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Host Jeff Fisher 

After anchoring and reporting on major sporting events from the Olympics to the World Series to the Super Bowl in a career spanning 30-years, Jeff is now focusing on media strategy and television show development for Blitz Group LLC. Jeff, an avid high school football fan, is also the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of High School Football America, and he’s co-executive producer of the PBS documentary “Primo Center” and several other television show pilots.  Before launching High School Football America, Fisher, an award-winning journalist, anchored at Fox Sports Net for the Chicago, Bay Area and Ohio regions. While in the Windy City, Fisher reported on all Chicago professional and college teams, plus served as a pre-, post and in-game host on Fox Sports Net's Emmy-award winning broadcasts for the Cubs and White Sox. Jeff also worked as a Co-host and pit reporter on several different motor sports programs on Speed Channel and The Outdoor Channel.  Before arriving in Chicago, Jeff was the Sports Director at WFMZ-TV in the Allentown/Philadelphia market. Fisher was the creator, executive producer and host of "The Big Ticket". The weekly, 60-minute high school football wrap-up show won him the Associated Press Best Sportscast in Pennsylvania Award in 2000. Fisher was also the creator and host of more than a dozen half-hour sports specials featuring international superstars such as Mario Andretti and Larry Holmes. Email Jeff jeff@blitzgroupllc.com

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3-14-2024 Show #605  On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, Jeff Fisher talks with the two winners of the 2023 Don Shula NFL High School Coaches of the Year — Shane Fairfield, Muskegon (Michigan) and Andry Lowry, Columbine (Michigan)
2-8-2024 Show #604  On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour looks at Super Bowl 58 with the high school football coaches of San Francisco 49ers Dre Greenlaw and Brandon Allen on the Kansas City Chiefs cornerback Trent McDuffie.
1-25-2024 Show #603  On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, Jeff Fisher talks with two longtime high school football coaches, Scott Altenberg of Serra HS (Gardena, California) and Keith Maloof of Norcross HS (Georgia).
1-11-2024 Show #602  Jeff Fisher looks at registration opening up for the 35th annual NHSCA national wrestling championships.
10-26-2023 Show #601  On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, Jeff Fisher looks at all of the fall high school sports.
9-28-2023 Show #600  On the 600th edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, Jeff Fisher looks at this week's Ryder Cup that will have six former NHSCA Senior Golfers of the Year in action. And, he has flashback interviews with a couple of Olympic Gold Medalists.
9-14-2023 Show #599  On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, Jeff Fisher looks at how high school sports has rebounded post-COVID.
9-7-2023 Show #598  On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, Jeff Fisher looks at the 2023 Fall Sports Season Watch List for the NHSCA Coaches of the Year and Senior Athletes of the Year.
8-24-2023 Show #597  On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, Jeff Fisher talks with Dr. Kevin Perry about this weekend's Broward County National Football Showcase with 10 teams from the High School Football America 300 national rankings.
8-3-2023 Show #596   On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, Jeff Fisher looks at the start of the 2023-24 high school sports season.
6-8-2023 Show #595  On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, Jeff Fisher talks with National Boys Golf Coach of the Year, Tom Malin of East Catholic HS in Connecticut.
6-1-2023 Show #594  On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, Jeff Fisher talks with NHSCA National Baseball Coach of the Year Ronald Vincent of J.H. Rose High School in North Carolina.
5-11-2023 Show #593  On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, the winter sports season's Coaches and Senior Athletes of the Year.
4-20-2023 Show #592  On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, Jeff Fisher looks at the spring season and the evolution of girls flag football in California.
3-30-2023 Show #591  On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, Jeff Fisher recaps the 34th annual NHSCA Nationals wrestling championships.
3-23-2023 Show #590  On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, Jeff Fisher looks ahead to the 34th Annual NHSCA Nationals.
3-9-2023 Show #589  On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, Jeff Fisher talks with 2016-17 NHSCA National Football Coach of the Year Bruce Rollinson. Last year was Rollinson's 34th as the head coach at national-power Mater Dei in Santa Ana, California.
2-9-2023 Show #588  On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, Jeff Fisher talks with Maine-Endwell head wrestling and football coach Matt Gallagher, who was just name winner of the NFL's Don Shula High School Football Coach of the Year Award.
1-12-2023 Show #587  On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, Jeff Fisher continues to reveal 2022-23 Coach and Senior Athlete of the Year honorees from the Fall sports season.
1-5-2023 Show #586  On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, registration for the 34th NHSCA Nationals opens January 9 and Jeff Fisher talks with Indianapolis Colts High School Coach of the Year Eric Moore of Center Grove High School in Indiana.
12-15-2022 Show #585  On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, Jeff Fisher looks at the 2022-23 preseason high school wrestling rankings and the opening of the winter sports season.
12-1-2022 Show #584  On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, Jeff Fisher talks with Lauren DeAngelis of York HS (Illinois), the 22-23 NHSCA National Cross Country Coach of the Year.
10-20-2022 Show #583  On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, Jeff Fisher looks at the birth of high school girls' flag football in Montana with help from the NFL's Atlanta Falcons.
9-29-2022 Show #582  On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, Jeff Fisher looks at the Coach of the Year and Athlete of the Year finalists for the 2022-23 fall sports season.
9-15-2022 Show #581  On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, Jeff Fisher looks at the start of the 2022-23 sports season. Plus, he talks with former NFL quarterback Kerry Collins, who is a voluntary high school football coach outside of Nashville, Tennessee.
7-21-2022 Show #580  On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, Jeff Fisher talks with Joe Maimone about the 2022 high school football broadcast schedule on FloFootball.
6-16-2022 Show #579  On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, Jeff Fisher looks at the Spring Coaches of the Year and Sr. Athletes of the Year for the 2021-22 sports year. He also talks with National Baseball Coach of the Year Todd Fitz-Gerald of Stoneman Douglas HS in Florida.
5-12-2022 Show #578 On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, Jeff Fisher reveals the Fall and Winter Coaches and Athletes of the Year for the 2021-22 sports season.
4-21-2022 Show #577  On this episode of the NHSCA Sports Hour, Jeff Fisher looks at the spring baseball and softball season. In addition, he talks with high school football coach CJ Hamilton, who is retiring after 447 wins.
4-7-2022 Show #576  On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, Jeff Fisher looks back at the 33rd Annual NHSCA Nationals, America's national high school wrestling championships.
3-10-2022 Show #575  On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, Jeff Fisher talks with Mark Freeman the head football coach at Thompson HS in Alabama. Freeman talks about his quarterback Conner Harrell, who is the 2021 NHSCA Senior National High School Football Player of the Year.
2-24-2022 Show #574  On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, Jeff Fisher is joined by Don Shula NFL High School Coach of the Year Bob Palko of Mt. Lebanon HS in Pennsylvania.
2-3-2022 Show #573  On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, Jeff Fisher talks with Chester HS (Pennsylvania) head football coach LaDontay Bell, who was named the 2021 Philadelphia Eagles Coach of the Year.
1-20-2022 Show #572  On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, host Jeff Fisher talks with Rob Zimmerman, the 2020-21 NFHS Football Coach of the Year.
12-23-2021 Show #571  On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, Jeff Fisher talks with 2021 National Football Coach of the Year Todd Dodge of Westlake High School in Austin, Texas.
12-16-2021 Show #570  On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, Jeff Fisher talks with 2021-22 NHSCA National Boys Cross Country Coach of the Year Sean Brosnan of Newbury Park HS in California.
12-2-2021 Show #569 On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, Jeff Fisher talks with two-time Super Bowl champ Deion Branch about being a high school football coach in Indiana.
11-18-2021 Show #568 On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, Jeff Fisher talks with FOX News Anchor Bill Hemmer about his high school football playing days in Cincinnati. Plus, he talks with former NFL defensive back Maurice Douglas, the head coach at Springfield HS in Ohio.
10-14-2021 Show #567  On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, Jeff Fisher talks with JT Curtis of John Curtis Christian School about winning his 600th high school football game.
9-30-2021 Show #566  On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, Jeff Fisher previews the big high school football showdown between No. 1 Mater Dei and No. 4 St. John Bosco in Southern California. Fisher talks with both coaches, Bruce Rollinson (Mater Dei) and Jason Negro (St. John Bosco).
9-9-2021 Show #565  On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, Jeff Fisher talks with author Jon Nelson about his book "Nobles Strong." The late Buddy Nobles led Irwin County to a Georgia high school football state championship about a month before dying from stomach cancer.
9-2-2021 Show #564  On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, Jeff Fisher talks with Good Counsel head football coach Andy Stefanelli. This weekend, Good Counsel, ranked No. 24 in the High School Football America 100 national rankings, plays No. 69 Catholic from Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Fisher also talks with former NFL wide receiver Jacquez Green, the new head coach at Manatee High School in Florida
7-22-2021 Show #563 On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, Jeff Fisher talks with NHSCA Boys' Soccer Coach of the Year Saul Hernandez of Dodge City High School in Kansas.
7-15-2021 Show #562  On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, Jeff Fisher talks with 2020-21 NHSCA National Softball Coach of Year Taylor Burt of Hewitt-Trussville High School in Alabama..

