Conqu’ring Heroes 183 - Brian Diemer & Jack Harvey

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Michigan, College, Sports, Ncaa, Jon Jansen, Wolverines, Football

4.8 • 734 Ratings

🗓️ 20 November 2025

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

We finish up our Hall of Honor series with a player and coach combination from men’s track and field. Our first guest is former National Champion Brian Diemer, who talks about his time as a star for the Wolverines in both cross country and track and field. Then, around the 23-minute mark, longtime track & field Head Coach Jack Harvey discusses his 25-year run leading the program and shares some great stories about Diemer and several other well-known Wolverines. Programming note – there will not be an episode of Conqu’ring Heroes next week due to the Thanksgiving holiday.

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0:44.6	Well, on this episode of Conquering Heroes, I've got two of the newest members of the Hall of Honor.
0:50.3	The first, Brian Deamer, former cross-country and track and field athlete, as well as Olympian.
0:55.8	He's going to join me as well as one of his coaches, and that's Jack Harvey, who spent 25 years at head coach and director of the track and field program here at Michigan. They
1:02.1	join me next on Conquering Heroes. Welcome to your one-stop podcast for all things, Michigan
1:10.7	athletics. Updates on every team on campus and interviews with Welcome to your one-stop podcast for all things Michigan Athletics.
1:12.1	Updates on every team on campus and interviews with players and coaches are all on the way.
1:17.3	This is Conquering Heroes.
1:19.4	Here's your host, John Chanson.
1:22.0	Well, this is that exciting time of year where I get a chance to talk to all the guys and gals that are new members of the Hall of
1:28.8	Honor and pleased to be joined by Brian Deemer, who is one of the new inductees to the Hall of
1:35.4	Honor. Brian, thanks for joining me and I start the same way every single time. What was it like when you
1:40.5	got the call from Ward Manuel that they were going to put you in the Hall of Honor?
1:51.2	Well, I couldn't believe it. I thought, hey, I was in the Hall of Fame, and I thought that was as good as it got. So after, I mean, so to let everybody know, you ran track
1:58.2	for the University of Michigan from 1980 to 1983.
2:02.9	Specialty was the 3,000 meter steeple chase. But you grew up in the Grand Rapids area.
2:09.2	Was Michigan always the target for you? Was that where you, the number one choice that you
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