Cassie Craig was one of the best pole vaulters to ever come out of Wichita State and now is living in Los Angeles where she is a stunt woman, actress, singer and Covid-19 mask maker.  She became nationally known for being on American Ninja Warrior for 4 years.  We catch up with her about what … Continue reading "Words With a Wise Guy #21 – Cassie “The Ninja” Craig"

I got to know Kevin Hadsell when I was coaching at Kent State and he was at Toledo.  He was very successful during his time as a Rocket.  After his coaching career ended, he took up acting and is now involved in a variety of different things from owning his own talent agency to being … Continue reading "Words With a Wise Guy #20 – Kevin Hadsell"

Brooke Rasnick will sound very familiar to Shocker fans as she was one of our great pole vaulters around a decade ago.  After stops in Oregon and Kent State, she has found a home in Louisville, Kentucky as the multi’s and pole vault coach.  It was great catching up with her! (0:00) Intro. (1:00) Rasnick explains … Continue reading "Words With a Wise Guy #18 – Brooke (Demo) Rasnick – University of Louisville"

A little something different this week.  Scott Ufford is a Wichita State Track & Field alumni who currently works as a lawyer in Wichita.  For the month of April he took suggestions to do 30 different activities – one a day – for an entire month.  Some were very difficult, some were easy, all were … Continue reading "Words With A Wise Guy #17 – Scott Ufford"

Wendel McRaven is the head cross country and distance coach for Texas A&M.  I worked with Wendel at Kent State where he was an assistant coach and eventually the head coach for the Golden Flashes.  Originally from the Chicago area, he also made stops at Alabama, Nebraska and Illinois.  With all of his experience at … Continue reading "Words With a Wise Guy #16 – Wendel McRaven, Texas A&M University"

Drew Mahin is in his 7th year at Cloud County, and has been part of some big success recently with their men’s team winning national titles in 2020 in both Outdoor Track and Field and Cross Country.  He gives us NCAA coaches a unique perspective as to what they are dealing with from the junior … Continue reading "Words With a Wise Guy Episode #15: Drew Mahin, Cloud County Community College"

Kevin Lucas and myself went to the same small high school in Southern Ohio and both of us ended up becoming college track coaches.  He has been super successful at the D3 level winning 3 NCAA team championships and 32 Ohio Athletic Conference championships in the past 10 years.  We talk about a little of … Continue reading "Words With A Wise Guy |Episode 14: Kevin Lucas – Head Coach Mt Union University"

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 … Continue reading "Words With a Wise Guy Episode #13 – Brian McGee, Gardner Edgerton High School"

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.   (0:00) Intro. (0:58) Nikki talks about the topic of the day, which … Continue reading "Words With a Wise Guy | Episode 12 – Nikki Larch-Miller, Eastern Illinois University"