Fisher also chats with 2000 Olympic Gold Medalist Marty Nothstein about how his high school sports career led him into the sport of track cycling. Nothstein was the sprint champ in the 2000 Games in Sydney, Australia.
7-8-2021 Show #561  On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, Jeff Fisher talks with Matt Petry of St. Mary's Prep (Michigan), the 2020-21 NHSCA National Baseball Coach of the Year.
6-24-2021 Show #560  On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, Jeff Fisher talks with 2020-21 National Volleyball Coach of the Year Stephanie Bloom of Yorktown High School in Indiana.
6-17-2021 Show #559  On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, Jeff Fisher talks with 2020-21 Boys' Golf Coach of the Year Callan Nokes of Westlake High School in Austin, Texas.
6-10-2021 Show #558  On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, Jeff Fisher talks with author Hank Gola after his book City of Champions that examines the 1939 national championship high school football game between Garfield High (New Jersey) and Miami High (Florida).
5-27-2021 Show #557  On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, Jeff Fisher looks at the National Duals. He also chats with former NFL QB John Beck about being a high school quarterbacks coach.
5-6-2021 Show #556  On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, Jeff Fisher talks with NHSCA National Boys' Basketball Coach of the Year Allen Whitehart of Milont HS in Milton, Georgia.
4-15-2021 Show #555  On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, Jeff Fisher talks with two former NFL players about life after playing on Sundays.
4-1-2021 Show #554  On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, Jeff Fisher takes a look at the big out-of-state high school football games coming-up in 2021.
3-18-2021 Show #553  On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, Jeff Fisher talks with former NY Giants offensive lineman Rich Seubert, who is the current head football coach at Watchung Hills HS in New Jersey.
3-11-2021 Show #552 On this Throwback Thursday NHSCA Sports Hour, host Jeff Fisher talks with Pro Football Hall of Famers Mike Singletary and Raymond Berrry.
2-18-2021 Show #551 Former NFL defensive back Patrick Surtain, Sr. joins NHSCA Sports Hour host Jeff Fisher to talk about being named the NHSCA National Football Coach of the Year.
2-11-2021 Show #550 On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, Jeff Fisher talks with 2020-21 NHSCA National Field Hockey Coach of the Year Jodi Hollamon of Delmar High School in Delaware. Fisher also talks with IMG Academy (Florida) head football coach Bobby Acosta about winning the High School Football America national championship. See the entire Top 100 at www.highschoolfootballamerica.com 
1-28-2021 Show #549  On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, Jeff Fisher takes a look at the final High School Football America 100 national rankings and chats with former NFL QB Jonathan Quinn about leading Davidson Academy to three straight Tennessee high school football championships.
1-21-2021 Show #548  On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, Jeff Fisher gets high school wrestlers ready for the 2021 NHSCA National High School Wrestling Championships April 23-25.
1-7-2021 Show #547 On this episode of the NHSCA Sports Hour, Jeff Fisher talks with John Loose about the upcoming college football coaches clinic on January 14. Proceeds from the clinic benefit pediatric brain cancer research. Register at www.laurensfirstandgoal.org .
11-19-2020 Show #546  On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, Jeff Fisher takes a look at the tradition of Thanksgiving Day high school football, which is being severely impacted by the coronavirus pandemic.
11-5-2020 Show #545  On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, Jeff Fisher talks with former NFL lineman David Alexander, the head coach at Broken Arrow HS in Oklahoma.
10-15-2020 Show #544  On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, Jeff Fisher talks with Rich Hansen, who has spent 33 years at the head football coach at St. Peter's Prep in New Jersey.
10-8-2020 Show #543  On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, Lincoln High School (Tacoma, Washington) head football coach Masaki Matsumoto talks about teaching his players about helping others.
9-24-2020 Show #542  On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour with Jeff Fisher, Belleville (Michigan) head football coach Jermain Crowell talks about creating one of the best programs in the state.
9-17-2020 Show #541  On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, Jeff Fisher talks with Gabe Fertitta, head football coach at Catholic HS in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
9-10-2020 Show #540  On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, Jeff Fisher talks about the return of the NHSCA National Duals on November 7-8 in Ocean City, Maryland. Fisher also talks with Missouri sports reporter Jim Powers about the state of high school sports in-and-around St. Louis, plus across the state.
7-23-2020 Show #539  On this edition of the NHSCA Radio Show, Jeff Fisher talks with former NHSCA National Football Coach of the Year Bruce Rollinson of Mater Dei HS in California about the coronavirus pandemic and how it's affect the 2020-21 season. California has moved football from the Fall to the Spring sports season.
7-9-2020 Show #538  On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, Jeff Fisher talks with John Jacobs of the New Jersey Football Coaches Association about big changes for the 2020 season in the Garden State due to the coronavirus pandemic.
6-18-2020 Show #537  On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, Jeff Fisher talks with Hilda Hankerson, the 2019-20 NHSCA National Girls' Basketball Coach of the Year from Westlake High School in Atlanta, Georgia. Hankerson has won the last three Georgia 7A state championships.
6-11-2020 Show #536 On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour with Jeff Fisher, Parkview (Georgia) head football coach Ed Godfree and Lake Belton (Texas) head football coach Brian Cope talk about practice beginning after the coronavirus pandemic.
6-4-2020 Show #535  On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, Jeff Fisher talks with Butch Briggs the 2019-20 NHSCA National Girls' Swim Coach of the Year from East Grand Rapids High School in Michigan.
5-14-2020 Show #534  On this episode of the NHSCA Sports Hour, Jeff Fisher talks with 19-20 NHSCA Boys' Basketball Coach of the Year Dave Flom of Eden Prairie of Minnesota. Also on the show, Fisher talks with Carmel (Indiana) head football coach John Hebert talking about the latest discussions about restarting high school football in the Hoosier State.
5-7-2020 Show  #533  On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, Jeff Fisher begins revealing the 2019-20 winter sports season Coaches of the Year and Senior Athletes of the Year Awards. Also on the show, Fisher talks with new Valdosta (Georgia) head coach Rush Propst. Valdosta is America's all-time winningest high school football program.
4-23-2020 Show #532  On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, Jeff Fisher talks with former NHSCA national champ Jaden Enriquez, who currently wrestles at Michigan State. Jaden is joined by his dad Zee Enriquez. The two will be talking about wrestling and BlackMP Living Water.
4-16-2020 Show #531 On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, Jeff Fisher talks with former NFL tight end Darren Long about his company BlackMP Living Water.
4-2-2020 Show #530  On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, Jeff Fisher talks with Vacaville Christian School head football Manny Tarango, who is also an active member of the United States Air Force.
3-26-2020 Show #529  On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, Jeff Fisher talks with Michigan High School Football Hall of Fame coach Noel Dean.
3-19-2020 Show #528  On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, Jeff Fisher talks with two outstanding Pennsylvania high school wrestlers Gaige Garcia of Southern Columbia and Nick Feldman of Malvern Prep.  Garcia was his second straight Pennsylvania 2A state championship earlier this month, while Feldman was a Prep National champion at 195 pounds.
3-5-2020 Show #527 On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, Jeff Fisher talks with 2019-20 NHSCA Senior National Volleyball Athlete of the Year Anna Morris of Immaculate Heart Academy (New Jersey). Fisher also interviews new St. Joseph Regional (Montvale, NJ) head football coach Dan Marangi.
2-27-2020 Show #526  On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, host Jeff Fisher takes an in-depth look into 2020 interstate high school football games.
2-20-2020 Show #525  On this episode of the NHSCA Sports Hour, Jeff Fisher talks District XI (Pennsylvania) high school wrestling with longtime sports broadcaster Bob Matthews.
2-13-2020 Show #524  On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, Jeff Fisher talks with Brianne Barker-Groth, the 2019-20 NHSCA National Volleyball Coach of the Year and Notre Dame-Green Pond head wrestling coach Matt Veres, who has the Crusaders ranked No. 33 in the Intermat Top 50 heading into next week's District XI Tournament.
2-6-2020 Show #523 On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour with Jeff Fisher, 2019-20 NHSCA National Girls' Cross Country Coach of the Year Jeff Horsley of Soda Springs High School in Idaho.
1-30-2020 Show #522  On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour with Jeff Fisher, he talks with 2019-20 NHSCA National Field Hockey Coach of the Year Ali Good of Oak Knoll High School in New Jersey.
1-23-2020 Show #521  On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, host Jeff Fisher reveals the 2019-20 NHSCA Field Hockey Coach of the Year and Sr. Athlete of the Year. He also chats with Spartanburg High School (South Carolina) head coach Mark Hodge who will have three former players in Super 54 in Miami.
1-16-2020 Show #520  On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, Jeff Fisher talks with 2019 NHSCA National Football Coach of the Year Tom Knotts of Dutch Fork High School (South Carolina).
12-12-2019 Show #519  Join Jeff Fisher on the 519th Episode of the NHSCA Sports hour on the ArtistFirst Radio Network.
10-31-2019 Show #518 On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, Jeff Fisher re-airs his conversation with the legendary high school football and college football coach Ken Dabbs, who passed away two weeks ago.
10-3-2019 Show #517  On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, host Jeff Fisher looks at the Fall Sports national rankings and he talks with Phillips Academy (Chicago) head football coach Troy McAllister.
9-26-2019 Show #516  On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, Jeff Fisher talks with Hall of Famer Phil Richards about how wrestling has helped him build a successful business career. Plus, Fisher talks with Archbishop Stepinac (New York) football coach Mike O'Donnell, who's spent four decades at the White Plains school.
9-12-2019 Show #515  On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour with Jeff Fisher, we look at what may be the biggest weekend of the 2019 high school football season
8-29-2019 Show #514  On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour with Jeff Fisher. Southern Columbia (Pennsylvania) legendary head football coach Jim Roth talks with Fisher about his program that has won a state record nine overall state championships.
8-8-2019 Show #513  On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, host Jeff Fisher talks with Daniel Esparza, head football coach at Bartlett HS in Alaska, and Jason Strunk, head football coach at Port Isabel HS in Texas.
8-1-2019 Show #512  On this addition of the NHSCA Sports Hour with Jeff Fisher, Hyde Park (Texas) head football coach Chuck Petersen talks about faith and football and a whole lot more.
7-18-2019 Show #511  On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, host Jeff Fisher talks with 2017 NHSCA National Football Coach of the Year Bruce Rollinson of Mater Dei High School (California). MD has won two straight High School Football America "mythical" national championships. The Monarchs enter 2019 ranked No. 1 in the High School Football America Preseason 100.
6-20-2019 Show #510  On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour with Jeff Fisher, he talks about his book High School Football in Texas: Amazing Football Stories from the Greatest Players of Texas. Listen to interviews with Pro Football Hall of Famers Eric Dickerson and Mike Singletary, along with interviews from currently Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Andy Dalton and former NHSCA National Senior Football Player of the Year Johnny Manziel. You can buy Fisher’s book on Amazon at the following link https://www.amazon.com/High-School-Football-Texas-Greatest/dp/1683581814  or at Barnes & Noble at the following link https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/high-school-football-in-texas-jeff-fisher/1128665840?ean=9781683581819
6-13-2019 Show #509  On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour with Jeff Fisher, the NHSCA continues to honor its 2018-19 National Coaches and Senior Athletes of the Year Award winners. Fisher also talks with Army's defensive coordinator about Lauren's First and Goal Football Camp that benefits pediatric brain cancer support and research.
5-30-2019 Show #508  On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour with Jeff Fisher, Glenn Cecchini of Barbe High School in Louisiana talks about winning the 2018-19 NHSCA National Baseball Coach of the Year award.
5-23-2019 Show #507  This edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour with Jeff Fisher features his conversation with 2018-19 NHSCA National Boys' Golf Coach of the Year Al Berg of Langley High School in Virginia. Berg has led the school to three straight Virginia state championships in the state's largest classification.
5-16-2019 Show #506  On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, host Jeff Fisher talks with Jody Karam, head wrestling coach at Liberty High School in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
1-17-2019 Show #505  On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, Jeff Fisher looks at the first half of the 2018-19 high school wrestling season that includes the NHSCA/USA TODAY Super 25 and the individual rankings.
1-10-2019 Show #504  On the edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, Jeff Fisher announces the start of registration for the 30th annual NHSCA High School Wrestling Nationals, plus he talks with 2018-19 NHSCA National Football Coach of the Year Gabe Infante of St. Joseph's Prep in Pennsylvania.
12-6-2018 Show #503  On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, Jeff Fisher looks at the top seeds in this weekend's Ironman Wrestling Tournament. He also talks with David Alexander, head coach of Broken Arrow High School, which just won its first-ever Oklahoma state football championship.
11-8-2018 Show #502 On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, Jeff Fisher reveals the 2018-19 NHSCA/USA TODAY Super 25 High School Wrestling Rankings.
9-20-2018 Show #501  NHSCA Sports Hour host Jeff Fisher looks at the weekend ahead in the High School Football America 100 that features seven head-to-head match-ups. Plus he examines the latest high school soccer and volleyball rankings.
9-6-2018 Show #500  On this, the 500th edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, Jeff Fisher looks at the start of the 2018-19 high school sports year.
8-23-2018 Show #499  On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, Jeff Fisher talks with Jason Negro of the St. John Bosco Braves (California) football team that is ranked No. 3 in the High School Football America 100 national rankings.
8-16-2018 Show #498  On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, Jeff Fisher talks with Bruce Rollinson of the Mater Dei Monarchs (California), the No. 1 team in the High School Football America Preseason 100 presented by the NHSCA. Also on the show, Fisher flashes back to a 2014 interview with NHSCA National Wrestling Coach of the Year Dave Dean of Lowell HS in Michigan.
8-9-2018 Show #497  On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, host Jeff Fisher talks with Allen (Texas) football coach Terry Gambill. Also on the show, Fisher flashes back a 2014 interview with 4X NHSCA champion Ryan Millhof of Collins Hill HS (Georgia).
7-26-2018 Show #496  On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, host Jeff Fisher flashes back to a show in February 2014 that featured 2000 NHSCA National Football Coach of the Year Mike Pettine, Sr. It was taped right after his son Mike Pettine, Jr. became the head coach of the NFL's Cleveland Browns.
7-19-2018 Show #495  On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, Jeff Fisher talks with College Football Hall of Fame Coach Gene Stallings about the impact his high school coach had on him. Plus, on the show, there's a flashback to an October 20, 2008 interview with Buzz Bissinger, author of Friday Night Lights, who appeared on the NHSCA Sports Hour to promote the 20th anniversary of his book.
7-12-2018 Show #494  As we countdown to the 500th NHSCA Sports Hour on the ArtistFirst Network, host Jeff Fisher looks ahead to the 2018 high school football season with the High School Football America Preseason 100 presented by the NHSCA, plus he has two flashback interviews to Show #228 with legendary boys' basketball coaches Bob Hurley and Jack Curran.
7-5-2018 Show #493  On the edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, host Jeff Fisher flashes back to a 2011 show that featured two future Olympic gold medalists — swimmer Missy Franklin and shot putter Ryan Crouser.
6-21-2018 Show #492  On this addition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, host Jeff Fisher talks with Josh Floyd, head football coach at Hewitt-Trussville High School in Alabama.
5-3-2018 Show #491 On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, Jeff Fisher announces the 2017-18 Winter Sports Coaches and Athletes of the Year winners.
3-15-2018 Show #490 On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, host Jeff Fisher previews the 2018 NHSCA National High School Wrestling Championships.
3-1-2018 Show #489  On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, host Jeff Fisher talks with new Mission Viejo head football coach Chad Johnson.
2-1-2018 Show #488  On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, host Jeff Fisher talks with Marc Hunter of Loudoun Valley High School (Virginia), the 2017-18 NHSCA National Boys' Cross County Coach of the Year.
1-25-2018 Show #487 On this addition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, Corey Haddad joins host Jeff Fisher to talk about the Super 25 high school wrestling rankings. Plus, Fisher announces the 2017-18 Coach and Athletes of the Year.
1-11-2018 Show #486  On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, host Jeff Fisher looks at the latest high school wrestling rankings, plus gets ready for the release of the NHSCA Fall Coaches of the Year.
1-4-2018 Show #485 On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, host Jeff Fisher gets ready for registration to open for the 29th Annual NHSCA National Wrestling Championships. Fisher also wraps-up the 2017 high school football team by looking at the national rankings.
12-6-2017 Show #484  On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, Jeff Fisher previews the 2017 Ironman Wrestling Tournament in Ohio that features 12 of the Top 18 teams in the NHSCA/USA TODAY Super 25 Preseason High School Wresting Rankings.
11-16-2017 Show #483  On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, Jeff Fisher unveils the 2017-18 Preseason High School Wrestling Rankings and he speak with legendary Southern California high school football coach Bob Johnson.
10-26-2017 Show #482  On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, Jeff Fisher talks with Todd Mather coach of the Burroughs HS (California) football team that carried American flags onto the field to support America's military.
10-12-2017 Show #481 On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, host Jeff Fisher talks with Layne Hatcher of Pulaski Academy (Arkansas), who threw for 745 yards last Friday. The third most yards in a high school football game. Also on the show, west Texas high school football coaches Jason Strunk and Max Kattwinkel talk about their friendship and upcoming football game in Lubbock, Texas.
10-05-2017 Show #480 On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, host Jeff Fisher looks at the midway point of the fall sports seasons, plus he talks about high school football in Canada with Lee Barette.
9-28-2017 Show #479  On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, host Jeff Fisher talks with Reggie Shaw of Byrnes High School football about this year's team, plus Fisher looks at all of the fall sports team rankings.
9-14-2017 Show #478 On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, Jeff Fisher talks with Bergen Catholic football coach Nunzio Campanile about traveling from New Jersey to Southern California to play the No. 1 team in the nation - Mater Dei. Plus, Fisher looks at other fall sports rankings.
9-7-2017 Show #477 On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, host Jeff Fisher talks field hockey, football, soccer and volleyball, plus he talks with Carmel (Indiana) High School football coach John Hebert.
8-24-2017 Show #476 On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, host Jeff Fisher takes a look at the 2017 high school soccer and football seasons.
8-8-2017 Show #475 On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, host Jeff Fisher talks with Dr. Chris Koutures about safety issues in high school sports.
7-27-2017 Show #473 On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, host Jeff Fisher talks with St. John Bosco (California) head football coach Jason Negro about being ranked No. 1 in the NHSCA/High School Football America Preseason Top 100. Fisher also chats with Terry Gambill of Allen High School in Texas.
7-20-2017 Show #472  On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, Jeff Fisher looks at the NHSCA/High School Football America Preseason Top 100. Florida has 12 teams in the rankings, and Fisher talks with Josh Wilson of Florida www.HSFootball.com about the top teams in Florida.
7-13-2017 Show #471 On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, Jeff Fisher looks at the 2016-17 National High School Coaches Association's Coaches and Senior Athletes of the Year.
6-1-2017 Show #470 On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, host Jeff Fisher looks back at the 18th annual NHSCA High School National Wrestling Duals. He also begins revealing the spring semester National Coaches of the Year.
5-18-2017 Show #469 On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, host Jeff Fisher talks with Katie Hnida, who was the first woman to kick an extra point in a Division 1-A college football game and Pro Football Hall of Famer Mean Joe Greene about his new book "Built by Football."
5-4-2017 Show #468 On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, host Jeff Fisher announces the 2016-17 NHSCA Boys & Girls Basketball Coaches of the Year and Senior Athletes of the Year. Fisher also talks with Ron Muhitch of Wheaton Warrenville South High School in Illinois about his former player Corey Davis, who was drafted No. 5 in last week's NFL Draft.
4-27-2017 Show #467 On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, host Jeff Fisher talks with Matt Wixon of the Dallas Morning News about the future of DeSoto (Texas) head football coach Todd Peterman, plus he looks at the spring high school sports rankings.
4-13-2017 Show #466 On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, host Jeff Fisher takes a look at the latest rankings from all high school spring sports.
3-30-2017 Show #465 On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, Jeff Fisher recaps the 28th annual NHSCA National High School Wrestling Championships.
3-23-2017 Show #464 On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, Jeff Fisher previews the 28th annual National High School Coaches Association National High School Wrestling Championships.
3-9-2017 Show #463 On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, host Jeff Fisher looks ahead to the 2017 NHSCA High School National Wrestling Championships, plus talks with Steve Hatchell, CEO of the National Football Foundation.
2-2-2017 Show #462 On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, host Jeff Fisher talks about the 2016 Fall Coaches and Athletes of the Year, plus a look at the new USA TODAY/NHSCA Super 25 High School Wrestling Rankings.
1-26-2017 Show #461 On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, host Jeff Fisher talks about the 2016-2017 NHSCA National Coach of the Year award winners, including have a chat with the Football Coach of the Year Bruce Rollinson of Mater Dei HS in California.’
1-12-2017 Show #460 On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, host Jeff Fisher discusses the latest NHSCA Super 25 high school wrestling rankings. Fisher also talks with St. John Bosco (California) head coach Jason Negro and his wife Carrie on what it takes to be a family in high school sports.
1-5-2017 Show #459 On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, Jeff Fisher takes a look at the first NHSCA/USA TODAY Super 25 High School Wrestling Rankings, plus the final NHSCA/High School Football America Top 50 rankings. Fisher also talks with Hoover High School head coach Josh Niblett.
12-15-16 Show #458 On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, host Jeff Fisher discusses the first in-season NHSCA/USA TODAY Super 25 High School Wrestling Rankings, plus he talks with Shane Mobley, head football coach at Sweetwater HS in Texas that's playing for the state's Class 4A Division II title.
12-8-16 Show #457  On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, host Jeff Fisher previews the 2016 Ironman Wrestling Tournament in Ohio, plus he talks with four-time Arizona state football champ Jason Mohns of Saugaro HS and Elijah Brooks, head coach of DeMatha HS in Maryland.
12-1-16 Show #456 On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, host Jeff Fisher takes a look at the opening weekend of the 2016-17 high school wrestling season, plus he talks with two Southern California sports reporters about the showdown between Mater Dei and St. John Bosco.'
11-17-16 Show #455 On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, host Jeff Fisher talks with Jeff Brown, head coach at Canadian Prep School that plays all of its games against American high school football teams.
11-3-16 Show #454  On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, host Jeff Fisher talks with Corey Haddad about the 2016-17NHSCA/USA TODAY Preseason Super 25 High School Wrestling Rankings. Also on the show is Dani Finkel of www.FUSFOO.com who talks about their new exciting digital platform for high schools.
10-20-16 Show #453 On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, host Jeff Fisher previews one of the best high school football games of 2016 when he talks with Mater Del (California) head coach Bruce Rollinson and St. John Bosco (California) head coach Jason Negro.  Also on the show Fisher talks with Galen Brantley, who has led Soldotna to five straight Alaska high school state football championships.
10-6-16 Show #452  In this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, host Jeff Fisher talks with Matthew Tittman of the Selective Service System and Jason Strunk, a Texas high school football coach, who addresses the fact that losing doesn't make student-athletes losers.
9-15-16 Show #451  On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, host Jeff Fisher takes a look at the early Fall sports season with girls' and boys soccer rankings, plus girls volleyball and the NHSCA/High School Football America Top 25.  Fisher's guest is Bergen Catholic (New Jersey) football coach Nunzio Campanile.
9-1-16 Show #450  On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, host Jeff Fisher examines the difference between high school football in Canada and in America. Fisher talks with Kelsey McKay, head coach at Vincent Massey HS in Winnipeg, Canada.
8-18-16 Show #449  On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, host Jeff Fisher talks about the incredible story of the Phillips Academy football team that overcame many odds on the way to winning the Illinois 2015 4A state football championship, the first for a Chicago Public League school.
8-11-16 Show #448  On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, host Jeff Fisher goes inside high school sports in Texas with Susan Elza, Director of Athletics for the University Interscholastic League (UIL).
8-4-16 Show #447  On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, host Jeff Fisher looks at the preseason high school boys' and girls' national soccer rankings, and the preseason High School Football America/NHSCA Preseason Top 25. Fisher also talks with IMG Academy head football coach Kevin Wright about IMG Academy in Florida.
7-28-16 Show #446 On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, host Jeff Fisher talks with 3X Super Bowl champ Randy Cross about the state of high school sports. Fisher and Cross discuss recruiting, the parent/coach relationship and why being a multi-sport athlete is helpful to student-athletes.
7-21-16 Show #445  On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, host Jeff Fisher takes you inside the daily life of a high school athletic director. Fisher  talks with Lubbock High School (Texas) AD and head football coach Jason Strunk about the ins-and-outs of being a sports administrator in 2016.
7-14-16 Show #444  On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour with Jeff Fisher. Serra High School (Garden, CA) Chris Calvin talks about what it takes to become a high school football coach.
6-23-16 Show #443 On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, host Jeff Fisher looks at the release of the National High School Coaches Association's Nation Senior Athletes of the Year in 20 sports.
6-16-16 Show #442 On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, Jeff Fisher takes a look at the 2016 winners of the National High School Coaches Association's National Coaches of the Year.
5-19-16 Show #441 On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, Jeff Fisher looks ahead to the NHSCA Duals and talks with Mac Hereford, who will be walking-on to the University of Alabama football team in the fall.
4-14-16 Show #440  On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, host Jeff Fisher talks with Kanen Storry of Leslie High School in Michigan, who won the Outstanding Wrestler Award at the 2016 NHSCA High School Wrestling Senior Nationals. Also on the show is legendary Alabama high school football coach Jamie Riggs of TR Miller High School.
4-7-16 Show #439  On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, host Jeff Fisher recaps the 27th Annual NHSCA High School National Wrestling Championships, plus he talks with www.EasternPAFootball.com 's Dave Mika about the late George Curry. Curry, who is fifth on high school football's all-time wins list, recently passed away.
3-31-16 Show #438  On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, Jeff Fisher previews the 2016 NHSCA National High School Wrestling Championships, plus he talks with Lubbock Independent School District athletic director Mark Ball about the big business of football in Texas.
3-10-16 Show #437 On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, host Jeff Fisher talks with NHSCA National Field Hockey Coach of the Year of Linda Kreiser, head coach at Lower Dauphin High School in Pennsylvania. Also on the show, Fisher looks at the end of the high school wrestling season and the latest USA TODAY/NHSCA Super 25 High School Wrestling Rankings.
2-11-16 Show #436  On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, host Jeff Fisher talks with 2015 NHSCA Senior Football Player of the Year Sean McGrew of St. John Bosco in California.
2-4-16 Show #435  On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, host Jeff Fisher talks with 2015 NHSCA National Football Coach of the Year Gary Joseph of Katy High School in Texas.
1-28-16 Show #434  A look at the upcoming NHSCA 27th Annual National Wrestling Championships to be held in Virginia Beach April 1 thru 3. Also Special Guest: Tom Westerburg from Allen, Texas, 2014 NHSA Football Coach of the Year.
12-09-15

