NAU's Coach Jarred Cornfield On Creating A Culture Of Excllence | Lessons From Winning Six NCAA Titles In Seven Years + Coaching Nico Young, Abdi Nur, Luis Grijalva & More.
THE RUNNING EFFECT PODCAST
Dominic Schlueter
4.9 • 822 Ratings
🗓️ 25 August 2023
⏱️ 71 minutes
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Summary
Today on the podcast is NAU's Assistant Coach Jarred Cornfield!
Coach Cornfield, with a background in Sports Management and a master's degree in Educational Leadership from NAU, has spent eight years at Northern Arizona University, progressing from a Graduate Assistant Coach to his current role as an Assistant Coach, specializing in distance and mid-distance running. His coaching prowess is evident through his instrumental contributions to the Lumberjack teams' multiple victories at the Big Sky Championships and NCAA National Championships. Notably, he helped guide athletes like Luis Grijalva, Drew Bosley, Nico Young, and Abdihamid Nur to impressive feats, including NCAA titles and Olympic participation. Under his guidance, the men's track & field and cross country teams have achieved remarkable success, culminating in championship wins and numerous All-America honors.
In today's conversation, I pick Coach Cornfield's brain on a plethora of subjects relating to NAU's success and his experience as a coach. I learned a ton from this conversation, and have already listened to it twice, learning something new every time. I hope you all take the time to listen to this episode as I know you'll learn from it immensely!
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| 0:00.0 | Ladies and gentlemen, welcome back to another episode of the Running Effect podcast with Dominic |
| 0:07.0 | Schleader. I'm your host, Dominic. And if you enjoy today's episode or have enjoyed any of the |
| 0:12.4 | episodes in the past, I would greatly appreciate it if you guys do three things. One, |
| 0:16.7 | give us a follow and a five-star review on Spotify or Apple Podcasts and then share today's episode |
| 0:22.1 | or your favorite episode with a friend or someone who you think would find value from it. |
| 0:26.9 | Today on the podcast is a man who I've wanted to have a conversation with for quite some time. |
| 0:31.5 | His name is Coach Jared Cornfield. He is an assistant coach at NAU. He has a background in |
| 0:36.4 | sports management and a master's degree in educational leadership. |
| 0:39.9 | He has spent, if my facts are correct, the past eight years at NAU progressing from a graduate assistant coach to his current role, as I just mentioned, as an assistant coach, where he specializes in distance and mid-distance running, particularly of interest for me as an up-and-coming fan and, |
| 0:56.6 | you know, participant in the sport. NAU on the men's side has won six at the last seven |
| 1:01.2 | team championships on the grass. So it was an absolute privilege to pick Coach Cornfield's |
| 1:07.5 | brain on the success that NAU's experienced. And quite frankly, my mindset |
| 1:11.9 | surrounding success and excellence in what those terms mean was completely shifted after |
| 1:18.1 | talking with Coach Cornfield. The depth and wisdom that he brought into today's conversation |
| 1:23.9 | was quite frankly second to none. And this is one of my favorite podcasts I've ever |
| 1:28.8 | recorded because of it I'm still trying to kind of understand some of the subjects and concepts |
| 1:34.3 | that coach cornfield talks about on today's episode because they're incredibly deep and kind of go |
| 1:39.5 | against the narrative that you think of such a high performing successful team. You'll understand what I mean. |
| 1:44.9 | He's just incredibly wise and has a level of intellectual depth that I really appreciated. |
| 1:51.1 | Each response was incredibly intentional and I walked away from this conversation with a lot of |
| 1:56.3 | wisdom and a lot of things that I'm going to apply in my running, things that I'm going to change in my running, |
| 2:01.6 | and more importantly, in my mindset surrounding success and excellence. |
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