Monroe MustHangs is back after the Thanksgiving break! This week, host David Spiegel (with upgraded audio and video equipment!) welcomes Monroe College Marching Band Director Gary Hollander to the show to talk about Monroe's fantastic marching band, its uniqueness, directing a marching band during a pandemic, and how Dr. Hollander found his way to Monroe! Monroe MustHangs is also available in video form on YouTube (YouTube.com/monroemustangs) and on IGTV (@monroemustangs on Instagram)!

One of the biggest traditions of Monroe College Homecoming Week is the annual Homecoming football game. While that can't happen in 2020, we are lucky enough to be joined by the only head football coach Monroe College has ever known, Terry Karg, for this week's episode of Monroe MustHangs! Coach Karg chats with host David Spiegel to discuss his football beginnings, reaching the collegiate and professional ranks as a player before getting into coaching, starting the Monroe football program from scratch in 2011 and everything he's experienced since then!   Monroe MustHangs is also available in video form on YouTube (YouTube.com/MonroeMustangs) and on IGTV (@monroemustangs on Instagram)!

This week's episode of Monroe MustHangs features our first professional athletes/celebrity in the rugby world, Monroe College rugby head coach Tiffany Faaee! Coach Faaee joins host David Spiegel to discuss her long professional rugby career, spanning numerous countries and levels of competition, as well as how she got into coaching, her experiences so far at Monroe College, and more! Monroe MustHangs is also available in video form on YouTube (YouTube.com/MonroeMustangs) and IGTV (@monroemustangs) on Instagram!

This week's episode of Monroe MustHangs features long-tenured head coach of the Monroe Mustangs men's basketball team, Jeff Brustad! Coach Brustad sits down (virtually) with host David Spiegel to discuss his start in coaching college basketball, quickly collecting his first of eight District Championships, some of the impressive players he has coached during his 18 years at Monroe, the experience of having his son by his side while coaching the Mustangs, and more!  Monroe MustHangs is also available in video form on YouTube (YouTube.com/MonroeMustangs) and on IGTV (@monroemustangs on Instagram)!

This week we switch things up a bit on Monroe MustHangs and welcome in Monroe Express Head Women's Basketball Coach Jeremy Thompson to the show. He and host David Spiegel discuss Coach Thompson's recent experience as part of the exclusive TopConnect NJCAA Symposium, as well as his thoughts on his first year with the Express and his coaching roots in the tri-state area. You can also watch the video version of Monroe MustHangs on YouTube (YouTube.com/monroemustangs) and IGTV (@monroemustangs on Instagram)!

Episode 8 of Monroe MustHangs has a special guest, as Associate AD and Director of Sports Medicine Jessica Rayford joins the show. She speaks with host David Spiegel about her journey to Monroe, climbing the ladder with the Mustangs, how the athletic trainers at Monroe are dealing with COVID-19, and more!   You can also watch Monroe MustHangs on YouTube (YouTube.com/MonroeMustangs) or on IGTV (@monroemustangs on Instagram)!

Episode 7 of Monroe MustHangs welcomes long-time cross country and track and field coach Shirvon Greene onto the show. We discuss his time as a student-athlete at Monroe and the role he played in starting the track and field program, the consistent success of the Mustangs cross country and track and field programs, Coach Greene's recent charitable efforts for his home nation of Nevis, and more!   You can also watch Monroe MustHangs on YouTube (YouTube.com/MonroeMustangs) or on IGTV (@monroemustangs on Instagram)!

We have our first student-athlete/alumni guest on Monroe MustHangs this week, as two-time NJCAA All-American and former Mustangs men's basketball star Juan Felix Rodriguez joins the show! He and host David Spiegel discuss Rodriguez's successful two seasons with the Mustangs, bouncing back to claim the 2020 East District Championship after a heartbreaking loss the year prior, his decision to continue his collegiate career at Stony Brook University, and more! The video version of Monroe MustHangs is also available on YouTube (YouTube.com/MonroeMustangs), IGTV (@monroemustangs)!

Welcome to Episode 5 of Monroe MustHangs, presented by the Monroe College Mustangs Department of Athletics! This week, third-year head coach of the women's basketball program Dana Warner joins host David Spiegel to discuss being a Monroe College alum, his 10 years working with the men's basketball program and his transition from being the top assistant coach for the men's team to becoming the head coach of the women's team.   You can also watch Monroe MustHangs on YouTube at YouTube.com/MonroeMustangs and on the Monroe Mustangs Instagram (@monroemustangs) IGTV Channel.

Welcome to Episode 4 of Monroe MustHangs, presented by the Monroe College Mustangs Department of Athletics! This week, longtime head men's soccer coach Marcus DiBernardo joins host David Spiegel to discuss his successful 12-year tenure at Monroe College, winning national titles with both the men's and women's programs in the past two years, what makes Monroe College a great fit for international student-athletes, and more! You can also watch Monroe MustHangs on YouTube at YouTube.com/MonroeMustangs!