Show #433  On this edition of the NHSCA SPORTS HOUR, host Jeff Fisher covers all the latest High School Sports News including upcoming NHSCA events. Also a look-back at the 2015 year and what's up in 2016.

11-19-15 Show #432  NHSCA partners with USA Today Sports to compile the Super 25 National High School Wrestling Rankings. Also a look at the Iron Man Tournament coming up in Ohio.
11-12-15

Show #431 On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, host Jeff Fisher talks with Blair Academy (New Jersey) head wrestling coach Brian Antonelli about his team's #1 ranking in the NHSCA/USA TODAY High School Sports Preseason High School Wrestling Super 25 rankings. Also on the show is Ryan Ditze, head football coach at Phillipsburg High School in New Jersey.

10-29-15 Show #430 On this edition of the NHSCA Sport Hour, host Jeff Fisher talks with Soldotna HS (Alaska) head coach Galen Brantley, who led his school to its fourth straight state championship.
10-22-15 Show #429 On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, host Jeff Fisher looks at the national rankings in all of the fall sports.
9-10-15 Show #428  On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, host Jeff Fisher looks at the 2015-16 high school sports year.
9-3-15 Show #427  On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour with Jeff Fisher looks at the upcoming 2015-16 high school sports year, plus he talks with Mark Soto, founder of The Honor Bowl, a four-game high school football event that honors America's military.
8-6-15 Show #426  On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, Jeff Fisher talks about the 2015 NHSCA/High School Football America Preseason Top 25 national rankings, plus he talks with Dr. Chris Koutures about practice safety and concussions.
7-23-15

Show #425  On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, host Jeff Fisher talks with Southern California diver Liz Mitchell, a sophomore at Laguna Beach High School in California about the upcoming USA Junior National Diving Championships. Mitchell, who is 15-years old, has qualified for three events in the competition in Orlando, Florida next month.  In 2013, Mitchell became a national champion in the 12-13 age group when she won the gold medal in the 7-meter platform competition.

Fisher also talks with St. John Bosco (California) head football coach Jason Negro about what should be another great season for his team. The Braves will be ranked in the High School Football America/NHSCA Top 25 Preseason rankings that will be released August 1st.

7-16-15 Show #424  On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, host Jeff Fisher talks with Dan Holden, 2015 Boys' Tennis Coach of the Year from Highland Park High School in Texas.
7-9-15 Show #423  On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, Jeff Fisher talks with MaxPreps Steve Speiwak about his 2015 Preseason High School Football Early Contenders Top 25.
6-25-15

Show #422  On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, host Jeff Fisher talks with 2015 National High School Coaches Association Coaches of the Year - Brandon Silva, Girls' Soccer Coach of the Year from Immaculate Heart Academy in New Jersey and Chad Hibdon, Girls' Basketball Coach of the Year from Blackman High School in Tennessee.

6-18-15 Show #421 On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, host Jeff Fisher talks with 2015 National High School Coaches Association Coaches of the Year - Larry Rogers, Boys' Swimming Coach of the Year from Bellarmine Prep in California and Laurie Kerry, Field Hockey Coach of the Year from Warren Hills HS in New Jersey.
6-11-15 Show #420  On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, host Jeff Fisher reveals the final ten 2015 NHSCA Senior Athletes of the Year, plus talks with 2015 Coaches of the Year Bill Aris (Fayetteville-Manlius HS, NY - girls' cross country) and Laurie Martin (Xavier College Prep, AZ - girls' tennis).
6-4-15

Show #419  On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, host Jeff Fisher talks with two of the National High School Coaches Association's 2015 Coaches of the Year — Chan Brown, NHSCA Baseball Coach of the Year from Parkview HS in Georgia and Ken Skelly, NHSCA Boys Cross Country Coach of the Year from La Salle Academy in Rhode Island.

5-28-15

Show #418  On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, host Jeff Fisher announces the 2015 NHSCA National Coaches of the Year in 20 boys and girls sports. Fisher talks with NHSCA National Football Coaches of the Year Roland Smith, head coach at Miami Central HS in Florida and Jody Strittmatter, head coach of Young Guns Wrestling. Over Memorial Day Weekend, his team Young Guns Black won its third straight NHSCA National Duals High School Division Championship.

5-14-15 Show #417 On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, host Jeff Fisher talks with Donal Walsh and Dan Lyle who are part of the organizing team for the 2015 high school rugby championships that will be played in Philadelphia at the end of May. Part of the tournament will be a free clinic that will teach high school football players rugby tackling techniques that many experts say could make the game of football safer.
4-30-15

Show #416  On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, host Jeff Fisher talks with Hauppauge HS (New York) head baseball coach Josh Gutes and his star left-handed pitcher Nick Fanti. In April, Fanti threw back-to-back no-hitters.

4-23-15 Show #415 On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, host Jeff Fisher looks ahead and back at past NHSCA Senior Athletes of the Year.
4-9-15 Show #414 On this edition of NHSCA Sports Hour, host Jeff Fisher talks with Ken Hoffman of Krossover, about the company's unique game film breakdown technology that will save coaches time, plus improve their ability to dissect opponents' strengths and weaknesses.
4-2-15 Show #413  On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, host Jeff Fisher wraps-up the 26th annual NHSCA High School National Wrestling Championships, plus he talks with Dave Gellatly, head baseball coach at San Clemente HS in Southern California about winning the prestigious National High School Invitational.
3-26-15 Show #412 On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, host Jeff Fisher previews the 26th annual NHSCA High School National Wrestling Championships.
3-19-15 Show #411 On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, host Jeff Fisher talks with Riddick Beebe, head coach of the Marist HS (Georgia) wrestling program and his star wrestler Kenneth Brinson. Brinson will try to become the sixth 4X NHSCA champion at the 26th annual NHSCA High School National Wrestling Championships March 27-29th in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
3-12-15 Show #410 On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, host Jeff Fisher talks with David Bell, head wrestling coach at Bergen Catholic in New Jersey. The Crusaders have been the #1 team in the state two years running. At the 2014-15 individual state championships, Bergen Catholic crowned four individual state champs, which tied the modern day record.
2-26-15 Show #409 On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, host Jeff Fisher looks ahead to the 26th annual National High School National Wrestling Championships.  He'll also have a Flashback interview with Ryan Millhof of Collins HS in Atlanta talking about becoming a 4X NHSCA champion at the 2014 Nationals.
2-19-15 Show #408  On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, host Jeff Fisher talks with Chris Messina, the legendary head wrestling coach at Hauppauge High School in New York.  Earlier this year, Messina became the all-time winningest wrestling coach in Long Island history.
2-5-15 Show #407  On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, host Jeff Fisher takes a look at the postseason in high school wrestling.
1-22-15 Show #406 On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, host Jeff Fisher talks about the rebirth of wrestling at Temple University as a club sport at the Philadelphia school. Fisher talks with Kurt Paroly, head coach of the team and Mike Molz, the team's captain.
1-15-15 Show #405 On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour with Jeff Fisher, Allen (Texas) High School head football coach Tom Westerberg talks about winning the school's third straight national championship. Westerberg was the 2014 NHSCA National High School Football Coach of the Year.
1-08-15 Show #404 On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, host Jeff Fisher talks with Mike Powell, the 2015 NHSCA National High School Wrestling Coach of the Year. Powell spent 11 years as the head coach at Oak Park River Forest High School in Illinois, leading his team to 2 Illinois dual team titles, with 10 individual state champs and 31 all-state wrestlers.
12-11-14 Show #403  On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, host Jeff Fisher previews the upcoming Walsh Ironman high school wrestling tournament, plus looks ahead to the top 10 high school football games of the weekend.
12-04-14 Show #402  On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, host Jeff Fisher previews the 2014-2015 high school wrestling season by looking at Win Magazine's team and individual rankings.
11-13-14 Show #401  On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, host Jeff Fisher looks at the national rankings for all fall sports like football, field hockey and soccer, plus looks at the 2014-15 high school wrestling individual rankings.
10-9-14 Show #400  On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, host Jeff Fisher looks at the NHSCA/High School Football America Top 25 high school football rankings, plus he also discusses soccer and field hockey.
10-2-14 Show #399  On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, host Jeff Fisher talks with Bridget Algeo, whose brother, the late Dan Algeo, passed away earlier this year at the age of 49 from a heart attack. Bridge talks about the impact Dan, the head football coach at Cardinal O'Hara in Philadelphia, had on so many student-athletes.
9-11--14 Show #398  On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, host Jeff Fisher talks about the beginning of 2014-15 high school sports year by discussing field hockey, football and soccer.
9-4-14 Show #397 On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, host Jeff Fisher talks about the beginning of 2014-15 high school sports year by discussing field hockey, football and soccer.
8-21-14 Show #396  On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, host Jeff Fisher talks about the upcoming high school cross country season with David Taylor, co-founder of the NHSCA Track & Field and Cross County
8-14-14

Show #395 On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, host Jeff Fisher takes a look at the upcoming high school cross country and football seasons.  Also on the show, Fisher talks with producer David Zelon, producer of the upcoming high school football film When the Game Stands Tall.

7-31-14 Show #394 
On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, host Jeff Fisher reveals the twenty 2014 honorees by the National High School Coaches Associations as the organization's Senior National Athletes of the Year.
7-17-14 Show #393  On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, host Jeff Fisher looks at the 2014 National High School Coaches Association National Coaches of the Year in 20 sports.
6-05-14 Show #392  On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, host Jeff Fisher previews the 2014 Major League Baseball Amateur Draft that is loaded with lots of high school baseball players that are expected to be taken in the first round.
5-29-14 Show #391  On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, host Jeff Fisher reviews the 2013-14 high school sports year, which includes a look at the 2014 NHSCA Academic All-Americans.
5-08-14 Show #390 On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, host Jeff Fisher takes a look back to his interview with Johnny Manziel prior to the NFL Draft.. Manziel was the 2011 NHSCA Senior National Football Athlete of the Year when he played at Tivy High School in Texas.
5-01-14 Show #389  On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, host Jeff Fisher looks ahead to the NHSCA Wrestling Duals in Virginia Beach, Virginia, plus he looks at the national rankings in baseball and softball.
4-17-14 Show  #388  On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, Jeff Fisher checks-in on all of the springs sports from around the nation.
3-20-14 Show #387  On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, host Jeff Fisher gives listeners a preview of the upcoming 25th annual NHSCA National Wrestling Championships in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
2-27-14 Show #386  On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, host Jeff Fisher talks with Pennsylvania legendary high school football coach Mike Pettine, Sr., who chats about his son Mike, Jr. being named the head coach of the NFL's Cleveland Browns. Pettine, who retired after the 2000 season was the first NHSCA National Football Coach of the Year in 2000.
2-13-14

Show #385 On the February 13th edition of the  NHSCA Sports Hour,, host Jeff Fisher talks with Dave Dean, the head coach of the Lowell High School wrestling team in Michigan. Dean has built the program into one of the best in the nation in nine years as the head coach of the Red Arrows. Currently, Lowell is the top-ranked team in Division 2 in Michigan, while being ranked #14 by The Amateur Wrestling News and #17 by Win Magazine. Because of his incredible leadership and outstanding service to his community, Dean is being honored as the 2014 National High School Coaches Association National Wrestling Coach of the Year. Fisher and Dean discuss that honor, plus cover a wide range of topics from the youth level of the wrestle right through college, where his son Gabe wrestles as a freshman for Cornell. Earlier this year, the 189-pound Dean shocked the wrestling world by beating two-time defending NCAA champ Ed Ruth of Penn St. Ruth had won 84 straight matches before his loss to Dean.

