157. Stories from Brendon Ziegler, Northwestern University Men's Basketball, Strength and Conditioning Coach

Matt Tometz Performance Podcast

Brendon Ziegler, one of the top performance coaches in college men's basketball, joins TSP to share his stories, lessons, and experiences from almost 20 years in the field.

1:32 Brief overview of Brendon's first internship and coaching experience with Al Vermeil and the Chicago Bulls

4:01 Fork in the road story: internship with Al Vermeil, learning the importance of philosophy, setting him up for literally the rest of his career

10:01 Understanding and defining a philosophy and how it turns into real life

13:02 Craziest story: two of his ex-athletes from different schools meeting, talking about him on their first date, then getting married

15:54 Craziest athletic story: an athlete at Cal State Bakersfield doing a backflip after a set of hurdle jumps

18:21 Full circle story: 5 years of grinding at Cal State Bakersfield coming together to win a volleyball, basketball, and softball conference championship in the same year

23:25 The story of having cancer while and not missing a day of work while in chemotherapy

Episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/eG71qgPZf9s

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