Coach Mike Smith & Coach Chris Miltenberg On Their Collaborative Relationship That Has Fueled Their Success | Inside The Minds Of Two Of The Greatest NCAA Coaches Of All-Time
THE RUNNING EFFECT PODCAST
Dominic Schlueter
4.8 • 686 Ratings
🗓️ 3 April 2024
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
Today on the podcast are two of the greatest coaches in NCAA History, Coach Chris Miltenberg & Coach Mike Smith.
Coach Chris Miltenberg is the Director of Cross Country and Track & Field at University Of North Carolina.
Coach Mike Smith is the Director of Cross Country and Track & Field at Northern Arizona University. During his tenure at NAU, Coach Smith has earned 23 Big Sky Coach of the Year awards, 5 Chick Hislop Awards for USTFCCCA Mountain Region Men's Cross Country Coach of the Year, 5 USTFCCCA Mountain Region Coach of the Year awards, 4 Bill Dellinger Awards for the National Men's Cross Country Coach of the Year, and 1 USTFCCCA National Men's Indoor Track & Field Coach of the Year awards. He's coached so many legends over the years including Luis Grijalva, Abdi Nur, Geordie Beamish, Nico Young, and many others.
Coach Chris Miltenberg is the Director of Cross Country and Track & Field at The University of North Carolina. Under his leadership, UNC's teams achieved significant milestones, qualifying for the NCAA Cross Country Championships and earning high ACC finishes. Coach Milt's athletes consistently earned All-America honors and excelled at NCAA Championships. During his tenure at Stanford, the teams secured ten podium finishes in NCAA Championship competitions, with the men's track and field/cross country program winning the John McDonnell Division I Program of the Year in 2019. His coaching prowess was evident as he led the women's cross-country team at Georgetown University to a national championship in 2011.
In today's conversation, Coach Milt & Smith discuss their friendship, being roommates in college, lessons learned from their college coach, Coach Patrick Henner, how they help each other in the day-to-day, and so much more!
This conversation was truly legendary and such a privilege to have. I hope you all take the time to listen and be enlightened by two legends of the sport!
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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 Schleader. |
| 0:05.7 | I'm your host, Dominic, and today's podcast is a legendary one. |
| 0:09.3 | It is one that if you would have told me a year ago that this would happen, I wouldn't have believed you. |
| 0:13.5 | I have the privilege of sitting down with two legends of the sport, and in my opinion, two of the greatest coaches in NCAA history. |
| 0:20.7 | Coach Chris Miltonberg and coach Mike history. Coach Chris Miltenberg and |
| 0:22.2 | coach Mike Smith. Coach Milt is the director of cross country and track and field at the |
| 0:26.4 | University of North Carolina. I've actually had him on the podcast before. He's done all sorts of |
| 0:31.2 | amazing things in the sport, accomplished all sorts of things. Coach Mike Smith is the director |
| 0:35.8 | of cross country and track and field at Northern Arizona |
| 0:38.2 | University and has just been on absolute fire over the years. He's won many, many national |
| 0:43.3 | titles on the grass. He's coached some legends in the sport, including Luis Grahalva, |
| 0:48.1 | Obdi Nur, Jordi Beemish, Nico Young, and many others. Coach Milt and Coach Smith were roommates |
| 0:53.6 | in college and have this really fun relationship. And so when Coach Milt and Coach Smith were roommates in college and have this really |
| 0:55.3 | fun relationship. And so when Coach Milt came to me with the idea of doing this podcast, I was |
| 1:00.3 | very keen to make it happen. And it was just a great discussion between two friends who |
| 1:05.5 | collaborate on a daily basis and help each other get better at their craft, which is coaching. I'll leave this |
| 1:12.5 | intro short. I hope you guys enjoy this one as much as I did having it. If you do enjoy it, |
| 1:16.9 | please give us a follow and a five-star review on Spotify or Apple Podcasts and then consider sharing |
| 1:21.6 | today's episode with a friend, a family member, someone who you think would find value and benefit |
| 1:26.8 | from it. I hope you all |
| 1:28.2 | enjoy my conversation with two legends of the sport, Coach Milton and Coach Mike Smith. |
| 1:37.0 | Coach Milton and Coach Smith, a privilege and a pleasure to welcome you both onto the podcast. |
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