1-30-14 Show #384 On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, host Jeff Fisher talks with National High School Coaches Association founder Bob Ferraro, Sr. about the year ahead, including the 25th annual NHSCA National Wrestling Championships in Virginia Beach, Virgina beginning on March 27th.
1-23-14 Show #383 On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, host Jeff Fisher talks with football coach and administrator Chris Fore about his new book - Building Championship-Caliber Football Programs. Fore spoke with over 200 football coaches that won state championships after the 2011 season.
1-16-14 Show #382
1-09-14 Show #381 On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, host Jeff Fisher  previews the 13th annual National High School Coaches Association's Final Four of Wrestling Festival. Fisher talks with Solomon Fleckman, head coach at Blair Academy (New Jersey). Blair, the #1 team in the nation, is looking for its 8th straight NHSCA Final Four championship.
12-12-13 Show #380 On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, host Jeff Fisher talks with Eden Prairie (Minnesota) head wrestling coach Scot Davis, who is just a few wins shy of 1,000 dual meet victories in his career. Fisher also talks with XCnation.com's  David Taylor, who wraps-up the 2013 high school cross country season. For more info, go to NHSCA.com.
12-05-13 Show #379 On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, host Jeff Fisher looks ahead to the 2013-14 winter high school sports season. For more info, go to NHSCA.com.
11-14-13 Show #378 On this edition of the  NHSCA Sports Hour, host Jeff Fisher examines the topic of bullying in sports with Randy Nathan, an expert on the subject, who will be giving a seminar on the subject next month at the Philadelphia Sports & Education Expo. Fisher also discusses the postseason and national rankings for all of the fall high school sports.
11-07-13 Show #377
On this edition of the
 NHSCA Sports Hour, host Jeff Fisher talks with Perry Gold, one of the managing partners of the Philadelphia Sports & Eduction Expothat will be held in Philadelphia December 13-15, 2013. Also on the show, Fisher takes a look at the national rankings in high school cross country, field hockey, football and soccer. More info, go to NHSCA.com.
10-31-13 Show #376 On this edition of the  NHSCA Sports Hour, host Jeff Fisher talks with Steve Paulsen, head girls' tennis coach at Edina High School in Minnesota. The 2007 NHSCA Girls' Tennis Coach of the Year led his school to its 17th straight Minnesota state championship last week. Also on the show, Fisher talks with retire Pennsylvania high school football Hall of Fame coach Jim Tkach about his annual Nike Coach of the Year Clinic that is held in eastern Pennsylvania. For more info, go to NHSCA.com.
10-24-13 Show #375 On this edition of the  NHSCA Sports Hour, host Jeff Fisher talks with Austyn Cuneo of Eastern High School in New Jersey. Cuneo just become America's all-time leading goal scorer in high school field hockey. Also on the show, Fisher talks with XCNation.com co-founder David Taylor about the latest from boys and girls' cross country.
10-17-13 Show #374 On this edition of the  NHSCA Sports Hour, host Jeff Fisher talks with 2013 NHSCA Girls' Soccer National Coach of the Year Vince Drake of Trinity Catholic High School in St. Louis, Missouri. Drake is the only coach in America to win 1,000 games while coaching boys' and girls' soccer. Also on the show, NHSCA Sports Hour reporter Trish Hoffman talks with Marie Klein, a cheerleader at Walsh Jesuit High School in Ohio. Klein recently set a new Guiness Book of Records record for consecutive back handsprings. For more info, go to nhsca.com.
10-10-13 Show #373  On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour presented by the National High School Coaches Association, host Jeff Fisher talks with 2013 NHSCA National Field Hockey Coach of the Year Eileen Donahue of Watertown High School in Massachusetts. Watertown currently owns the third longest unbeaten steak in high school field hockey at 103 straight games without a loss. Also on the show is Jesse Webb of Mount Anthony Union High School, a 3X Vermont state wrestling champ and 3X NHSCA All-American, who recently announced his decision to wrestle at Ohio University. Fisher's final guest is Jake Olson of Orange Lutheran High School in Southern California. Olson, who is total blind, is the football team's long snapper and plays on the school golf team. For more information go to nhsca.com.
10-03-13 Show #372 On the October 3, 2013 edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, host Jeff Fisher  talks with St. Benedict's Prep (New Jersey) boys' soccer coach Jim Wandling, who's led his school to back-to-back national championships. St. Benedict's Prep has currently won 65 straight matches, which is nine wins away from tying the all-time national record win streak of 74 currently h\eld by Duxbury High School (Massachusetts). Also on the show is the Orange County Register's Dan Albano, who covers high school water polo in the Southern California area. For more info on the National High School Coaches Association, go to nhsca.com.
9-26-13 Show #371 On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, host Jeff Fisher discusses the suspension of all of the Union High School (Utah) football team for off-field troubles. Fisher interviews sports writer Amy Donaldson of the Deseret News, who broke the story nationally.
9-12-13 Show #370 On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, host Jeff Fisher  discusses the various team rankings in all Fall high school sports, plus he talks with Richard Flahaven of Selective Service System, a new partner with the National High School Coaches Association. For more info go to nhsca.com.
9-05-13 Show #369 On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, host Jeff Fisher  talks with Koni Dole, a high school football player at Huntley Project High School in Montana. Last week, Dole, who had the lower part of his right leg amputated last November after a football injury, returned to the high school gridiron. Dole, who now plays with an athletic prosthetic blade, scored two rushing touchdowns, plus recorded a sack as a two-way starter for his team. Also on the show, Jeff Fisher talks with Highlands High School head football coach Dale Mueller, who is closing-in on his 300th career win. For more info, go to nhsca.com.
8-15-13 Show #368  On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, host Jeff Fisher talks with David Taylor, co-founder of XCNation.com about the preseason high school cross country power rankings. Christian Brothers (New Jersey) is the #1 ranked boys' team, while seven-time defending champ Fayetteville Manlius is #1 on the girls side. Fisher also talks with Darren Gray, who works with former NFL head coach Tony Dungy's All-Pro Dad organization.
7-18-13 Show #367 On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, host Jeff Fisher  takes a look at the upcoming 2013-14 high school football season, plus talks with Joey Tiechert of Southern Sport about its new TDI Razur technology for football, lacrosse and soccer players.
6-27-13 Show #366 On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, host Jeff Fisher  announces the 2013 National High School Coaches Association's national coaches and senior players of the year.
6-13-13 Show #365 On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, host Jeff Fisher  takes a sneak peak at the 2013 high school football season with MaxPreps.com's Steve Spiewak, who discusses his preseason early contenders Top 25 poll.
5/30/13 Show #364 On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, host Jeff Fisher  talks with Kris Hicks of Iron Core Athlete about training high school football players.
5/16/13 Show #363 On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, host Jeff Fisher  reviews the 2013-14 high school sports season.
4/25/13 Show #362 On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, host Jeff Fisher takes a look at the NFL Draft and where former #1 picks played high school football. Fisher also talks with Erin DiMeglio, the GTM Sportswear Athlete of the Month for March. For more info, go to www.nhsca.com.
4/18/13 Show #361 On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, host Jeff Fisher talks with, head softball coach at Northern High School in Maryland. Northern is currently ranked #1 in the country by MaxPreps.com and is on a 63-game win streak. Northern has won five straight Maryland 3A state softball titles. Also on the show, Fisher talks with Lubbock High School head football coach Jason Strunk and his assistant Neal Tull about their cutting-edge nutrition program for its football student athletes.
4/11/13 Show #360 The 2013 National High School Coaches Association National High School Wrestling Championships are in the books and on this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, host Jeff Fisher takes a look back at all five divisions. Also on the show, Fisher speak with Kevin DeShazo of FieldHouse Media about evolution of social media and the student-athlete.
3/28/13 Show #359 On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, host Jeff Fisher takes an in-depth look at next week's 24th annual National High School Coaches Association's 24th annual National Wrestling Championships in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
3/21/13 Show #358 On this editon of the NHSCA Sports Hour, host Jeff Fisher dives into the spring sports, plus chats with MaxPreps' Steve Spiewak about the big interstate high school football games in 2013.
3/14/13 Show #357 On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, host Jeff Fisher takes a look at the GTM Sportswear nominees for the Athlete of the Month Award for March, plus talks with the University of Georgia about its study on sports concussions.
3/07/13 Show #356 On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour Jeff Fisher looks ahead to the 24th annual NHSCA National High School Wrestling Championships, plus he flashes back to a February 2011 interview with the late Jack Curran, head basketball and baseball coach at Archbishop Malloy, who passed away earlier this week. Curran is American's all-time winningest head coach with nearly 1,000 victories as a basketball coach and of 1,700 wins as a baseball coach.
2/14/13 Show #355 On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, Jeff Fisher talks about the International Olympic Committee's decision to drop wrestling from the 2020 Olympic games, plus interviews JT Curtis, head football coach at John Curtis High School in Louisiana about the state's decision to separate the public schools from the private schools for the 2013 state football playoffs.
1/31/13 Show #354  NHSCA Sports Hour host Jeff Fisher talks with Excelsior Charter School (CA) Athletic Director Chris Fore about his football book at looks at the secrets of high school football coaches across America, who won state championships during the 2011 season.
1/24/13 Show #353 On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, host Jeff Fisher talks with Kevin Norstrem the December 2012 GTM Sportswear Athlete of the Month. Norstrem, a senior at Brandon High School in Florida, is trying to become a 5-time Florida state wrestling champ. Also on the show is Justin Alumbaugh, the new head football coach at De La Salle High School in California. Alumbaugh takes-over for two-time NHSCA National Football Coach of the Year Bob Ladouceur, who retired earlier this month. For more info go to www.nhsca.com.
1/10/13 Show #352 On this episode of the NHSCA Sports Hour, host Jeff Fisher previews the 2013 NHSCA Final Four Festival, which may feature a showdown between national powers Blair Academy (New Jersey) and Wyoming Seminary (Pennsylvania). Also on the show, Fisher talks with Steve Tirapelle, head wrestling coach at Clovis High School in California. Tirapelle is this year's NHSCA National Wrestling Coach of the Year.
12/20/12 Show #351 NHSCA Sports Hour host Jeff Fisher talks with new Blair Academy (New Jersey) head wrestling coach Charles Danhof about taking over the program for legendary head coach Jeff Buxton. Also, Fisher talks with Christina Fluman of Pittsford Mendon High School (New York) about being named the GTM Sportswear Athlete of the Month for November.
12/13/12 Show #350 On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, host Jeff Fisher flashes back to a June 2011 interview that he and Trish Hoffman did with 2012 Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Manziel after the Tivy High School alum was named the NHSCA Senior National Football Player of the Year. Also on the show, Fisher talks with Bob Hyland, Wisconsin's winningest high school football coach. Hyland has been the head coach at St. Mary's Springs for over four decades. For more info, go to NHSCA.com.
12/06/12 Show #349 GTM Sportswear Student-Athlete of the Month Andrew Bieber of Gilmour Academy (Ohio) joins NHSCA Sports Hour host Jeff Fisher on this edition of the show. The two-time Ohio state golf champ won the GTM Award for the month of October. Also on the show is XCnation.com co-founder David Taylor talking about last weekend's Nike National Cross Country Championships.
11/29/12 Show #348 XCnation.com co-founder David Taylor joins NHSCA Sports Hour host Jeff Fisher on this edition of the show to talk about the final two weekends of the high school cross country season that features the Nike and Foot Locker nationals. Also on the show, Fisher talks with Tim Curran, founder of Webletes.com, a free website that helps student-athletes locate college sports scholarships.
11/08/12 Show #347 America's all-time leading goal scorer in high school football hockey joins Jeff Fisher on this episode of the NHSCA Sports Hour. Florence High School's (New Jersey) Lexi Smith scored 191 goals in her career that ended this week in the NJSIAA state tournament. Smith shattered the old record of 175 goals held by Sharon Landau of Rye Neck High School in New York. Also on the show, Fisher talks with Jeff Morris, head cross country coach at Perham High School in Minnesota. Perham won its fourth Minnesota Class A state championship last week, plus was named Division II national champs by XCnation.com.
11/01/12 Show #346 On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour host Jeff Fisher takes a look at the latest national rankings in high school cross country, field hockey, football, soccer (boys) and volleyball (girls). Fisher also talks with XCnation.com co-founder David Taylor about a couple of record-setting weeks in boys' and girls' cross country.
10/18/12 Show #345 Steve Zaranek, head coach of the #1 ranked Grosse Point South High School (Michigan) girls cross country team, joins host Jeff Fisher on this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour. Grosse Point South is currently ranked ahead of six-time defending national champ Fayetteville Manlius (New York) in XCnation.com's national team rankings. Also on this show, Trish Hoffman talks with former Natick High School (Massachusetts) football player Jonathan Bray, who talks about how high school sports helped him achieve his dream to become an accomplished actor in Hollywood. Hoffman's segment is called Inspiration and airs on High School Football America.
10/11/12 Show #344 On this episode of the NHSCA Sports Hour, host Jeff Fisher talks with Santa Margarita High School (California) quarterback Johnny Stanton, who is the September GTM Sportswear Athlete of the Month. Stanton, who will play his college football at the University of Nebraska, is currently rehabbing from a torn ACL. Also on the show is XCnation.com co-founder David Taylor who looks at the latest national team and individual cross country rankings. Fisher also talks with Bryan Fernandez, a senior cross country runner at Dos Pueblos High School (California), who is currently ranked #1 in the nation by XCnation.com. For more information, go to nhsca.com.
10/04/12 Show #343 On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, host Jeff Fisher talks with Mick McGroarty, girls' soccer coach at St. Hubert in Philadelphia. McGroarty just won his 400th game. In addition to the milestone, McGroarty talks about his role in the start-up of girls' soccer in the Philadelphia Catholic League back in the 70's. Also on the show, Fisher takes a look at the national rankings in high school cross country, football and boys' soccer.
9/20/12 Show #342  XCnation.com co-founder David Taylor joins NHSCA Sports Hour host Jeff Fisher to discuss the first set of national cross country rankings. Fisher also talks with former high school cross country star Lukas Verzbicas, who's recovering from a very serious training accident at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado that could have left him paralyzed for life, but the good news is the former national cross county champ is on the road to recovery.
