Donnie Bostwick, Oklahoma Wesleyan Men's Basketball Coach
Sports Spectrum Podcast
Sports Spectrum
4.9 • 685 Ratings
🗓️ 6 May 2019
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
Episode 292
Donnie Bostwick is the head coach for Oklahoma Wesleyan University's Men's Basketball team. Hired in 2007 by OWU, he led his club to the 2009 NAIA Division 2 National Championship and won a record 39 consecutive games.
In 2011, he would leave and coach at Southwestern Assemblies of God University, where he led his team to a national championship game appearance in 2013. In 2017, he would return to Oklahoma Wesleyan and in March of 2019, saw his team return to the NAIA Division 2 Men's Tournament.
The 2-time NCCAA National Coach of the Year is also the founder of Spirit Led Coach, a ministry that empowers coaches with the power of the Holy Spirit, so they can impact and transform the lives of athletes across the world.
On this episode of the podcast, we talk to Coach Bostwick about overcoming challenges, finding joy in the adversity, his desire to share Christ, and why he founded and developed "Spirit Led Coach."
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Sports Spectrum, the Sports and Faith podcast that brings Jesus back into the conversation. |
| 0:17.0 | Here's your host, Jason Romano. |
| 0:20.0 | This episode of the Sports Spectrum podcast with Donnie Bostwick, the Oklahoma Wesleyan |
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