Coach Andrea Grove-McDonough On Creating A Culture Of Winning | How She Flipped Around Toledo's Programs In Less Than A Year

THE RUNNING EFFECT PODCAST

Dominic Schlueter

Running, Sports

4.8 • 686 Ratings

🗓️ 27 March 2024

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Today on the podcast is the Director of Cross Country and Track & Field at the University of Toledo, Coach Andrea Grove-McDonough!

Under the leadership of Coach McDonough, the Toledo cross country teams have achieved remarkable success, securing consecutive Mid-American Conference Women’s Cross Country titles in 2021, 2022, 2023 and notable individual accolades. The 2022 women’s team notably climbed to the No. 16 spot in the USTFCCCA National Coaches Poll. Additionally, the men’s team has claimed consecutive runner-up finishes at the MAC Men’s Cross Country Championship meets in 2021, 2022, and 2023. Beyond cross country, Coach McDonough's impact extends to track and field, where her athletes have excelled both domestically and internationally. Her coaching prowess has been recognized with numerous Coach of the Year awards throughout her career. Prior to Toledo, she spent time at UNC, Iowa State, and UConn.

Prior to becoming a coach, she was a two-time national titlist, winning the 2008 Canadian Olympic Trials in the 10,000 meters. She ran professionally for 12 years and was a seven-time Canadian National Team member.

In today's conversation, Coach McDonough takes me through her journey as an athlete and coach, how she flipped around the Toledo program, how she recruits the top kids in the country (and sometimes out of the country), her ambitions for the program, and much more!

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Ladies and gentlemen, welcome back to another episode of the Running Effect podcast with Dominic
0:06.0	Schleader. I'm your host Dominic, and today on the podcast, I am joined by the director of cross-country
0:10.4	and track and field at the University of Toledo, Coach Andrea Grove McDonough. Coach McDonough has spent time
0:16.8	at many different high-level programs in the NCAA. Some of those include the University of North Carolina,
0:23.1	Iowa State, and Yukon. Since being at the University of Toledo, Coach McDunna has been on an
0:28.1	absolute tear. On the woman's side, she's won three Mac championships on the grass in a row,
0:32.6	which is absolutely unbelievable. She's taken that team to the national championship as a team,
0:38.5	which is unprecedented in program history. And as I'm sure you guys are familiar with, or I would assume so, I'm from
0:43.5	Toledo. And so it's been so special to see that program be turned around and see all the success
0:48.6	over the past few years. And I really wanted to dive into the individual behind so much of
0:52.9	the success. And so today's conversation, we go through Coach McDonough's history in the sport.
0:57.8	She was actually an incredible athlete herself.
1:00.3	She was a seven-time Canadian national team member.
1:03.0	We go through her coaching journey, how she flipped around the Toledo program, and so, so much more.
1:07.6	I hope you all enjoy my conversation with Coach McDona as much as I did.
1:11.3	If you do enjoy it, please consider giving us a follow and a five-star review on Spotify or Apple
1:15.2	podcasts. And if you want to watch the podcast, you can watch on our new podcast YouTube channel,
1:20.4	which I've left a link to in the show notes. With all those notes aside, I hope you all enjoy
1:24.4	my conversation with the one and only coach Andrea Grove, McDonough.
1:34.1	Coach Andrea Grove McDonough, welcome to the Running Effect podcast. How are you doing this afternoon?
1:39.1	Good. Thanks for having me. excited about being here. First question for you. Off the top of my head we're in march here
1:45.9	and i feel like you know nc wa indoors just happened and we're kind of in this interesting
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