9/13/12 Show #341 On this episode of NHSCA Sports Hour host Jeff Fisher talks with National High School Coaches Association founder Bob Ferraro about the NHSCA's recent merger with The Touchdown Club of America that was founded by John W. Heisman. The NHSCA, which has been honoring National Coaches of the Year in 22 sports over the last 13 years, will award this year's honorees with the John W. Heisman National Coach of the Year Award. Also on this show, Fisher talks with Zach Perrin, one of the nation's top cross country runner from Flathead High School in Montana.
9/06/12 Show #340 First Presbyterian Day School's Grace Tinkey is trying to make cross county history in Georgia this year by becoming America's only five-time state champ. To win another gold medal, Tinkey will have to overcome a broken bone near her ankle. Tinkey joins NHSCA Sports Hour host Jeff Fisher on this episode of the show to discuss her rehab from the injury she suffered in February. Also on this show, Fisher talks with Erin Dimeglio of South Plantation high school, who on August 31st became the first girl in Florida to play quarterback in a regular season game. In addition to Tinkey and Dimeglio, Fisher looks at the national rankings in cross country, field hockey and boys' soccer. For more information on the National High School Coaches Association, please go to www.nhsca.com.
8/30/12 Show #339 2012 National High School Coaches Association National High School Football Coach of the Year Chuck Lenahan of Plymouth Regional High School in New Hampshire joins host Jeff Fisher on this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour. Lenahan is the state's winningest coach with 18 state championships. Also joining Fisher on the show is GTM Sportswear's Lander Holopirek, who talks about the GTM Sportswear Athlete of the Month program that begins its third season in September. For more information go to www.nhsca.com or www.gtmsportswear.com.
8/16/12 Show #338 On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, Jeff Fisher previews the 2012-13 high school sports season with a look at football and cross country. Fisher talks with Harry Welch, head coach of Santa Margarita (CA) Catholic High School football team. The Eagles are ranked in all-four of the major national preseason polls. Fisher also reviews the top cross country teams in the nation according to XCnation.com.
6/28/12 Show #337 On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, Jeff Fisher talks with Scott Hallenbeck, executive director of USA Football about the upcoming IFAF Under-19 World Championship that begin June 30th in Austin, Texas.
6/14/12 Show #336  On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, host Jeff Fisher talks with David Taylor, co-founder of XCnation.com about the 2012 pre-season national high school cross country rankings. Also on the show is the 2012 NHSCA National Wrestler of the Year Mark Grey of Blair Academy in New Jersey.
6/07/12 Show #335 On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour host Jeff Fisher talks with sports psychologist Dr. Jarrod Spencer of Mind of the Athlete, who gives a great overview of the latest in techniques to help the modern day student-athlete. Fisher also turns-the-back-the-clock with a 2011 chat with Olympic hopeful Missy Franklin, who talks with Fisher and Trish Hoffman about her dreams of Olympic gold as part of the USA Swim Team.
5/17/12 Show #334 On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, host Jeff Fisher talks with Zach Errett, head wrestling coach at Mooresville High School in Indiana. Errett was recently selected to be referee at the London Olympic Games. Also on the show is CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta talking about concussions in high school sports.
5/10/12 Show #333 On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, host Jeff Fisher talks with Austin Bowe, head coach of the girls' flag football team at Seminole Ridge High School in Florida. Seminole Ridge has won two of the last three FHSAA state championships. On May 5th, Seminole Ridge beat defending state champ Dr. Phillips 20-13 for the 2012 state crown. Fisher also chats with Dean Dompierre, who is trying to get the Michigan High School Athletic Association to change its constitution so his son Eric, who has Down Syndrome, can play his senior season of high school football and basketball. Learn more at www.letemplay.us.
5/03/12 Show #332 Talking high school baseball and football on this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour. Jeff Fisher talks with Justin Dehmer, the head baseball coach at Martensdale St. Mary's baseball team in Iowa that is three wins shy of setting a new national record for consecutive victories. Coming into the 2012 season, MSM has won 87 straight along with back-to-back 1-A Iowa state baseball titles. Also on the show is Grayson High School (Georgia) head football coach Mickey Conn. Grayson is considered one of the favorites to have a shot at winning the 2012 "mythical" national championship.
4/05/12 Show #331 Mater Dei High School (Santa Ana, CA) head baseball coach Burt Call joins NHSCA Sports Hour host Jeff Fisher to talk about his team's championship in USA Baseball's National High School Invitational. The Monarchs beat Baseball America's #1 (Carroll HS, TX), #2 (Bishop Gorman, NV) and #3 (Harvard-Westlake, CA) to win the title. Also, Fisher recaps the 23rd annual NHSCA National High School Wrestling Championships in Virginia Beach, Virginia
3/29/12 Show #330 NHSCA Sports Hour host Jeff Fisher takes an in-depth look at the 23rd annual NHSCA National High School Wrestling Championships in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Fisher is joined by National High School Coaches Association founder Bob Ferraro to talk about this year's event. Also on the show is USA Baseball's Rick Riccobono, who discusses the National High School Invitational that features 16 of the top high school baseball team in America.
3/08/12 Show #329 Richard Jorgensen, head coach of The Woodlands HS (Texas) girls' softball team joins NHSCA Sports Hour host Jeff Fisher on this edition of the show. The Woodlands are the defending national champs and begin the 2012 season ranked #1 in America by ESPN HS. Fisher is also joined by Willie Saylor of The Open Mat to talk about a big end to the high school wrestling season.
3/01/12 Show #328 The inspirational story of Prattville High School (Alabama) wrestler Justin Levins takes center stage on this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour. Levins wrestles without any feet and only one arm. During his just completed senior season, Levins, who wrestled at heavyweight, was 36-14. Also appearing on the show is Willie Saylor, editor of The Open Mat and Chris Cole, the boys' head basketball coach at Beren Academy in Houston, Texas. Cole's team gained national attention after the Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools (TAPPS) decided to not change the time of Beren Academy's Class 2A state semifinal game on Friday evening. The school doesn't play of the Sabbath and the original game-time of 9pm meant Beren had to forfeit. Shortly before this show aired, TAPPS agreed to change the start time.
2/23/12 Show #327 With high school wrestling hitting its pinnacle with state championships being held around the nation, NHSCA Sports Hour host Jeff Fisher welcomes Willie Saylor, editor of The Open Mat and recruiting analyst for WIN Magazine to the show. Saylor talks about the nation rankings, plus examines the incredible seasons had by Blair Academy (New Jersey) and St. Edward (Ohio). Rounding-out the show is an interview with Brandon High School (Florida) head wrestling coach Russ Cozart whose team just captured its 12th straight Florida 3A team championship by crowning seven individual champs last weekend.
2/02/12 Show #326 It's all high school high school basketball on this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour. Host Jeff Fisher talks with Indiana State Senator Mike Delph about his push to return the Hoosier State to a one-class basketball tournament. Also on the show is Memphis University School's (Memphis, Tennessee) boys' head basketball coach Jerry Peters, who won his 1,000th game earlier in the week. Peters is just the 11th high school boys basketball coach to reach the milestone. Speaking of milestones, Mount Carmel High School's (Chicago) Mike Flaherty won his 700th game last Friday, and he joins Fisher to talk about his three-and-a-half decades on the bench at three high school in Illinois.
1/26/12 Show #325 Summers County HS (West Virginia) girls' basketball coach Wayne Ryan talks with NHSCA Sports Hour host Jeff Fisher about his team's recently-ended 105-game win streak, which is the 12th longest in U.S. girls' basketball history. Also on the show is Steve DiPatri, head girls' basketball coach at Sacred Heart HS (New Jersey). The unbeaten Lady Lions found-out earlier in the week that the school will be closing at the end of the current year. Fisher also talks with Scott Green, head wrestling coach at Wyoming Seminary, ranked #9 in the country.
1/19/12 Show #324 This episode of the NHSCA Sports Hour with Jeff Fisher features Sacred Heart High School (Los Angeles, CA) girls' basketball coach Greg Nakashima and 2011 High School Rudy Award winner Addison Marshall of Foster High School in Texas.
Nakashima talks about the trials-and-tribulations his girls face because the school doesn't have a gym of its own. One of the biggest hurdles is the walk/run the girls must make every day to get to a rec center about a mile away for practice. The journey takes them through gang-infested areas of East LA. Marshall joins Fisher during a chemotherapy treatment in Houston hospital as he battles leukemia. Marshall and his mom talked about Addison's two-and-a-half year battle with the disease and his successful return to the football field for the second half of his team's final game in November.
1/12/12 Show #324 NHSCA Sports Hour host Jeff Fisher previews the expected showdown between #1 Blair Academy (NJ) and #2 St. Edward (OH) in this weekend's NHSCA Wrestling Festival. Joining Fisher on the show are Blair head coach Jeff Buxton and St. Ed's head coach Greg Urbas. St. Ed's has won 11 national titles, while Blair has won nine. Also on the show is Christian Metzler of Pope John Paul the Great Catholic High School in Virginia, who is the 2011 winner of the Inspireum Soccer Award.
1/05/12 Show #323 Two of the finalists for the 2011 Inspireum Soccer Awards join Jeff Fisher for the first NHSCA Sports Hour in 2012. Fisher talks with Michael Cooper of Highland Regional HS (New Jersey) and Lauren Luke of Kamiak HS (Washington). For more information go to www.inspireumsoccerawards.com
12/15/11 Show #322 NHSCA Sports Hour host Jeff Fisher talks with Byron Jenson of the Inspireum Soccer Awards. Jenson discusses the 12 finalist for the $25,000 in academic scholarships. For more info go to www.inspireumsoccerawards.com
12/8/11 Show #321 In this episode of the NHSCA Sports Hour, host Jeff Fisher talks with Aron Taylor, co-founder of www.XCnation.com about the 2011 high school cross country season with a look at the final national rankings. Also, Fisher speaks with Beau Brown, President and CEO of California Casualty that is giving away $75,000 in grant money to public schools to assist their athletic programs.
11/17/11 Show #320 One of the nation's top field hockey coaches, joins NHSCA Sports Hour host Jeff Fisher on this episode the country's premiere high school sports talk show. Danyle Heilig of Eastern High School (New Jersey) talks about her team's string of 13 straight state titles. Also on this episode is Justin Leonard of Southlake Carroll (Texas) talking about last week's performances at the Texas 5A state cross country championships. His boys and girls teams, both won state gold. Southlake Carroll's boys are currently ranked #1 by www.XCnation.com while the girls are ranked #15.
11/3/11 Show #317 Ann Schilling, girls volleyball coach at Bayside Academy in Alabama, appears on this episode of the NHSCA Sports Hour. Schlling talks with host Jeff Fisher about her team's 10th straight state championship. Fisher also talks with Dr. Jarrod Spencer of Mind of the Athlete. For more info, go to www.mindoftheathlete.com
10/27/11 Show #316  National High School Coaches Association founder Bob Ferraro stops by this week's show to talk with NHSCA Sports Hour host Jeff Fisher to about the 2011-12 school year and some exciting news from the NHSCA. For more info, go to www.nhsca.com
10/20/11 Show #315 NHSCA Sports Hour host Jeff Fisher talks with Emmaus High School (Pennsylvania) field hockey head coach Sue Butz-Stavin on this episode on America's premiere high school sports talk show. Butz-Stavin has won over 700 games in her career, along with ten state championship. Also on the show is Byron Jenson of the High School Rudy Awards talking about the closing of nominations for $25,000 in scholarships. Go to www.highschoolrudyawards.com for more info
10/13/11 Show #314 2011 NHSCA National Field Hockey Coach of the Year Wendy Wilson of Tabb High School (Yorktown, VA) joins host Jeff Fisher to discuss her program that has won three straight Virginia state championships. Also on the show: Mike Plunkett of the Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association talking about the organization's 100th anniversary and Aron Taylor of XCnation.com, who releases the latest cross country national rankings.
10/06/11 Show #313 On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, host Jeff Fisher talks with Dafydd Evans, head coach of boys' soccer at DeMatha High School in Maryland.  The Stags are currently ranked #3 by ESPN HSafter snapping Sacramento Jesuit's 70-match unbeaten streak on October 1st.  Also on the show, XCnation.com co-founder David Taylor, who is a Staff Sergeant in the Marines serving in Afghanistan.  Taylor has helped coach two state champions in boys' cross country in three states.
9/22/11 Show #312 Gwen Egbert of America's top-ranked girls' volleyball team joins host Jeff Fisher on this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour.  Egbert led Papillion La Vista South High School (Nebraska) to a perfect 41-0 mark last year, winning the 2010 national championship, according to MaxPreps.com.  Egbert returns five starters from her 2010 team, and began the 2011 season ranked #1 in the nation.  Also on the show is Eric Stratman, director of the Gateway Soccer Classic, which features 60 high school boys' soccer teams from 13 different states.  The tournament will be played September 29th through October 1st, in-and-around the St. Louis area.
9/15/11 Show #311 On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, host Jeff Fisher talks with two of America's top high school cross country runners.  First, you'll be introduced to Cami Chapus of Harvard-Westlake HS in California, followed by an interview with Lukas Verzbicas, who had just captured the gold medal in the triathlon at the Junior World Championships in China.  Verzbicas, a Sandburg HS (Illinois) grad, is a two-time national boys' cross country high school champ having won the 2009 and 2010 Foot Locker Cross Country Championships.  The show wraps-up with Byron Jenson of the High School Rudy Awards and the Inspireum Soccer Awards.
9/08/11 Show #310 Cross Country Nation's Aron Taylor joins NHSCA Sports Hour host Jeff Fisher on this edition of America's premiere high school sports talk show. Taylor is the founder of the website XCnation.com that keeps high school cross country fans up-to-date with news and information, plus team and individual rankings.  For more info, go to www.xcnation.com.
8/25/11
Show #310The Christian Brothers Academy (New Jersey) boys' cross country team hasn't lost a dual meet since 1973.  On this episode of the NHSCA Sports Hour, host Jeff Fisher talks with head coach Tom Heath, who has built the small school into a major cross country power with a 309 meet win streak.  Also on the show is Paul Rose, head boys' soccer coach at Jesuit High School in Sacramento.  Rose is California's winningest boys' soccer coach with 631 wins, and his team is currently ranked #1 in many preseason polls.
8/11/11 Show #309  In this episode of the NHSCA Sports Hour, host Jeff Fisher talks with Miller Bugliari, head boys soccer coach at Pingry School in New Jersey.  Bugliari has been at the school for over 50 years and is one of the nation's winningest soccer coaches with 751 victories heading into this season.  Also on the show is Brad Cashman, executive director of the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association.  Cashman, who will retire at the end of the 2010-11 school year looks back on his nearly two decades as the leader of the PIAA.  Jeff's third guest is Roy Sturgill of We Wanna Play, a non-profit organization that is helping Kentucky student-athletes in Franklin County with participation fees.  For more information, go to www.wewannaplay.org.
8/04/11 Show #308 Dr. Lamar Hasbrouck joins host Jeff Fisher to discuss sports concussions, plus Bob Cazet, founder of Alumni Football USA talks about his organization's fundraising high school football alumni games
7/21/11

