Episode 558: Jack Mullaney – Head Coach of NAZ Elite (Coaching Series Episode 1)
I'll Have Another with Lindsey Hein Podcast
SandyBoy Productions
4.9 • 2.1K Ratings
🗓️ 2 October 2024
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
We’re kicking off a new coaching series here on the I’ll Have Another Podcast where we dive deep into the world of running and the incredible coaches who shape athletes’ journeys. In today’s episode, I’m thrilled to introduce you to Jack Mulaney, the head coach of NAZ Elite. Jack’s journey to coaching is both inspiring and insightful, and I learned so much from our conversation. He shares how he found purpose in his life and the importance of setting intentions every day—a practice that I found very motivating.
Jack began his coaching career as the operations assistant for the University of Minnesota’s track and field and cross country programs in 2015-2016. He then moved to Utah State as the director of operations, where he organized major NCAA events. After that, he spent seven years at the University of Portland as an assistant coach, working alongside esteemed coaches Rob Conner and Ian Solof. Jack holds a Master’s in Sport Management, is a certified strength and conditioning coach, and a USATF Level 3 coach. He’s also an avid runner, having completed several marathons himself.
Jack’s passion for coaching is amazing!! By the end of our conversation, you might just find yourself wishing he could be your running and life coach too! He shares valuable insights into his coaching philosophy and the life lessons he’s learned along the way. We’ve also linked to all our previous coaching episodes in the show notes, so you can dive into more of these insightful coaching conversations.
What we talked about:
4:00- Becoming the head coach at NAZ Elite
8:30- His path to becoming a coach
20:30- Other coaches that have had a similar path to him
23:00- Helping athletes find balance
30:15- Keeping curiosity alive
32:45- Some recent accomplishments of his athletes
40:40- Helping an athlete through a hard race or training period
42:30- Celebrating wins
46:00- Staying present
48:00- Training specific questions
56:40- End of podcast questions
Show notes:
Finding Mastery Podcast
Win Forever: Live, Work, and Play Like a Champion by Pete Carroll
A Completely Different Game: My Leadership Playbook by Emma Hayes
Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl
Ryan Holiday’s books
Other Coaching Series Episodes:
High school coaching series:
Robyn McGillis and Marie Markham – Episode 479
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | This is a Sandy Boy Productions podcast. Hey everybody I am super excited to bring you another series here on the all have another podcast. This is another |
| 0:25.4 | coaching series. We've had the opportunity to interview so many coaches in the |
| 0:30.7 | running industry over the years on this podcast and so we are running another |
| 0:35.1 | new series for coaches and you know we will link to all of our prior coaching |
| 0:40.7 | episodes as well in the show notes of this podcast because I think that |
| 0:44.7 | there's so much great information from each coach we've had along the way and |
| 0:49.4 | so if you go to Sandy Boy Productions.com you can click on the show notes of this episode |
| 0:55.4 | and find prior episodes to our coaching series. |
| 1:00.0 | Today I'm excited to introduce head coach of N AZ Elite Jack Malaney to the podcast. |
| 1:06.8 | This was a life coach interview. |
| 1:09.8 | I learned so much about Jack's story and what brought him to coaching at N. A. Z. |
| 1:15.7 | But also walked away from this interview feeling inspired to have purpose in my life and set those intentions every morning and he explains |
| 1:25.8 | how he does that really well in this episode. How did he become the head coach |
| 1:30.6 | at NAZ Elite? Well back in 2015, 2016 he was the |
| 1:36.2 | operations assistant for the University of Minnesota's track and field and |
| 1:40.0 | cross-country programs and then he moved to Utah State in the fall of 2016 where he |
| 1:45.5 | spent a year as the Director of Operations for the Aggies organizing both the |
| 1:50.3 | 2016 NCAA cross-country mountain regional and 2017 Mountain West outdoor |
| 1:56.0 | track and field championships. Then he went to work as the assistant cross-country and |
| 2:01.9 | track and field coach at the University of Portland |
| 2:04.4 | where he spent seven years working with a men's coach Rob Connor and women's coach Ian Soloth. |
| 2:11.6 | During that time he also received his Masters of Science |
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