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- Volleyball Final 4 Roundtable – ITCM-95Kirsten Bernthal-Booth, Val Novak-Warrior and Don Shaw join Terry for a lively conversation about the NCAA DI volleyball Championship and the four teams that will compete…
- Jaylen Reyes Assistant Coach and Recruiting Coordinator for Nebraska Volleyball – ITCM-094Jaylen Reyes is the Director of Recruiting and an Assistant Coach for the top-ranked Nebraska women’s volleyball team. Jaylen and Terry discuss the roles players…
- John Cook: On Leaving the Best Volleyball Program in America – ITCM-093John Cook led Nebraska Volleyball to four National Championships in a career that included a stadium match that drew 92,003 spectators. John and Terry talk about the…
- Lee Feinswog – ITCM-092Lee Feinswog is the owner and editor of “900 Square Feet” a newsletter that covers every aspect of competitive volleyball from club through college to…
- Kirsten Bernthal Booth: Creighton Head Coach to LOVb Leadership – ITCM-091Kirsten Bernthal Booth led Creighton Volleyball from the hinterland to prominence in the AVCA Coaches Poll as the Jays were ranked in the top 25…
- Pati Rolf: USA’s Most Influential Referee – ITCM-090Pati Rolf was a head volleyball coach at North Dakota State, Marquette, and East Carolina before focusing on becoming a prominent NCAA and International Referee.…
- Billy Glisan: Creating More Arm speed in American Sports – ITCM 089Billy Glisan is the CEO of Powercore360, an organization that trains high school, collegiate, and professional athletes who want to improve their arm speed, with…
- Brian Rosen: A New Head Coach for Blue Jay Volleyball – ITCM-088In her twenty-two seasons as the head coach of Creighton Women’s Volleyball, Kirsten Bernthal-Booth led the Jays from the hinterlands to national prominence. On April…
- Thar Be DragonsTerry Pettit 33m · Shared with Public Thar Be DragonsIn 2008, I published a book titled “Talent and the Secret Life of Teams.” The motivation…
- John Baylor: A Preview of 2025 Nebraska Women’s Volleyball – ITCM-087John Baylor, the play-by-play announcer for the Husker Volleyball team since 1994, joins Terry as they talk about the Husker roster and the players’ unique…
- A Volleyball Love Story – Sort ofThis is a Love story. Are the Omaha Supernovas and LOVB Omaha enemies? No. Can they coexist for several years? Probably not. But we are…
- Dani Busboom Kelly: On Taking the Reins of Nebraska Volleyball – ITCM-086Dani Busboom-Kelly led the University of Louisville’s volleyball program to three Final Four appearances and two National Championship matches. Dani returns to her alma mater,…
- Pat Sullivan: Nebraska Athletics’ First Head Women’s Volleyball Coach – ITCM-085Pat Sullivan was the first Head Coach of the University of Nebraska’s women’s volleyball team in 1974, 1975, and 1976. She later served as the…
- Nickie Sanlin: 2025 NCAA Men’s Volleyball National Coach of the Year – ITCM-084Nickie Sanlin is the Director of Volleyball Head Coach for the McKendree University Men’s Volleyball Team which she started from scratch in 2014. For ten…
- Larry “Doc” Widman: Courage in Competition – ITCM-083Doc Widman is a performance psychiatrist and mindset coach who has worked with coaches and teams Nebraska, Creighton and Florida. He has also written a book…
- John Dunning: Coaches and Behaviors We Admire – ITCM-082Former Stanford and Pacific Women’s Volleyball Coach, John Dunning joins Terry in a conversation about the coaches we learn from: Some of the Coaches mentioned are…
- Brad Black: Why Nebraska Volleyball, Stryker, Disney and others have “5 Box leadership.” – ITCM-081Brad Black is the President and CEO of Humanex Ventures who has over 35 years of experience in helping businesses, hospitals, school districts, athletic teams…
- Laura “Bird” Kuhn and Diane Mendenhall: Why the Omaha Supernovas are so Successful ITCM-080The Supernovas’ Head Coach and General Manager join Terry for a conversation about the success and challenges of building the most successful professional volleyball franchise…
- Greichaly Cepero-De Romero, Amber Holmquist-Limbaugh and Laura Pilakowski-Buttermore: How Nebraska Volleyball Touched Three Remarkable Women – ITCM 079Nebraska Volleyball broadcaster John Baylor joins Terry in a lively discussion with Amber Holmquist, Laura Pilakowski, and Greichaly Cepero, who, along with fellow sophomore Lindsay…
- Katie Schumacher-Cawley and Jess Mruzik: Penn State, 2024 NCAA DI Champions – ITCM-078Penn State head women’s volleyball coach Katie Schumacher-Cawley and Final Four MVP Jess Mruzik join Terry to discuss a season that would make a great…
- Norah Sis and Kendra Wait: Creighton Volleyball and the Beautiful Team – ITCM-077Norah Sis and Kendra Wait were All-American volleyball players for Creighton University. Both earned Big East Player of the Year honors and started all four…