Beyond The Whistle with Odell McCants
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Beyond The Whistle with Odell McCants
Beyond The Whistle is the podcast that takes basketball coaches beyond Xs and Os with actionable tips and advice to grow your network, create a plan for your career and maximize your influence. Hosted by Odell McCants of McCants Sports Advisors.
Recent Episodes
25 episodesThe Role of Strength and Conditioning Coach During Crisis and Beyond with Matt Johnson, Director of Men's Basketball Strength and Conditioning, Butler University
On this episode, we go Beyond The Whistle with Matt Johnson, Director of Men’s Basketball Strength and Conditioning at Butler University.
Matt a...
Keeping It Simple and Consistent with Kevin Sutton, Rhode Island and Randolph Childress, Wake Forest
We're going Beyond The Whistle with the first Coaches Roundtable. Our roundtablers are Kevin Sutton, Assistant Coach at Rhode Island and Randolph Chil...
Lessons From Legendary Coaches and HBCU Heroes Supporting Student Athletes with George Lynch
On this episode, we go Beyond The Whistle with George Lynch. I go back with George all the way to high school, where we both played for legendary coac...
What Matters Now In Your Recruiting More Than Ever with Dan Tudor, Tudor Collegiate Strategies
On this episode, we go Beyond The Whistle with Dan Tudor of Tudor Collegiate Strategies. Dan and his firm develop research-based recruiting strategies...
More Than Ever, It's Bigger Than The Ball, with Kyle Adams, University of Arkansas, Pine Bluff
On this episode, we go Beyond The Whistle with Kyle Adams, Associate Head Women's Basketball Coach at the University of Arkansas, Pine Bluff. Kyle als...
I'm Back and Honoring Kobe Bryant
I'm back!
It's been over a year since I last recorded an episode. I was already planning to record today (January 26th, 2020) when the world was...
Build Your Personal Brand with a Podcast, with Jerod Morris
Have you thought about having your own podcast?
This episode of Beyond The Whistle is all about the power a podcast of your own can have as the...
Why You Need a Personal Brand as a Coach, with Ron McKeefery
Personal brand. What does that mean to you? What's the value of having a personal brand? Have you struggled to create your personal brand?
Ron...
Kevin Sutton, Assistant Coach, University of Rhode Island
I'm honored to have as a return guest to Beyond The Whistle, my friend Kevin Sutton, Assistant Men's Basketball Coach at the University of Rhode Islan...
Tom McMillen, President & CEO of Lead1 Association
It was a personal honor to have as my guest on this episode, Tom McMillen, President and CEO of Lead1 Association. As a kid growing up in Washington,...
Journaling to Coaching Career Success with Khadija Head, Associate Head Coach, Kennesaw State
One of my goals with the podcast is to bring coaches tools, resources and stories from other coaches that you can use in your own professional develop...
Brittany Wagner of Netflix Last Chance U
I have a confession to make. I am the last person to subscribe to Netflix (at least it feels that way). I was getting ready for a family spring break...
Take Control of Your Recruiting Process with Dan Tudor Part Two - The Campus Visit
In part one of Take Control of Your Recruiting Process with Dan Tudor, we discussed what prospects are looking for in communications from you and how...
Pursuing Financial Excellence with Romone Penny
I first met Romone Penny at the barbershop we both go to here in Washington, DC. At the time, Romone was a senior on the American University basketbal...
Do We Need a Signing Day?
The 2017 National Letter of Intent November early signing period recently concluded. This year, college football will have its first early signing per...
College Basketball Scandal. W.I.S.E. Recruiting
On September 26th, the college sports world was rocked by an F.B.I. investigation of college basketball, which lead to the arrests of 10 people, inclu...
Take Control of Your Recruiting Process with Dan Tudor - Part 1
How do you control your recruiting process? Do you even have a process? My guest on this episode is Dan Tudor of Tudor Collegiate Strategies. Dan has...
Rising Coaches Elite 2017
Rising Coaches Elite 2017
I recently had the opportunity to speak at the 8th Annual Rising Coaches Elite 2017 Conference. Rising Coaches Elite i...
Stand Out On The Recruiting Trail
It's July, which means we are in the college basketball summer evaluation period. Coaches will travel throughout the country evaluating high school pl...
The Coach’s Resume
During the most recent “coaching carousel” of college basketball, I had the opportunity to work with a few coaches on their resumes. There is one mist...
The Rise of eSports with Manny Anekal
On this episode of the podcast I chat with Manny Anekal, Founder and CEO of The Next Level, which covers the business of eSports and owner of eSports...
Helping Women’s Basketball Coaches Thrive In Their Careers, with Brian Stanchak
It’s not often that you find a professional who has served in most of the roles that make up their field of specialization. Brian Stanchak has been a...
A Sports Medicine Career At The Highest Levels with Ralph Reiff
My guest today is my friend Ralph Reiff, Executive Director of St. Vincent Sports Performance. Ralph started his sports medicine career as athletic tr...
Persistence On The Coaching Career Path with Coach Kevin Sutton
The coaching career path is often thought of as linear. You start out in one role, you move into another, and each serves as a stepping stone to the n...
Intro: A Recovering Sports Agent
I have a confession to make. I’m a recovering sports agent. And that’s the thing I believe is going to make this show worth listening to. My name is O...