Episodes

Saturday Feb 15, 2025
Saturday Feb 15, 2025
In this episode, the buddies are joined by Denis Brunk to discuss the differences between high school and college coaching, essential leadership qualities, in-helmet communication, and a review of signing classes. Plus, get a life update from Mitch and, of course, an update on Nolan's love life.

Friday Dec 27, 2024
Friday Dec 27, 2024
The buddies are back from a season long hiatus. Join us as we talk about our seasons, what's next, the transfer portal, and, of course, we get an update on Nolan's love life!

Tuesday May 21, 2024
Tuesday May 21, 2024
The Coaching Buddies are back for Episode #9. This week, no guests, just Mitch, Brunk, Nolan, and Bando talking ball. The best buddies around talk about life, X's and O's, coaching principles, welcome to college coaching moments and, as always, an update on Nolan's love life.

Monday May 06, 2024
Monday May 06, 2024
Numerous special guests this week! The Springers (Ryan and Meg) join the podcast as well as the Coaching Buddies with their better halves (Hannah, Sydney, and Kelsey). A good part of the podcast was lost due to technical difficulties (Nolan's fault), but we pieced it together and were still able to deep dive what it's like to be a coach's wife, gamedays, work/life balance, and, as always, Nolan's love life.

Monday May 06, 2024
Monday May 06, 2024
This week the Coaching Buddies are joined by Devvon Gage as they tell stories from the recruiting trail, signaler nightmares, eyes on gameday, headset stories, and as always, an update on Nolan's love life, including his latest Pre-Order.

Thursday Apr 25, 2024
Thursday Apr 25, 2024
Part 2 of this episode is action packed. Good discussions with Cory and Burns on recruiting and O-Line technique as well as some story time from the guys time together. Lastly, we get a little more insight into Nolan's love life, including his newest approach, the cheese wheel.

Monday Apr 22, 2024
Monday Apr 22, 2024
The coaching buddies are joined by Cory and Burns in this lineman heavy episode. This first part includes introductions and backgrounds, film study techniques, run play discussions, and, as always, an update on Nolan's love life (kind of).

Saturday Apr 13, 2024
Saturday Apr 13, 2024
After an extensive editing session and some sensitivity training, the Coaching Buddies are back with this electric episode. In this episode, the boys are joined by Van Cooper and Aaron Burns and discuss the college playing days, every day drills, and lots of outrageous stories, including, as always, an update on Nolan's love life. The boys are also in on a bet to see which out of pocket thing Coop will say first. Listener discretion is advised.

Sunday Apr 07, 2024
Sunday Apr 07, 2024
Welcome to the drinking buddies podcast (as Brunk apparently thinks they are called), where this week the coaching buddies are joined by Eastern Washington Cornerbacks Coach, Wes Nurse. The guys reminisce about memories from their time on staff together, talk about Caitlyn Clark and the NCAA Basketball Tournament, drafting and developing quarterbacks, updates from everyone's Spring Ball, and as always, an update on Nolan's quest for love with insight from Bando's fiancé, Sydney..

Sunday Mar 24, 2024
Sunday Mar 24, 2024
The coaching buddies are back for another episode. This time they are joined by guest Mike McClanathan as they talk about when they fell in love with the game, recruiting, developing prospects, relationships, and of course, Nolan's love life.