15. Lance Harter

The Hog Pod with Bo Mattingly

Sport & Story

Arkansas, Hogs, Sports, Razorbacks

4.8 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 18 June 2019

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Fresh off winning indoor and outdoor national titles in 2019, Arkansas women’s track coach Lance Harter is riding a massive wave of success. We begin our conversation with his early days as a surfer and how he got into track (3:40), as well as his start in coaching track at the D2 level (9:00). Then, we cover how he got to Arkansas, and what it was like being there when John McDonnell had the men’s program rolling (14:00), as well as what the job is like away from the track (20:50). We get into the success he’s having and how he manages it (33:33), and he shares a great story from the 1992 Olympics involving Charles Barkley (39:18).

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0:00.0	Looking back, what has worked for you?
0:02.5	Well, I think I'm still convinced that hard work and not watching the clock are invaluable.
0:07.6	And Arkansas prevails once again at the national championship level.
0:12.1	In coaching, especially at the level that we're at and the monster we have created,
0:16.0	there is no eight-hour day.
0:19.0	You're on 24-7 no matter where you're at.
0:23.0	Welcome in
0:33.0	to a championship edition of the Hog Pot. I'm your host Bo Mattingly and this episode is
0:38.4	made possible by our friends at First Security Bank.
0:41.3	Only in Arkansas, Ozark, outpost,
0:44.6	casual clothing and footwear, Highway 412 Tawnytown, and Saracin Resort.
0:49.5	Coming soon to Pine Bluff. Lance Harder grew up surfing and is currently riding a massive wave of success as the Arkansas
1:00.1	women's track coach.
1:01.8	He grew up in California and his coach teams to enough
1:04.5	national and conference hardware that he's running out of places to put it off.
1:08.4	You know I didn't have this wood cabinet until about what maybe a month ago is when they put it everything else
1:14.4	sat on the floor people walk in and go got a lot of trophies but man they're really
1:18.3	messy. Harder arrived at Arkansas in 1990 after an extremely successful run at Division 2 at But then he walked into a massive shadow at Arkansas, that legendary coach John
1:38.6	McDonnell whose statue is at the track that also bears his name in honor of 40 national titles and 84
1:46.5	conference championships with the razorbacks.
1:48.8	Razorbacks have established a dynasty in track and field.
1:51.9	Harder came to Arkansas at the height of McDonald's success
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