Holding the Ladder in Sport and Leadership

Jan 28 2025 80 ep. 51 mins 6
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The Holding the Ladder in Sport and Leadership podcast is a podcast hosted by Dr. Tim Rice. Each episode features guests who have extensive experience in this great field. It is Tim's hope that this podcast can be helpful for all current and aspiring sport leaders with the mission of "holding the ladder" for others to climb to greater heights than they ever thought possible. Tim has over 35 years of sport industry experience and has served in various coaching, administrative, and governance roles both in the United States and internationally.

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Episode #79- Brian Mistro, Head Football Coach, University of Jamestown, Jamestown, ND

Jan 28 2025 58 mins  
Brian Mistro is our guest for this episode. Mistro just completed his sixth season as the head football coach at National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division II member University of Jamestown in Jamestown, North Dakota. The Gilbert, Arizona native came to Jamestown as a football student-athlete in 2005 and played his first three seasons for Coach Tom Dosch and his sen

Episode #78- Dr. Tim Rice, host of the Holding the Ladder in Sport and Leadership podcast

Jan 08 2025 32 mins  
In this first episode back after a 2 year hiatus, podcast host Dr. Tim Rice provides an overview of the Holding the Ladder concept that he and his late wife Dr. Candy Rice envisioned and use to this day to impact others.

Episode #77- Dr. Tim Rice, host of the Holding the Ladder in Sport and Leadership podcast, career sport professional with guest host TG4 presenter Máire Treasa Ní Cheallaigh

Dec 27 2022 66 mins  
The host of the Holding the Ladder in Sport and leadership podcast, Dr. Tim Rice is the Lead Faculty for the Doctor of Psychology (PsyD) program, as well as a Lead Faculty Member in the Sport and Performance Psychology specialization in PsyD program at University of Arizona Global Campus. He came to the University of Arizona Global Campus after serving in a similar role at Universi

Episode #76- Dr. Marty Durden, seasoned sport coach, athletic director, university faculty member, and author, Columbus, Georgia

Dec 14 2022 68 mins  
Dr. Marty Durden has nearly five decades of athletic leadership experience. He is currently the athletic director at Calvary Christian School in Columbus, Georgia. Durden earned his Doctor of Education degree in sports management from the U.S. Sports Academy in 2016 and has written extensively about the “servant-leader” model of coaching, including in a 2019 Sport Digest piece

Episode #75- Eabha Rutledge, veteran Gaelic football player and sport entrepreneur, Great Grip Gloves, Dublin, Ireland

Nov 30 2022 43 mins  
Eabha Rutledge is a successful county and club Gaelic footballer with Kilmacud Crokes and her county team Dublin. She has been part of Dublin's All-Ireland four-in-a-row panels and a recent Division 1 league final win against Cork. She is a Fund Accounting Supervisor at JPMorgan Chase & Co. and is also a sport entrepreneur as she set up a dry weather GAA gloves company, Great G

Episode #74- Dr. David Tenney, Director- High Performance, Austin FC (MLS franchise), Austin, Texas

Nov 13 2022 62 mins  
Dr. David Tenney is the High Performance Director for Austin FC in Major League Soccer (MLS). He has a wealth of major league sport experience, including several successful seasons in MLS, and a long history in soccer in the U.S. and internationally.  He joined Austin FC after three years as the first High Performance Director for the National Basketball Association (NBA)'s Or

Episode #73- Hannah Thornton, Irish national team basketball player, Super League player, sport nutritionist, and founder of Next Generation Health, Dublin, Ireland

Oct 23 2022 65 mins  
Hannah Thornton has always been passionate about sport. She played basketball for Ireland at the age of 14 and at the age of 17 obtained a sports scholarship with the University of Northern Colorado, playing in NCAA Division I's Big Sky Conference. She also devoted a little time to study, obtaining her Bachelor Degree in Sports and Exercise Science and a separate degree in Nut

Episode #72- Dr. Maryrose (MR) Blank, sport and performance psychology professional and founder of Tier-1 Mindset, LLC, Alexandria, VA

Oct 11 2022 45 mins  
Dr. Maryrose Blank is a Sport and Performance Psychology Consultant with over 15 years of experience incorporating mental skills training with various populations to include the military, athletes, coaches, and other high performing corporate organizations.   Dr. Blank began her career in college athletics, working at several colleges and universities before transitioning

Episode #71- Don Griffin, former All-American collegiate quarterback, founder of 1821 Skills Camp, Baton Rouge, LA

Sep 13 2022 50 mins  
Don Griffin is the founder of 1821 Skills Camp in Baton Rouge, LA. It is a program directed at young football athletes. He specifically works with quarterbacks and receivers inside the chalk, with the goal to make their better their best. His desire is to impact the athletes in the time spent inside the white lines, so that the life they choose to live outside the lines of the fiel

Episode #70- Scott Hunter, record-setting Alabama Crimson Tide quarterback, former NFL quarterback, and sport broadcaster, Mobile, AL

Aug 30 2022 42 mins  
Scott Hunter is a former NFL quarterback who played for eight seasons for the Green Bay Packers, Buffalo Bills, Atlanta Falcons, and Detroit Lions, retiring in 1980. Before his NFL career, he was the starting quarterback for the Paul "Bear" Bryant-led Alabama Crimson Tide. Hunter is one of five Alabama quarterbacks (Blake Sims, Tua Tagovailoa, Mac Jones, and Bryce Young) to throw f