://jaredmarkfincher.com All audio is subject to copyright 2026 Jimmy Dykes Inc. Contact us at coachmeuppodcast@gmail.com

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  Gina Rouse: Daily Surrender | Coach Me Up with Jimmy Dykes & Chris Burke

  Jun 21, 202648 min

  On this weeks episode of the Coach Me Up podcast, hosts Jimmy Dykes and Chris Burke are joined by Gina Rouse, former college track and cross country athlete, marathon runner, and running coach. Gina has an amazing story of how God had used running in her life to deepen her walk with Jesus. As a wife, mom to 3 kids and in her 40’s, she qualified for the Olympic trials in 2020 in the marathon. A powerful conversation on this episode of the Coach Me Up podcast. ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• As always we thank our title sponsor OneCountry.com for making this podcast possible, and to Konexial.com for their continued support of our podcast. COACH ME UP TEAM ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠OneCountry.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Konexial.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow us on Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@CoachJimmyDykes⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@ChrisBurke02⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Hosted by Jimmy Dykes and Chris Burke Produced by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Jared Mark Fincher⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ All audio is subject to copyright 2026 Jimmy Dykes Inc. Contact us at coachmeuppodcast@gmail.com

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  Dale Layer: Humility, Trust, And God's Goodness | Coach Me Up with Jimmy Dykes & Chris Burke

  Jun 7, 202635 min

  On this weeks episode of the Coach Me Up podcast, host Jimmy Dykes is joined by former college basketball coach and current staff member of the Nations Of Coaches, Dale Layer. Coach Layer speaks in detail about Gods sovereignty in all our days, and how challenging times in life, shape us and ultimately bless us if we simply stay the course. Great wisdom is shared from Coach Layer for this weeks episode.

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