Show #307  This episode is looks at the upcoming football season for the Pius X High School.  The tiny private school in  Roseto, Pennsylvania is one of the smallest playing 11-man football in America.  NHSCA Sports Hour host Jeff Fisher talks with Royals' head coach Phil Stambaugh, plus six of his players.  For more information on the Pius X program, go to www.highschoolfootballamerica.com.

7/17/11 Show #306  Doug Stephens joins NHSCA Sports Hour host Jeff Fisher to review the 2011 FOX Sports Southwest 7-on-7 Texas High School Football Championships. Also on the show: Mike Mauk, head football coach at Kenton High School in Ohio, who discusses his two sons, Ben and Maty, who are at or near the top of America's all-time high school passing records; Tim Curran, founder of Webletes.com; and Vito Montelli, boys' basketball coach at St. Joseph High School in Trumbull, Connecticut. Montelli is the 2011 NHSCA Boys' Basketball Coach of the Year.
7/10/11
Show #305  2011 NHSCA Girls' Tennis Coach of the Year Anita Murphy joins Jeff Fisher on this episode of the Sports Hour to discuss her award and the incredible success her teams at Lewiston High School in Maine have had over the last 33 years. Also on the show, Patrick Fisher of SportsMeasures.com, who discusses his character assessment service for athletes.  
6/26/11 Show #304 2011 NHSCA Coaches of the Year Vito Montelli and Fred Rakers are guests on this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour. Montelli is entering his 50th season as the boys' head basketball coach at St. Joseph High School in Trumbull, Connecticut.  Rakers' just retired after 35 years as the head girls' volleyball coach at Mater Dei HS in Breese, Illinois.  Also joining Jeff Fisher on this episode is Steve Spiewak, senior high school football writer at MaxPreps.com to talk about his Preseason Top 25 Early Contenders high school football poll.
6/19/11 Show #303 2011 NHSCA Football Player of the Year Johnny Manziel of Tivy High School in Kerrville, Texas joins Jeff Fisher and Trish Hoffman on this episode of the NHSCA Sports Hour. Also on the show: Tom O'Connell, 2011 NHSCA Baseball Coach of the Year from Burlington Catholic Central in Burlington, Wisconsin and Cindy Duan of Sanford School in Delaware. Duan is the only girl to win five straight Delaware girls' tennis state championships.
6/12/11 Show #302 2011 NHSCA Baseball Player of the Year Dylan Bundy joins NHSCA Sports Hour hosts Jeff Fisher and Trish Hoffman to talk about being select #4 in Major League Baseball's Amateur Draft by the Baltimore Orioles.  Other guests on the show include Matt Dennison, head football coach at New Philadelphia High School in Ohio and the Ohio Coach for the July 18th Big 33 Classic in Hershey, Pennsylvania, and Irv Sigler of football coach Jenison High School in Michigan, who talks about his program's support of the Wounded Warrior Project.
6/05/11 Show #301 On this episode of the NHSCA Sports Hour, Jeff Fisher and Trish Hoffman talk with Long Beach Poly head football coach Raul Lara about 4th and Forever, a docu-drama on the 2010 Poly football season that is currently airing Thursday nights on Current TV.  Other guests on the show: Shannon Dobson, head baseball coach at Broken Arrow High School in Oklahoma, which won the 6A state championship last month and Scott Bauer, head wrestling coach at Monroeville High in Ohio.  Bauer had three wrestlers in March win their fourth straight state wrestling championship.
5/22/11
Show #300  On this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour, Jeff Fisher and Trish Hoffman talk with Shannon Dean, head coach of the Vero Beach (FL) girls' lacrosse team that has won six straight Florida state championships and own a 60 match win streak.  Also on the show: Tayler Scott, a teenager from South Africa, who traveled 10,000 miles from his homeland to enroll at Notre Dame Prep in Arizona to purse his dream of becoming a Major League Baseball player and John Loose, founder of Lauren's First and Goal. Loose's 501 C 3 organization raises money for pediatric brain tumor research through several football camps for high school players.
5/15/11
Show #299 Rick Bray, head coach at Colton HS in California, joins Jeff Fisher to talk about his three former players that were selected in the 2011 NFL Draft.  Also on the show, Ron Massey, athletic director and former head football coach at A.L. Brown in North Carolina and Noel Dean, the head football coach at Lowell HS, who talks about his team's "Pink Arrow Pride" (www.pinkarrowpride.org) game and teaching other schools "how to play for a cause".
5/8/11 SHOW #298 Holt HS baseball coach Michael Beck discusses how last week's devastating tornadoes in Alabama affected his team and his town. Also on this episode of the NHSCA Sports Hour...Bill Bruno, athletic director at Brick Township Schools, and Marcus Borden, head football coach at East Brunswick HS, discuss their plan to bring an overall state football championship playoff system to New Jersey.  And, Channa Norman from Texas talks about her blog "Life As A Coaches Wife" @ www.lifeasacoacheswife.com .
5/1/11 SHOW #297 Maxwell High School (CA) head baseball coach Eric Lay talks with Jeff Fisher about his team's incredible 8 no-hitters so far this season. The show also includes interviews with St. Thomas Aquinas (FL) head football coach Rocco Casullo, who is getting ready for his first season at the head of the national powerhouse, and Joe Moreau, head girls soccer coach at Neaqua Valley in Illinois.
4/17/11 SHOW #296 Portsmouth High School (NH) head baseball coach Tim Hopley talks about his team's 65-game win streak, which is 10 shy of tying the national record for consecutive victories.  Also on this episode of the NHSCA Sports Hour...Jonathan Cabral, one of
the nation's top track & field hurdlers from Agoura High School in California and
Caitlin McNally, a producer of the PBS documentary "Football High"
4/10/11 SHOW #295 The first export of high school football to Europe headlines this episode of the NHSCA Sports Hour.  Steve Belles, head football coach at Hamilton High School (AZ), talks about his team's 2012 high school football game in Dublin, Ireland.  Also on the show, David Stanko, who is a one-man tennis team at Canyon Springs HS in California and Brian Stewart, the president of the Urban Football Coaches Association.
4/3/11 SHOW #294  Bubba Starling, who is considered America's #1 high school baseball prospect, joins Jeff Fisher and Trish Hoffman on this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour.  The Gardner-Edgerton (KS) senior is also a blue-chip football player, who has accepted a scholarship to play quarterback at the University of Nebraska.  Also on the show is Bill McGregor, who just resigned after 29-years as the head football coach at DeMatha High School in Maryland and Alex Shaffer, the teenage star of the new high school wrestling movie "Win Win".
3/27/11 SHOW #293   Tom McCarthy, director/writer of the FOX Searchlight movie Win Win joins NHSCA Sports Hour hosts Jeff Fisher and Trish Hoffman to talk about his new film on high school wrestling. Also on the show are: John Nostrant, head boys lacrosse coach at The Haverford School (PA); Brian McCauley, head boys basketball coach at Kokomo High School (IN); and  wrestler Blake Ruolo from Virginia, who is a 3-time NHSCA national champion.
3/20/11 SHOW #292 Two future Olympic hopefuls join Trish Hoffman and Jeff Fisher on this episode of the NHSCA Sports Hour.  Swimmer Missy Franklin of Regis Jesuit HS in Colorado talks about her goal of making the 2012 Olympic team, while shot putter Ryan Crouser of Barlow High in Oregon looks ahead making the 2016 or 2020 Olympic Games.  Also on the show is Mike Oakland, head baseball coach at St. Francis HS in California.  The Lancers are ranked #1 in the United States by Baseball America.
3/13/11 SHOW #291 On this episode of the NHSCA Sports Hour, Jeff Fisher talks with 5-time Minnesota wrestling champ and Olympic hopeful Destin McCauley of Apple Valley High School.  Also joining Fisher is NHSCA Founder Bob Ferraro to talk about the upcoming 22nd NHSCA National Wrestling Championships, plus Dr. Richard and Jane Horowitz reveal the results from their recent survey aimed at improving communication between coaches, athletes and parents. 
3/6/11 SHOW #290 Robert Iamurri, Naples HS Softball coach. Dave Hanson, Bishop Hendricken swim coach.  Byron Jenson, HS Rudy Awards.
2/2711 SHOW #289   Lee Yeager, Carroll HS baseball coach, Dave Hanson, Bishop Hendricken swim coach, Sean Keeler, Des Moines Register reporter, Martin Ludlow, Dorsey Football Booster
2/20/11 SHOW #288  Two legendary boys' basketball coaches join Jeff Fisher on this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour.  Bob Hurley of St. Anthony's HS (Jersey City, NJ) and Jack Curran of Archbishop Molloy HS (Queens, NY) have a combined 90-plus years of experience at their two schools.  Hurley has won over 1,000 games in his career; Curran has won over 900 games.  Also on the show is Bobby DeBerry, head wrestling coach at Sunnyside High in Tucson, AZ.  Sunnyside has won a national record 314 straight matches.
2/13/11 SHOW #287   America's most wins, high school basketball coach Leta Andrews of Granbury High School in Texas is the featured guest on this edition of the NHSCA Sports Hour.  Andrews has won over 1,300 games during a career that has spanned 49 years.  Also on the show...Stu Ross of the website Before They Were Pros and Bill Lechner, head coach of the Hill-Murray High School hockey team in Minnesota.
1/30/11 SHOW #286  Gus Frerotte, former NFL quarterback, joins hosts Jeff Fisher and Trish Hoffman to talk about his return to the roots of football after being named head football coach at John Burroughs School in St. Louis.  Other guests include Hope Steffensen of Kenai High School in Alaska and Dave Trimbur of the Big 33 All-Star Football Game.  Steffensen is the second girl in America to win a state wrestling championship in a boys tournament. Trimbur is the executive director of the Big 33 game that is played annually in Hershey, Pennsylvania. A Big 33 alum has played in all 45 Super Bowls.
1/23/11

SHOW #285  2010 High School Rudy Award winner Chance Anthony of Breckinridge County High School (Hardinsburg, KY).  Anthony is an inspirational athlete, who plays football and basketball in spite of the fact that he was born without the lower part of his right arm. Also on the show...David Boyd, Milton High School (Milton, GA) head boys basketball coach  who’s team is ranked #5 in the latest USA Today Super 25 poll.  Blair Academy (Blairstown, NJ) wrestling coach Jeff Buxton, who's led the Buccaneers to 30 consecutive National Prep titles, joined hosts Jeff Fisher and Trish Hoffman to talk about the the Bucs' 2010 NHSCA Final Four championship.

1/16/11 SHOW #284  NHSCA Founder Bob Ferrero, Sr. joins hosts Jeff Fisher and Trish Hoffman to talk about what's ahead for the National High School Coaches Association in 2011.  Also on this episode of the NHSCA Sports Hour...Easton (PA) High School wrestling coach Steve Powell talking about the upcoming NHSCA Final Four of Wrestling and Geneva (IL) HS girls basketball coach Gina Nolan, who just returned to the sidelines after a year-long battle with breast cancer.
1/9/11

SHOW #283

Ovie Mughelli  Atlanta Falcons’ Pro Bowl Fullback and 8-year NFL veteran who played at the Porter-Gaud School in Charleston, South Carolina. Ovie talks about giving back as an NFL player and his role as football’s first “Eco Athlete”.

Preview of the 2011National High School Coaches Association Final Four of high school wrestling.

Lake Stevens (Washington) High School head wrestling coach Brent Barnes talks about his team’s trip across America to compete in the January 22, 2011 national championship in Easton, Pennsylvania. Barnes, who has been the Vikings leader for over 20 years, has led Lake Stevens to five state championships this decade.

Allentown Central Catholic (Pennsylvania) girls basketball coach Mike Kopp. Kopp, who is also the school’s athletic director, has the record for victories as a girls basketball coach in Pennsylvania with over 800 victories.

12/12/10 SHOW #282  Harvey Kitani, Boys Basketball Coach at Fairfax High School.  Noel Dean of Lowell High School, Michigan  Joe Drape, New York  Times Author.  Dr. Richard & Jane Horowitz
12/5/10 SHOW #281  JIM TRACEY, San Francisco University High School Cross Country Head Coach.  HOLLAND REYNOLDS, Runner on the San Francisco University High School Cross Country team.   JIM JACKSON, Apple Valley High School Wrestling Coach.  VINCE LORENZANO, Bishop Chatard High School Football Coach.  Jeff Fisher features an interview with San Francisco University High School girls' cross country coach Jim Tracy and his junior runner Holland Reynolds.  Tracy, who is battling Lou Gehrig's Disease, watched Reynolds crawl across the finish line to win the school's 8th California state championship.  Also on the show, Apple Valley HS (Minnesota) wrestling coach Jim Jackson, whose team is ranked #1 in America and Bishop Chatard (Indiana) football coach Vince Lorenzano, who just led his team to a state record 10th state football champ.
11/28/10 SHOW #280  An interview with Easton High School (Easton, PA) Head Football Coach Steve Shiffert, who will have just led his team through three football games in the span of nine days, including the 104th meeting against archrival Phillipsburg (Phillipsburg, NJ) for the Thanksgiving Day Game.  In April 2009, the Easton P’Burg rivalry was highlighted by being the first Gatorade Replay Game, which restages classic games of various sports between the biggest high school rivalries in the United States.
11/21/10 SHOW #279 details to post
11/14/10 SHOW #278 Anthony Gabriele is the Head Varsity Boys Lacrosse Coach at Wissahickon High School located in Ambler, Pennsylvania.  Coach Gabriele is in his second stint leading the Trojans Lacrosse team (4th year overall). Last season, the Trojans won their league with a 12 -2 mark and qualified for the district playoffs for the first time in 11 years. http://lacrosse.wsdsports.org/  
11/07/10 SHOW #277  Coach Steve Smith is the Head Varsity Boy's Basketball Coach at Oak Hill Academy located in Mouth of Wilson, Virginia.  Coach Smith is a three time "National Coach of the Year" and has led the Warriors to seven National Championships the most recent in 2007.  He has a career record of 789-49 in his 25th season.  The Warriors' basketball website is www.oakhoops.com/
10/31/10 SHOW #276  Matt  Taylor is the Head Varsity Football Coach at Skyline High School in Sammanish, Washington.  Coach Taylor is in third season leading the Spartans and he has amassed an impressive 35-3 record.  The Spartans have won four straight district titles and the last three Washington State AAAA state titles (2007, 08, 09). The school's football website is www.Skylinegridiron.com/
10/24/10 SHOW #275  Mark Bendorf is the Head Varsity Football Coach at J. W. Robinson High School located in Fairfax, Virginia. Coach Bendorf is in his 14th season leading the Ram program. He has an overall record of 126-34 and led Robinson to Virginia State 6a titles in 1997 & 2001. Mark has been named state "Coach of the Year" several times and was inducted into the Fairfax County Football Hall of Fame in 2008.
10/17/10 SHOW #274  Coach Walker is the Head Varsity Football Coach at Sandy Creek High School located in Tyrone, Georgia.  Coach Walker is in his sixth season of leading the Patriots' program. He has an overall record of 52-15 and has led the Patriots every year  to the state playoffs winning  two regional titles (2008 & 09) and one State Championship , The Georgia AAAA State title in 2009 . This season the Patriots are competiting in the AAA class.
10/10/10
SHOW #273  Charlie Ragle, Head Varsity Football Coach at Chaparral High School located in Scottsdale, Arizona.  Coach Ragle is in his fourth season leading the Firebirds and he has a record of 42-6. While head coach he has led the Firebirds into the state playoffs all three years including  winning the 5A Division II title game in 2009.   www.chaparralfootball.com/
10/3/10 SHOW #272  Charles Stevenson who is the Head Varsity Football Coach at Xaverian Brothers High School located in Westwood , Massachusetts. Coach Stevenson is in his 18th season of guiding the Hawks program and he has a career record of 147-44-1.  He has led the Hawks to nine conference titles and five Division I State crowns (including last season) .  He also has been a finalist for National Coach of the Year several times and the team is rated #1 in Massachusetts .  The school website is www.xbhs.com
8/15/10 SHOW #271 Steve Keszler, Head Wrestling Coach at Sturgis Brown High School (Sturgis, South Dakota) will be our guest this evening.  Over the past 16 season, he has guided the Scoopers to nine South Dakota’s Class A State Championships; most recently doing so this past season.  Sturgis Brown High School holds several state records.  Coach Keszler carries a career record of 278-37.
7/25/10 SHOW #270  Don Owens is the Head Wrestling Coach at University High School in Spokane, Washington.  The 2010 proved to be a stellar one for the University Titans, boasting the 4A Team State Championship.  The Titan’s winning margins increased throughout the postseason.  This season marked Coach Owen’s 17th year at University High School.  When he is not in the coaching chair, he is on the mat as a high school and college official. Check out the University’s wrestling website… www.universitywrestling.org
7/18/10 NHSCA Upcoming Event News late summer 2010

SHOW #269 Join us to hear Jason Torey, Senior Chief Special Warfare Operator, discuss his life in the military.  Mr. Torey has been a member of the United States Navy SEALs for the past 17 years. 

7/11/10 SHOW #268  Information on upcoming N.H.S.C.A. Events
6/20/10 SHOW #267   This week's guest is Navy SEAL David Goggins. Mr. Goggins is a member of the Naval Recruiting Directorate. His primary function is as a mentor to new Navy SEAL candidates. In his spare time, Mr. Goggins is a competitive marathon runner and participates in several competitions annually. Click Here to go to the US Navy’s website.Click Here to go to the Navy SEALs website.
5/23/10 SHOW #266  Head Wrestling Coach from Oviedo High School, JD Robbins will be joining us this weekend. Oviedo High School is located in Oviedo, Florida. Coach Robbins has been the leader of the Lions for the past nine years and has directed them to five State Team Titles and multiple “Florida State High School Coach of the Year” honors. The Lions have the distinct honor to be the first school to win 4 consecutive AAA titles from 2004-2007. They again brought home the 2010 AA Championships to add to their impressive repertoire. Check out the Oviedo Wrestling website… www.oviedowrestling.org
5/16/10
SHOW #265  This week’s guest is Michael Angelidis, Head Boy’s Basketball Coach at Kenwood High School, located in Covington, Washington. Coach Angelidis has led the Conquerors to the 2010 AAAA State Basketball Championships. This year marks the end of his 4 year tenure at Kenwood with a record of 74-24.
5/09/10 SHOW #264

Head Wrestling Coach at Skutt Catholic High School, Brad Hilderbrandt will be visiting us on the NHSCA Internet Radio.  Coach Hilderbrandt has completed his 17th year in control of the Skyhawks wrestling team.  He has a career dual meet record of 131-17.  The Skyhawks also have taken home a Class B Individual State Title since 1997.  That’s 13 straight years!

