Dordt University football coach Joel Penner on coaching for Christ
Sports Spectrum Podcast
Sports Spectrum
5 • 661 Ratings
🗓️ 14 August 2021
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
Joel Penner is the head coach of Dordt University in Sioux Center, Iowa. In 2020, he led Dordt to a program best 8-3 record and a spot in the NAIA playoffs. His offense scored more than 40 points in 8 of 11 games last season.
Today on the podcast, we talk to Joel about the unique culture that exists at Dordt, what it means to coach for transformation and the DEFENDER WAY.
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| 0:00.0 | It's not faith unless it takes faith to do it. |
| 0:04.3 | That's a quote today from our conversation with Joel Penner, the head football coach at |
| 0:08.7 | Dort University in Iowa. |
| 0:11.4 | I really enjoyed talking to Coach Penner, and I think you will too. |
| 0:14.6 | It's coming up right now on Sports Spectrum. |
| 0:28.8 | Welcome. Welcome to Sports Spectrum, where we bring Jesus back into the conversation. |
| 0:32.5 | Here's your host, former ESPN producer, Jason Romano. |
| 0:35.1 | Hey, everyone, welcome to the show. |
| 0:36.1 | I am Jason Romano. |
| 0:38.7 | This is the Sports Spectrum podcast. |
| 0:41.1 | We are the intersection of sports and faith. |
| 0:44.6 | We bring Jesus back into the sports conversation. |
| 0:48.6 | And we're going to do that today with Joel Penner, the head football coach over at Dort University. |
| 0:49.4 | I'll tell you a little bit about Joel in just a second. |
| 0:52.0 | First, want to direct you to our website, sportspectrum.com. That's the site to go to, podcast, devotionals, articles, stories, all for |
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