Coach Morton and Friends Real Talk Brandon Morton

1. Most Unique experience during your journey as a coach.

2. Training over the Break.

3. Clemson cancels Men's track and field and cross country.


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1. All Time Women's 4x100 draft-Pick a female sprinter from any time in history. You can only pick from a country once and no one can be picked after another person has picked them.

2. Training philosophy-General overview and philosophy on how we train our athletes. Some of the why's and hows.

3. A time we got it wrong with an athlete.

4. All Time Men's 4x100 draft-Pick a male sprinter from any time in history. You can only pick from a country once and no one can be picked after another person has picked them.


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This interview is truly near and dear to my heart. John Smith is one of the few coaches I looked up to from afar and idolized from the time I got into the profession of coaching.
John Walton Smith Jr. is considered the best track & field sprints and hurdles coach in the world. For decades he has produced multiple male and female Olympic and World Championships medalists. He’s earned multiple Coach of the Year titles, and was also the US National Team coach in 2005 for the World Championships in Helsinki, Finland. Some of the greats he’s coached include: indoor and outdoor world record holder Maurice Greene, Olympic medalist – Ato Boldon, Olympic medalist – Quincy Watts, Olympic Medalist – Carmelita Jeter, World Champion – Torri Edwards and many others.

On this episode 
-Coach Smith's upbringing in California in the 50s and 60s.
-The influence of the church on him.
-Black panthers, Muhammad Ali and Angela Davis
-His transformation while at UCLA.
-1972 Munich Olympics
-Acting career
-Transition into coaching
-Maurice Greene vs Bruny Surin at the 99 World Championships
And much more....

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Tempest Vance has been at NC&T since the arrival of Coach Duane Ross. They along with the rest of the staff have developed a good program into a great program with world class speed and national championship aspirations. We talk about the progression of the program from good to great, her role and training goals within her event group. 

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Gabe Sanders is one of the well known coaches in our industry and continues to be one of the inspiring young coaches in our field. On this episode we talk about Gabe's unique ability to produce fast relays at Ivy League Schools, the importance of understanding multiple systems and who has been the biggest influences on his career. We discuss other topics as well so please make sure to listen to this one.

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Willie goes into detail about his past experiences as a coach and the mentors that influenced him along the way. He also goes into detail about his New Book entitled "Faith in the Eye of The Storm".  This one is an emotional interview and one that offers alot of insight into Willie as a person and coach.

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