4/25/10 SHOW #263
Tom Crowell
, Head Boy’s Basketball Coach from Springbrook High School in Silver Springs, Maryland will be our guest.  Coach Crowell just finished his fifth season as the Blue Devil’s Head Coach.  He has lead the team to 3 straight Maryland AAAA State Championships (2008-2010).  His impressive career record at Springbrook is 114-13. 
4/11/10 SHOW #262

Our guest this week, David Bailey, has been the Head Boy’s Basketball Coach at Winter Park High School in Winter Park, Florida for the past four season.  During the 2009-2010 season, the Wildcats recorded a 28-6 season record; bringing Coach Bailey to a 107-28 career record.  This was the first season Winter Park captured the illusive 6A State Title.  Click Here to go to the Winter Park website … https://www.ocps.net/lc/east/hwp/athletics/winter_sports/Pages/Boys%27Basketball.aspx

3/28/10 SHOW #261

Aurora, Colorado’s Regis Jesuit High School’s Head Boy’s Basketball Coach Ken Shaw will be discussing this past season tonight.  Coach Shaw finished his third seasons at Jesuit, with a career record of 72-9 at Regis Jesuit.  Coach Shaw’s Raiders team has won back to back 5A State Championships in 2009 and 2010.  Coach Shaw is no stranger to success, as he has won several league and state titles over his illustrious 35 career with a 585-203 overall career record.

3/21/10 SHOW #260
Brian Richardson
, Head Wrestling Coach at Rockford High School (Rockford, Michigan) just completed his first season as the head coach.  Rockford has won their seventh straight conference title.  Under Richardson’s direction, the Rams won their District and Region.  They were the Michigan Division I State Runner Up at the Individual State Tournament.  Richardson ended his inaugural year with a season record of 22-6. 
3/7/10 SHOW #259

Head Boy’s Basketball Coach at Christ School, located in Asheville, North Carolina, David Gaines will be our guest.  Coach Gaines has led the Greenies to their fourth consecutive NC Independent School State Championship.  Their final record for the year was 37-1, bringing Coach Gaines’ career record to 320-69 over his twelve years in the sport.

2/28/10 SHOW #258

Coach Dale Mueller is the Head Varsity Football Coach at Highlands High School in Fort Thomas, Kentucky.  Coach Mueller lead the Bluebirds to their ninth state title during his 15 seasons in charge of the program .  Mr. Mueller has an overall record of 197-44.  The school's athletic website is Click Here to go to the Highlands website… http://www.highlands-bluebirds.com

2/21/10 SHOW #257

Greg Toal, Head Football Coach at Don Bosco Prep (Ramsey, New Jersey) joins us this week.  This past season, Coach Toal led the Ironmen to a perfect 12-0 record, highlighting the team’s fourth straight Non-Public Group IV State Title.  The team was ranked #1 by USA Today and multiple other high school football websites.  Coach Toal has etched a 120-10 career record in 11 years at Don Bosco. Click Here to go to Don Bosco Prep’s website … http://donbosco.powermediallc.org/category/boys-sports/football-b/

2/14/10 SHOW #256

Nick Petrov is the Head Wrestling Coach at Hanover Central High School, located in Cedar Lake, Indiana.  Coach Petrov just completed his sixth season at the helm of the Wildcats.  He currently possesses a career coaching record of 102-19.  Click Here to go to the Wildcat’s website… www.hanover.k12.in.us/Admin/Athletics/index.html

2/7/10 SHOW #255

This week we have a different type of guest… a Sports Columnist!!  Neil Hayes, a Sports Columnist from the Chicago Sun Times joins us.  Listen to Neil speak about his book, When the Game Stands Tall: The Story of the De La Salle Spartans and Football's Longest Winning Streak.  Hayes was granted full access to the team gives a first hand account of the team, games, the wins, and that memorable defeat that broke The Streak. Check out the Neil’s site… http://www.suntimes.com/sports/hayes/index.html

1/31/10 SHOW #254 Upcoming event details.
1/24/10 SHOW #253

Bill Barger, Head Wrestling Coach at Walsh Jesuit High School in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio.  Coach Barger led the Warriors for over 30 years, through two different stints.  Under his reign, Walsh has lead the Warriors to eight Ohio State Championships and four straight National Crowns from 1993-1996.  Coach Barger is credited with creating the Ironman Tournament, one of the nation’s premier in-season tournaments.  Click Here to go to Walsh Jesuit’s website… http://www.walshjesuit.org/s/261/walshjesuit.aspx?pgid=1165

1/17/10 SHOW #252

Tim Mathews is the Head Wrestling Coach at Bishop Lynch High School, located in Dallas, Texas.  Mathews has been in control of the Friars for the past 17 seasons.  Coach Mathews has produced 77 individual state titles with close to 200 dual victories.  They will be wrestling this weekend against the Nation’s best, (Blair Academy (NJ), Easton (PA), Collins Hill (GA)) at the 2010 NHSCA Final Four of High School Wrestling. 

 
1/10/10
SHOW #251
Carmine Colace will be joining us this week on the Internet Talk Radio.  Coach Colace has been the leader of the Franklin High School Panther Wrestling Team for 27 years.  He has had unparalleled success highlighting eight Division 2 State Titles and 5 times as State Runner-Ups.  The Franklin team went undefeated in the 2009 season.  Coach Colace is narrowing in on his 400th career victory. Click Here to go to the Franklin Wrestling Website… www.franklin.org

Steve Powell, Head Coach at Easton Area High School, has led the Rovers for 26 years.  He has amassed over 400 career victories.  The Red Rovers are no stranger to success, as they have one of the most successful programs nationally.  To list a couple accomplishments: 6 time Reno Tournament of Champions, 16 Manheim Holiday Classic Champions, Multiple State Team and Individual State Championships.  They have a streak of their own, 63 years of having a District Champion in the competitive District 11 Tournament. Click Here to go to the Easton Wrestling Website…  www.eastonwrestling.com

 

1/03/10 Show #250
Cliff Ramos, Head Wrestling Coach at Collins Hill High School will be speaking to us about their upcoming appearance the NHSCA Final Four.  Coach Ramos has led the Eagles for the past 16 seasons.  The Eagles have finished in the top ten in Georgia's largest classification fifteen consecutive years.   Recent highlights include: 5 time Georgia State Champions, 3 time State Runner-Ups, and 3 time George Team State Championships. Click Here to go to the Collins Hill Website… www.collinshillwrestling.com

 John Gardner, Head Wrestling Coach at High Point Regional High School, in Sussex, New Jersey will also be joining us.  He is presently in his 12th season leading the Wildcats to several league, district and one state crown in 2008.  High Point continually produces top wrestlers both in the state of New Jersey and nationally.

 

12/20/09 Show #249

Steve Perry, Head Boy’s Basketball Coach at Sussex Tech High School (Georgetown, Delaware) will be our guest.  Coach Perry is in his first season serving as the Ravens coach after a successful stint at North Caroline High School, and is anxiously looking forward to the remainder of the season.  Click Here to see the Ravens Website…     www.Ravens-Sports.com

12/6/09 Show #248

Renard Lewis, Head Boy's Basketball Coach at Baltimore Poly Technical Institute located in Baltimore, Maryland will be our guest this week.  The Engineers have been under the lead of Coach Lewis for the past 4 seasons.  During the 2008-2009 campaign, the Engineers won their pool at the NHSCA Basketball Festival held during Christmas Break at the Wicomico Youth & Civic Center in Salisbury, Maryland.  Click Here to go to the Engineers Website… www.bpi.edu

11/29/09
Show #247
Brandon Ripplinger
, Head Wrestling Coach at Viewmont High School located in Bountiful, Utah is going to be our guest tonight.  Coach Ripplinger has been successful over the past three seasons.  The Vikings have won the 5A Utah Team State Championships in 2008 and 2009. Click Here to go to the Vikings website… www.davis.k12.ut.us/webs/bripplinger/ViewmontWrest.htm

 

11/22/09 Show #246

The Head Wrestling Coach from Oak Park and River Park High School, Michael Powell, will be stopping in.  Coach Powell has lead the OPRF Wrestling Team for the past 6 seasons.  The Huskies are the defending AAA Illinois Dual State Champions.  He is closing in on his 100th win, as he currently has a career record of 94-16. Click Here to go to the OPRF website…  www.oprfwrestling.com

 
11/08/09 Show #245
Tonight, we have a multifaceted guest.  Julius Palazzo has over 35 years in the business of officiating high school football, basketball, and baseball.  He has officiated in multiple playoff games, tournaments and three Girl’s Basketball State Championships.  He also instructs courses on basketball officiating in central Ohio.  In the spring of 2009, Julius was inducted into the Ohio High School Officials Hall of Fame.  He has also been a teacher at St. Mary Magdalene School in Columbus for the past 35 years as well. 

 

11/01/09 Show #244

Richard Beck, Head Football Coach at North Penn High School (Lansdale, Pennsylvania), will be speaking with us tonight.  Coach Beck has directed the Knights’ football team to great success as he enters his eight season.  Over the past seven seasons, the Knights’ record is 89-15. To go to the Knights’ website … www.npfootball.com/

10/25/09 Show #243
Tonight, Rocco Fumi, Jr. will be joining us to chat.  Rocco has been in Ohio High School Athletics for over 26 years.  He is currently an administrator in the Ohio School System in Columbus.  Throughout the years, Rocco has coaches baseball, basketball, and football.

 

10/11/09 Show #242

Jeff Brothers, Head Football Coach at Pope John Paul II High School, located in Hendersonville, Tennessee, will be our guest.  Coach Brothers has been leading JPII’s team since its inception in 2003. To go to the JPII’s website …  www.jp2hs.org/athletics.cfm

 

9/8/09 Show #241
Naval Air Crewman 1st Class (AW/SW) Andrew Reischauer, will be our featured guest for this installment of the NHSCA Internet Radio.  Andrew has been in the Navy for a decade now.  He has been part of the Navy Air Crew and a Rescue Swimmer for the past seven years.  He also educates new Navy personnel on how to conduct search and rescue missions as part of their water training.

Check Out the US Navy’s website… www.usnavy.mil

8/25/09 Show #240
Vincent Demaskas has been in the Navy for nine years and has been an EOD Technician for close to seven years . The Navy's Explosive Ordinance Disposal Teams work around the world to help defuse and discard bombs on land and underwater.
8/11/09 Show #239 
Lawrence Obst has been in the Navy for 15 years.  Ten years ago, he joined the Naval SWCC program where he is a specialized boat operator .  He has seen combat in Europe and South America . Currently, he is in charge of the Naval Special Warfare Center Basic Training Command.   www.navy.com
8/4/09 Show #238 
Mr. Torey has been a Navy Seal for almost 16 years and he attended many of Navy's specialized training schools during his Seal training.  Presently, he serves as the Navy Seal Recruiting Director at the Naval Special Warfare Center.   www.navy.com
7/28/09 SHOW #237
Frederick Gaylord.  Mr. Gaylord has been a Navy Seal for the past 12 years and he has attended several specialized training schools.   Currently, he teaches BUDS training (phase #1 ) which deals with team building exercises and making sure that Seal trainees meet the physical exercise requirements at the Naval Special Warfare Center during basic training.   www.navy.com
7/21/09 SHOW #236
Chris Wood is the head football coach at Har-Ber High School located in Springdale, Arkansas.  Coach Wood has led the Wildcats to an overall record of 22-14.  The school opened in 2005 and the Wildcats started playing football in 2006.  They are the defending 7 on 7 high school football tournament champs. http://har-berfootball.com/
7/14/09 SHOW #235

Tom Bunge the President and CEO of MatGuard a company that specializes in marketing sports antiseptics that fight diseases such as MRSA, staph and many other wrestling skin problems.  www.matguardusa.com/

Tyrone Smith became a Navy Seal nearly seven years ago after joining the Navy 13 years ago and he has gone through most of specialized training that a Seal can do.  Currently he is an instructor at the Naval Special Warfare Center.    www.navy.com
 
7/709 SHOW #234 
Josh Niblett, head football coach at Hoover (Alabama) High School, located in Hoover, Alabama . Coach Niblett recently led the Buccaneers to a 13-2 record during the 2008 football campaign, reaching the 6eorgia State Championship Game.   http://www.hooverfootball.net/
6.30.09 SHOW #234 Jim Short. Head Wrestling Coach at Simley High School located in Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota.  Coach Short has led the Spartans to back to back Minnesota 2A team wrestling titles in 2008 & 2009.  Since joining the program 39 years ago, Coach Short has a career coaching record of 407-163-8.  The wrestling team's website is www.simleywrestling.com/
6.16.09 SHOW #233
Barry Chooljian, head wrestling coach at Timberlane Regional High School located in Plaistow, New Hampshire.  Coach Cooljian has the led the Owls to 16 State team Division I wrestling titles (including 10 straight) Coach Chooljian has an overall coaching record of 370-40-5 in 22 seasons.  www.Timberlanewrestling.com/
6.9.09 SHOW #232
John Gramuglia head wrestling coach at Wadsworth Sr. High School located in Wadsworth, Ohio.  Coach Gramuglia has led the Grizzlies' program for 25 years and developed the program into one of top in the state.  The Grizzlies recently finished 5th at the Division I Ohio state tournament this season.  Coach G's career coaching record is 251-59-1 at the school.  http://ww2.wadsworth.k12.oh.us/whs/sports/wrestling/index.htm 
6.2.09 SHOW #231 .
Robert Colletti, professional signer and music producer. He is one of three men who are executive producers and directors of the N.H.S.C.A. High School Teen Idol Competition. The competition's website is www.NHSCAIdol.com
5/26/09
SHOW #230 Navy Diver 1st class Roger Levine. Mr. Levine is part of the Navy's Experimental Diving Unit.  www.navy.com
5/19/09 SHOW #229 JASON BASTIANELLI, head wrestling coach at St. Mark's High School, located in Wilmington, Delaware.  Coach Bastianelli led the Spartans to the 2009 Delaware Dual Meet State Title. The Spartans also won the Delaware independent school team title. The Spartans' wrestling website is www.stmarkswrestling.com
5/12/09 SHOW #228
Corey McNellis, head wrestling coach at Ponderosa High School, in Parker Colorado.  Coach McNellis recently led the Mustangs to their seventh consecutive 5A state wrestling team title (the streak was started by his mentor, Tim Otttmann). The Mustangs have not lost a conference dual meet since 1994.  
The school's wrestling website is www.ponderosamustangwrestling.com/
5/05/09 SHOW #227   Coach Belmeceda, head wrestling coach at South Dade Senior High School, Homestead, Florida, who has led the Buccaneers to eight state championships. And his team broke Bradon (FL.) High School's national sports record of 459 consecutive dual meet streak during the 2007-08 wrestling season.    www.sdshs.net/apps/pages/indexwrestling.jsp
4/21/09 SHOW #226  Kurt Keener, head boy's basketball coach at Detroit Country Day School, located in Beverly Hills, Michigan.  Coach Keener has led the Yellowjackets to seven state titles and has a career record of 583-165 in 31 seasons.   www.dcds.edu/page.cfm?p/men'sbasketball=2710
4/14/09 SHOW #225 
Michael Peck, head boy's basketball coach at Finlay College Prep, located in Henderson, Nevada . Coach Peck has a career coaching of 65-1 and recently led the Pilots to the National High School Invitational Championship in Maryland. 
 
