Contacts Coaching Podcast

The CONTACTS Coaches Podcast is a digital database of coaching where Coach and Athletic Director Justin Clymo discusses the various aspects of coaching, leadership and life with those he has met along the way.

Contacts Coaching Podcast is a education podcast hosted by Justin Clymo, with 315 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Justin Clymo hosts Contacts Coaching Podcast, a education show with 315 episodes published.

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  Contacts Coaching Podcast

  Building Culture in a Small-School Athletic Department (with AD Jeffrey Dixon, River Valley HS)

  Aug 26, 202659 min

  On the Contacts Coaching Podcast, host interviews Jeffrey Dixon, athletic director at River Valley High School outside Pittsburgh, about his path from an average high school athlete to teacher, multi-sport coach, and AD since 2021 amid a district merger and rebrand. Dixon explains how River Valley built an indoor track program without its own facility, traveling to college sites while indoor remains PTFCA-sponsored rather than PIAA-sanctioned due to limited venues. They discuss the shift away from volunteering in coaching, strategies for staffing shortages through alumni and cross-sport hires, and communication systems that build accountability. Dixon shares culture lessons he’s borrowed from other coaches, ways to reduce subjectivity with data and video, concerns about specialization and burnout, the value of multi-sport participation, and how his mindset has evolved from chasing wins to prioritizing relationships and learning from failure. Substack: https://gdthead.substack.com/ 00:00 Welcome and Introductions 00:50 Coach Dixon’s Coaching Journey 04:34 Building an Indoor Track Program 08:29 District Merger and School Landscape 11:35 Football Culture and Small-School Numbers 14:19 Volunteering vs Paid Coaching Today 20:01 Creative Staffing and Recruiting Helpers 22:13 Stealing Great Ideas From Other Coaches 26:00 Inbox Rules and Boundaries 27:39 Email Text Call Hierarchy 29:33 Overcommunicating With Parents 31:10 One Platform for Everything 32:09 Culture Builders in Programs 35:19 Making Subjective Sports Fair 39:38 Specialization and Travel Ball 48:48 Multi Sport and Real Development 50:49 Handling Insults as a Leader 53:16 Changing Minds on Winning 57:28 Wrap Up and Next Projects Twitter: @RVTFXCCoach Substack: @geoffdixon185810 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/geoff-dixon-caa-b69655245 Podcast Instagram: @exchangezonepodcast

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  Dean of Students & Coach Evan Campbell on Junior Boarding Schools, Coaching Roles, and Building Better Athlete Relationships

  Aug 12, 202655 min

  Evan Campbell from The Rectory School in Connecticut discusses his 17-year journey from college tennis player to Dean of Students and interim Director of Secondary School Advising, while also coaching varsity tennis and assisting with varsity hockey. He explains what a junior boarding school is (boarding grades 5–9, with only 11 in the U.S.), how Rectory supports varied student outcomes, and how proximity to neighboring high schools like Pomfret enables shared facilities without being a guaranteed feeder path. Campbell compares coaching in hockey versus tennis, emphasizing the mental demands of individual sports, the value of students playing multiple sports, and how his dean role shaped his coaching through consistency, accountability, and care. He breaks down head vs. assistant coaching responsibilities, humility, role clarity, and concludes with a mindset shift toward intentionally building personal connections with each student-athlete. 00:00 Meet Evan Campbell 00:37 Many Hats at Rectory 01:32 How He Got Here 02:19 What Is Junior Boarding 06:17 Rectory and Pomfret Neighbors 08:47 Coaching Tennis in Winter 09:38 Multi Sport Upbringing 12:09 Pond Hockey Culture 13:35 Dean of Students Reality 14:28 Discipline Through Relationships 18:21 Dean Role Shapes Coaching 21:28 Head vs Assistant Coach 26:36 Assistant Coach Humility 27:22 Multi Sport Coaching Benefits 29:19 Hockey vs Tennis Intensity 32:11 Tennis as Mental Therapy 35:08 Team vs Individual Lessons 35:54 Head vs Assistant Reps 46:20 Building Coaching Staff Roles 48:41 Delegation and Practice Splits 51:48 Changing Minds on Connection 54:47 Final Wrap and Golf Banter

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  Episode #307

  From South Central to Head Coach: Egypt Glover on Coaching, Entrepreneurship & Building Culture

