WWAWG #13 – Brian McGee, Gardner Edgerton High School
Brian McGee is in his 15th
year as the head coach (20th
overall) of the boy’s track and field team at Gardner
Edgerton High School. His teams are always one of the best in the state
and I’ve been lucky to get to know him well for the past decade. It
was very interesting to get a different perspective on how the
Coronavirus is affecting high school track and field
athletes.
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Intro. (1:15) Coach McGee gives us the high school athlete perspective
on our current situation. (7:50) What not having the state track meet at
Wichita State will mean to high schoolers. (11:10) Will our current
tough times eventually help us appreciate what we have? (15:20) Brian
talks about how being the coach at Gardner Edgerton
is his dream job.
Most
Shocker fans will instantly recognize the name of Nikki Larch-Miller
for her outstanding career at Wichita State where she was a multiple
time All-American and conference champion. Now she has finished her
first year as the jumps/multi coach at Eastern Illinois.
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Intro. (0:58) Nikki talks about the topic of the day, which is how
EIU heard about and is dealing with the Coronavirus. (6:55) Larch-Miller
then describes her first year as a college coach and (9:50) why she
decided to retire from track and field and pursue coaching full time.
(15:50) She talks about how Wichita State has
influenced her current coaching style and (18:35) finally what her best
memories were as a Shocker.
Brad Hunt is the current head cross country and distance coach at Princeton University. Brad was a teammate of mine at Kent State before starting his coaching career with the Golden Flashes. He then made stops at Virginia and Wake Forest before settling in at Princeton in 2016. Brad is an awesome guy and you’ll be able to tell from this podcast why he’s been so successful! (0:00) Intro. (1:21) We talk about how Princeton and the Ivy League were the first ones to make the decision to stop competing at the outset of the Coronavirus situation. (8:22) Then we chat about how Princeton is currently dealing with coaching and helping athletes at this confusing time. (13:45) We go into a fun conversation about our days at Kent State and how it helped make us who we are today. (24:00) Finally we end with talking about Brad’s incredible running streak.