4/07/09 SHOW #224 Brian Hills , the head wrestling coach at Reynolds (PA) High School, located in Greenville , Pennsylvania . Coach Hills recently led the Raiders to a third place finish at 2009 Pennsylvania AA State Tournament. He sent five wrestlers to Hershey and all of them medaled. Coach Hills' career record is 332-33-1 in 23 seasons.  www.reynoldswrestling.com
3/31/09 SHOW #223  Coach George Smith,
head football coach at St. Thomas Aquinas High School located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. He has led the Raiders to consecutive 5A state championships (2007,08).  He also led the Raiders to the 2008 National Prep Title with a 15-0 record.  Coach Smith's career record is 333 wins and 65 losses in 32 seasons  
3/24/09 SHOW #222
Navy Seal Diver Lewis King is one the diving instructors for new Seals who just come out of boot camp.   He and his team also work underwater removing explosives so transports can reach their destinations.   The website for the Seals is www.seal.navy.mil 
 
3/17/09 SHOW #221
Tim Matthews is the head wrestling coach at Bishop Lynch High School located in Dallas, Texas.  He has led the Friars to 12 TAPPS titles (Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools including the last three straight (2007,08'& '09)  He just completed his 16th season leading the Friars' program.  
The team wrestling website is www.bishoplynch.org/NetCommunity/wrestling
3/10/09 SHOW #220
Joaquin Bautista, head wrestling coach at The Woodlands School, located in Houston, Texas.  He has led the Highlanders to a 41-22 record in five years, and coaches both the men's and women's programs at the school.  http://teacherweb.com/TheWoodlandsHighSchool/Wrestling/
3-3-09 SHOW #219 

2 NAVY SEALS

Senior Chief Scott Vlcek - Sr. Chief Vlcek is a member of the Seals' Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician (EODT) and he is the Seals' lead recruiter in the New England Area. 
 
Seal Lt. Jeffery Gardner  - Lt. Gardner is a recent graduate of BUDS, the Navy's underwater explosive team training team and was recently awarded his Seal Qualification Training (SQT) 
2-24-09 SHOW #218
 
Pete Welch, head wrestling coach at the McDonogh School, located in Owings Mills, Maryland.  Coach Welch has led the Eagles to national prominence and built the program into one of the best Prep programs in the country.  He just completed his 16th season.   The school's wrestling website is www.mcdonoghwrestling.com/home.html.
2-17-09 SHOW #217

Coach Harley Brown, Head Wrestling Coach of the Mount Mansfield Union Cougars in Jericho, Vermont.  The wrestling team website is www.mmu.k12.vt.us/athletics/wrestling.html

2-10-09 SHOW #216

Information and requirements for the upcoming National Weight Lifting Championships www.nhsca.com

2-3-09 SHOW #215

Michael Cunningham, Head Wrestling Coach of the St. Xavier Falcons of Middletown, Connecticut.  Coach Cunningham has a seven year mark of 139-62 in dual meets.  www.xavierhighschool.org/wrestling

1-27-09 SHOW #214 
Steve Gironda, Navy Seal Fitness Director for the N.H.S.C.A.  
 
Keith Shields, N.H.S.C.A.'s High School Senior Nationals Wrestling Tournament Director.   www.nhsca.com
1-20-09 SHOW #213 Coach Chris Johnson head wrestling coach Sunrise Mountain (AZ) High School
1-13-09 SHOW #212  John Gardner head wrestling coach High Point (NJ ) & Daniel George - Head wrestling coach Long Branch (NJ)
1-6-09 SHOW #211  Dan Conahan discusses upcoming events and information for wrestlers, coaches and parents.
12-23-08 SHOW #210  Steve Powell Head Wrestling coach at Easton (PA) High School www.eastonwrestling.com/

Jason Magditch Head Wrestling coach at Phillipsburg (NJ) High School.  www.enter.net/phillipsburgwresting/

12-16-08 SHOW #209  Todd Fitzgerald, head baseball coach at the American Heritage School, located in Plantation, Florida.  He took over the Patriot's program in 2001 and helped lead it to national prominence by playing a tough non-league national schedule before having his team play its league slate.  In 2008 , the team started the season ranked outside the top ten in the country and the team went 31-2 and were ranked the #1 team in the  country at the end of the season by USA Today and Baseball America. 
12-9-08 SHOW #208
Ed Young, Men's basketball coach at Nansemond River High School in Virginia..  Coach Young has led the Warriors to an 90-17 record heading into his fifth year.  The school's website is www.spsk12.net/schools/nnhs/athlethics/WinterBasketball_boys   
12-2-08 SHOW #207
Navy Seal Sr. Chief Luis Nebel is a instructor for the Navy Seals' underwater demolition training known as BUDS .  He also has an extensive athletic background in several sports which have helped him during his time with the Seals .  The website is www.seal.navy.mil.
 
Navy Fitness Challenge director Danny Mullan is charge of the N.H.S.C.A.'s special projects and he is currently trying to get the Navy Fitness Challenge implemented in high schools across the U.S. He will be giving an update on his progress. The website is www.sealfitnesschallege.com 
11/25/08 SHOW #206 2 Navy Seals
Sr. Chief Kevin Parra . Chief Parra is a member of the Seal's Explosive Ordinance Disposal Team (EOT). 
 
Zach Riley is part of the Seals' SWCC Program and is a specialized boat operator.  Mr. Riley is also an accomplished swimmer in his free time.  
 
the website for both men is www.seal.navy.mil.
11/18 SHOW #205 Coach John Gordon of Wyoming Seminary (PA) Wrestling.  Since his arrival on campus in 2001, Coach Gordon has re-vitalized the Blue Knight's program by leading the Knights to a top ten finish at the National Preps the last three years ('06-08).  The Knights have also won back to back PA State Prep titles in 2007 &2008.  The program has been nationally ranked by different wrestling services since 2006.   www.wyomingseminary.org/athletics/winter-wrestling.html
11/4 SHOW #204  Coach Mike Hickey Malvern (PA) Prep School baseball coach.  Coach Hickey led the Friars to a 41-3 overall record last season .  Due to the success of the program, the Friars were ranked #9 by USA Today   Also the team was ranked #7 by Baseball America.    The school's website is www.malvernprep.org/athletics
10/21 SHOW #203  Author H.G. "Buzz" Bissinger .  He will be discussing  the 20th anniversary of his seminal book Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team and A Dream.  In 1988, he went to Odessa Texas to cover the Permian Panthers football team for the whole season.  The novel version of Friday Night Lights  came out in 1990.  It was made into a move in 2004.      There are two websites  www.fridaynightlightsmovie.com/ and www.buzzbissinger.com/
10/14 SHOW #202
10/7
SHOW #201 Coach Terry Smith of the Gateway Gators.  Coach Smith has led the Gators to a 59-18 record. www.gatewaygators.com/football and www.gatewayk12.org
8/12
Show #200  Joe Blasucci Coach of the South Florida Lightning Wrestling Club.  The website is www.aausports.org/sprt_Wrestling.asp
7/29 Show #199  Tim Roff
Navy Seal Timothy Roff is a diving instructor for Seal rookies .  He is also a motivational speaker and does several speeches a year.   www.seal.navy.mil
7/22 Show #198 Bill Long
N.H.S.C.A.'s Director of Football Operations and Activities speaking about the National 7 on 7 Football Championship in two weeks at Hoover High School in Hoover Alabama.    www.NHSCA.com
7/15 Show #197 Bill Long
N.H.S.C.A.'s Director of Football Operations and Activities speaking about the National 7 on 7 Football Championship in two weeks at Hoover High School in Hoover Alabama.    www.NHSCA.com
7/8 Show #196 Danny Mullen
U.S. Navy Seal Fitness Challenge Director  www.sealfitnesschellenge.com
7/1 Show #195
Navy Seal Specialist John Murray has been with the Seals for close to ten years .  After serving multiple tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, he was moved to the Navy Parachute Team two years ago. He is the parachute team instructor and is in charge of training , planning coordination and execution of all high risk jumps.  He has over 1,100 jumps to his credit.   www.seal.navy.mil
 
Coach Mark Getz of the  N.H.S.C.A. talks about the National Open that occurred this past weekend. He is the National Open tournament director. The website is www.nhsca.com
6/10/08
Coach Eric Moon, head wrestling club coach of the Michigan Fire .  The Fire has three teams that are tough against all competitors and in any competition.   
The club's website is www.aausports.org/sport_Wrestling
5/27/08 Show #193  Carmen Jon a worldwide singing sensation who is the executive producer of the National High School "Teen Idol" event which allows high school students the opportunity to perform vocal numbers and permits them to continue to learn thanks to on-site educational workshops.  www.CarmenJon.com 
5/20/08 Show #192

Navy Seal Marty Taylor is a logistical specialist for the Seals and helps solve logistical hurdles for deployed Seal Teams.  Officer Taylor also has a competitive runner and swimmer.  He has recently competed in various marathons .  He recently qualified for the Ironman Triathlon in Hawaii in October 2008.   The navy Seal website is www.seal.navy.mil

NHSCA Director Bob Ferrarro Jr. Executive Director of the N.H.S.C.A .  The N.H.S.C.A. website is www.nhsca.com.

5/13/08 Show #191  Jason Nickal
Rio Rancho NM wrestling coach.  He has led the Rams to back to back 5a state titles ('07 &08).  The Rams have a two year record of 33-0 in his two seasons as coach.  He led six wrestlers to State titles this past season.  He has also coached several wrestlers to N.H.S.C.A. national championships.   The school's website is www.rrps.net/Newrrhs/wrestling.htm

 

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2007 Shows

2008-5-6 Show #190  Coach Jim Jackson Apple Valley (MN) wrestling coach..  Coach Jackson has associated with the Apple Valley program for 28 of its 32 years of existence.  He has been the Eagles' head coach for the past 13 years and has led the program to 10 state titles (including the last three straight 2006,07 & 08) .  His team this season went 34-1 in dual meets.   He has coached 91 state place winners and 37 state champions.  His overall coaching record is 465-25-3.  The school's website is www.isd196.k12.mn.us/avhs/
2008-4-29 Show# 189 Dave Crowell, Sr. Nazareth (PA) head wrestling coach.  Coach Crowell has led the Blue Eagles' program to a 92-24 record in five years .  He is the high wrestling coach in America to lead three different school to state wrestling titles . Easton (PA) '81 & 83, Wilson PA ('02& '03 ) and Nazareth in "06.  His overall coaching record is 367-82-1.   The school wrestling website is www.NazarethWrestling.com 2008-4-15 Show# 187 Terry Daubert,  Head wrestling coach at Northampton (PA) High School .  He has the Konkrite Kids program to an overall record of 121-23 in seven seasons.  He led the squad to the Lehigh Valley Conference regular season and post season titles in 2007-08 with a record of 24-1.  He then sent 10 wrestlers to the state tournament and five came home individual medals.  The school's website is www.northamptonwrestling.com
2008-4-8 Show #186 Tim Giel head wrestling coach at Shady Side Academy (PA) for the past 25 years just completing his 25th season.   The Indians won the 2008 PIAA AA Wrestling Championships team title (after finishing 4th in '07)  The school is the first ever from the Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League to capture a state wrestling title .  Coach Giel's career coaching record is 270-161.  www.shadysideacademy.org/athletics/wrestling 2008-4-1 Show #185 

Robin Ferraro, Director of the N.H.S.C.A. character and Leadership workshops.   www.nhsca.com

Danny Mullen, Navy Seal Fitness Challenge director.  www.sealfitnesschallenge.com

2008-3-25 Show #184 QUINCY LEWIS, Head men's basketball coach at Lone Peak High School in Highland, Utah.  His teams have won four regional titles,  three Utah 5A state titles (including back to back crowns in '07 and '08).  He has an overall record of 98-21 in five seasons. The school's website is www.lonepeak.alpinedistrict.org/Basketball_boys 2008-3-18 Show #183 JAMES OLIVA, former wrestler at Northern Illinois and director of the wrestling movie "7 Minutes"  The film's website is http://www.7minutes-movie.com

2008-3-11 Show #182 GREG URBAS Head Wrestling coach at St. Edward's High School (OH). He has led the Eagles to 14 Straight Division I  State titles.  His team was the last to beat Blair Academy (NJ) last season (2006-07) in a dual meet.   He has been the head varsity coach since 1989.  The School website is www.sehs.net/athletics.html

2008-3-4 Show #181 GERALD WINTERTON Head wrestling coach at (Cary N.C.) High School.   His teams have won 153 tournament in a row which is a an on going scholastic national record.  In 27 years of coaching the Imps , he has coached the team to 18 state titles (latest one won two weeks ago).  His squads have also won 10 state tournament championships and 7 Dual Team Championships .  He is also the 2007 N.H.S.C.A. Wrestling Coach of the Year http://caryhs.wcpss.net/Index/athelrtics
2008-2-26 Show #180  Steve Specht, Head Football Coach, St. Xavier H.S., Cincinnati, Ohio  The team went 15-0 this season and won the State Division I title and the National High School Prep title.. Coach Specht has an overall record  of 51-3 in four years of coaching the Bombers   The squad out scored their opponents 452-133 this season.  The school's website is www.stxavier.org./football/106/stxavier.asp .    2008-2-12 Show #179 

Navy Seal Thomas Campbell, a former competitive distance runner and kayaker .  Currently he serves as the Director of Assaults and Combat trainer and swimming instructor at the Naval Warfare Center.   www.seal.navy.mil/

Rob Sherrill, Director of Communications for the N.H.S.C.A. www.nhsca.com

2008-2-5 Show # 178 Dan Hurley Head Men's Basketball Coach at St. Benedict's Prep in Newark NJ.  He holds a career coaching record of 175-16.    www.sbp.org./Athletics/basketball.asp 2008-1-22 Show #177 Seal Commander Keith Davids He is a competitive sailing expert and tri-athlete and has won his age group (30-40)  in both disciplines   He was a multi-sport star at the Naval Academy in wrestling, running, and sailing, and is currently the Director of Training at the Naval Warfare Center. www.seal.navy.mil/
2008-1-15 Show #176  Steve Powell of Easton (PA) High School.   www.eastonwrestling.com/  2008-1-8 Show #175 Dickey Howell of Ceasar Rodney High School (DE).  www.crhs.cr.k12.de.us/sports.  Bill Swink of Colonial Forge High School (VA) www.varisty-wrestling.stafford.forge.school

 

2007 Shows

2007-12-18 SHOW # 174 David Goggins Navy Seal, Athlete & Iraqi War veteran who runs distance events for his fallen commandos that he help train and their families .   www.seal.navy.mil/
2007-12-11 SHOW #173 Brian Gilbert  Head Football Coach at Palisades (PA) HS  www.palisadessed.org/palisadeshs/ . 2007-11-27 SHOW #172 Executive Director of the N.H..S.CA. Bobby Ferraro Jr. www.NHSCA.com
2007-11-13 SHOW #171: Bob Hurley Sr. .N.H.S.C.A. Men's High School Basketball coach of the year.  He has a career mark of 901-101 entering this season. Show ends about 35 minutes running when Mr. Hurley's cell phone battery gives out! 2007-11-06 SHOW #170: Head Football Coach, BRET COMP, Wilson Area PA High School
2007-10-30 SHOW #169: Henry K. Priest Executive Producer of the N.H.S.C.A. media productions and Independent movie producer. Howie Miller former wrestler at Parkland (PA) High School and the University of Virginia. He is the writer, producer and director of the movie "Vertias"  www.veritas-movie.com 2007-10-23 SHOW #168: Coach Mark Getz of Pleasant Valley HS
2007-08-14 SHOW #166 2007-10-16 SHOW #167: Hall of Fame Coach RAE McDONALD
2007-07-08 SHOW #164 2007-07-31 SHOW #165: BILL LONG
2007-06-12 SHOW #161:  COACH SCOTT LEGACY 2007-07-01 SHOW #163: TOM PULLEN - 2007 Tennis Coach of the Year &
LITA ANDREWS - 2007 Girls Basketball Coach of the Year
2007-05-22 SHOW #159 2007-06-03 SHOW #160:  SHAM
2007-05-06 JASON LOC & JIM ACKERLY 2007-05-15 JOE PLASCHUCCI & MARK MORRIS

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