  Aug 11, 20261h 3mS1

  The host interviews Coach Egypt Glover, a 26-year-old new varsity head coach at Creative Connections Arts Academy in North Highlands, California, who shares his path from growing up in South Central LA in a sports-focused family to playing travel basketball, attending Merced College, and gaining early unpaid experience as a student assistant under coach Bill Russell. After high school he built a box-truck logistics business (now a four-vehicle fleet pursuing a fifth), started a security company serving about 11 sites, and purchased a fourplex with plans for transitional housing. Glover explains how research, commitment, passion, and team-building—crediting his wife Lauryn—drove his entrepreneurship, and how networking led to coaching roles from middle school head coach to varsity assistant to JV head coach. He outlines his coaching philosophy emphasizing fundamentals, defense, buy-in, grades/behavior/practice, calm leadership, and winning on and off the court. 00:00 Meet Coach Glover 01:15 South Central Roots 03:12 High School Turning Point 03:57 Entrepreneur Detour 06:04 First Coaching Breaks 08:03 Middle School Culture Build 10:22 Climbing to Varsity 13:43 New Head Coach Mission 14:47 Business Deep Dive 18:01 Trucking to Fleet Growth 20:41 Security Company Scaling 22:21 Real Estate Wealth Play 25:40 Business Mindset Blueprint 29:20 Coaching Pay and Purpose 31:22 Networking Over Job Boards 33:40 High School Sports Boom 34:24 Breaking Into Coaching 35:38 Defining Coaching Greatness 39:53 Head Coach Reality Check 41:23 Building Staff and Culture 45:40 Receiving Feedback Well 49:08 Fall Priorities Fundamentals 52:03 Managing Emotions and Refs 56:39 Identity and Burn Boats 59:47 Changing Minds and Pruning 01:02:38 Closing Thanks and Next Steps

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  Coaching Boys with Sports Psychology: Emotional Regulation, “Next Play,” and Leading People | Desiree Nunez

  Jul 29, 20261h 13m

  After three weeks on the road, the Contacts Coaching Podcast returns with Desiree Nunez, a mental health therapist and basketball coach at Eagle Crest High School in the Cherry Creek area near Denver. Nunez shares how coaching was “in her blood” through her Air Force veteran father, how she became a therapist to meet mental health needs in athletics, and how she returned to coaching after COVID—eventually earning head coaching opportunities and winning extensively with freshman teams. She explains practical sports-psychology tools for coaches: normalizing emotions (especially for boys), teaching players to notice and name feelings, locate them in the body, regulate, and then “next play.” She details a three-clap reset, body-language standards, and asking for a sub to reset. The conversation also covers time-management lessons from middle school constraints, combining drills with game-like constraints, and how “challenging” authority through curious questions improves leadership. 00:00 Meet Desiree Nunez 00:39 Coaching Roots 02:33 Therapy Path 03:52 Back to the Bench 05:38 Military Culture Shift 09:25 Sports Psychology Breakthrough 11:46 Feelings and Regulation 17:21 Notice the Emotion 25:09 Halftime and Practice Talks 26:38 Three Clap Reset 31:27 Coaching Boys as Woman 33:05 Coaching Boys as a Woman 34:05 Freshman Program Trust Issues 36:15 Head Coach Reality Check 37:35 45-Minute Practice Crunch 39:49 Zoom Out and Prioritize 43:12 Game-Like Drills and Constraints 48:44 Hack Drills for Weaknesses 54:18 Bring It Back to High School 57:50 Changing Minds on Challenge 01:05:41 Be Willing to Be Cringe 01:09:22 Assistant Coach Courage Wrap-Up

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  NCAA VP Gina Lehe on NIL, Eligibility, Lawsuits, and the Future of College Sports

  Jul 22, 20261h 14m

  In this special Contacts Coaching Podcast episode, host interviews Gina Lehe, Vice President of Communications at the NCAA, about her path from Stevenson to the University of Arizona, decades in postseason college football (Fiesta Bowl, Rose Bowl, and launching College Football Playoff communications), and joining the NCAA in 2019 just before NIL upheaval, the pandemic, and nonstop crisis communications. Leahy explains how bowl games and CFP operate as separate entities from the NCAA, clarifies that NCAA rules are created by member-driven committees, and describes how a patchwork of state laws and court вмешательства fuels uncertainty around NIL, transfers, and eligibility. She addresses misconceptions like “five and five,” outlines the developing age-based eligibility model, and discusses federal efforts such as the Protect College Sports Act. The conversation also covers House settlement impacts, revenue sharing, protecting Olympic/non-revenue sports, misconceptions in recruiting, and highlights women’s championships—especially women’s gymnastics—as must-see events. 00:00 Podcast Intro Guest 00:32 Gina’s Path to NCAA 02:35 Crisis Comms Era 05:01 How Bowl System Works 07:36 CFP vs NCAA Explained 10:07 NIL Rulemaking Reality 16:00 Patchwork Laws and Congress 18:24 Eligibility Model Update 21:24 Messaging Leaks and Process 30:20 House Settlement Fallout 36:46 Revenue Share and Alston 40:06 Mid Majors And Tiers 41:20 Olympic Sports Sustainability 43:15 Disparity And Expansion 46:07 Accountability And Myths 48:27 Media Literacy And Data 51:23 NIL Recruiting Myths 55:55 D1 Bust Mentality 01:01:08 NCAA Success Means Clarity 01:02:41 Hidden Gem Championships 01:09:04 Leadership Mindset Shifts 01:14:18 Closing Reflections

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