Captains & Coaches Podcast

Tex McQuilkin

Booking Overview

An interview-led sports leadership show focused on coaching, athlete development, team culture, and performance, featuring individual conversations with coaches and sports-performance professionals alongside live expert panels. PR agencies could credibly pitch collegiate and professional coaches, strength-and-conditioning leaders, athlete-development experts, former elite athletes, and sports leadership authors; booking difficulty is medium because guests typically hold substantial coaching or performance credentials.

Metrics

Episodes: 150

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 5.0/5.0

Estimated listeners: <1k

Gender skew: Unknown

Location: USA

YouTube: 2.2k subscribers

Instagram: 4.2k followers

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

tex@captainsandcoaches.com

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Host

Tex McQuilkin - Host and publisher of Captains & Coaches, focused on sports coaching, athlete development, team performance, and leadership.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium

Typical Credentials:

Collegiate or professional coaching experience, strength-and-conditioning expertise, athlete-development leadership, elite athletic experience, or leadership of a sports coaching organization.

Required Achievements:

Leadership roles at universities or major sports organizations, Experience coaching Olympic, professional, or elite athletes, Founding or leading a sports coaching organization, Competitive experience at the collegiate or elite level

Recent Guest Discussions

Bo Sandoval - Self-leadership, Emotional Regulation, Coaching Athletes, Shame Versus Guilt, And Staying Within Striking Distance Of Peak Performance.

Kat Oswald - Youth Strength Training, Programming, In-season Athlete Maintenance, Burnout, Cognitive Recovery, Creative Play, Military Athlete Testing, And Mental Imagery.

Nate Palin - Youth Strength Training, Programming, In-season Athlete Maintenance, Burnout, Cognitive Recovery, Creative Play, Military Athlete Testing, And Mental Imagery.

Erica Lowery - Authentic Coaching, Confidence, Perfectionism, Athletic Transitions, And Developing A Personal Coaching Identity.

Chayse Ierlan - The Coaching Profession, Coach Retention, Leadership Development, Mentorship, And The Transition From Playing To Coaching.

Recent Topics

Coaching, Athlete Development, Sports Leadership, Strength Training, Team Culture

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on

Captains & Coaches Podcast

150 - Early Struggles, Heavy Squats & Sustained Success w/ Bert Sorin

October 02, 2026

Live from the NSCA Tactical Conference, Tex sits down with Bert Sorin, CEO of Sorinex Exercise Equipment.Using the seven stages of Predictable Success as a roadmap, Bert shares how Sorinex grew from his dad's trail in the woods to a five-lane highway. He talks about chasing his own athletic goals while the business stalled, building a culture where everyone has a hand on the wheel, and the last conversation with his dad that keeps him hungry today.If you lead a team, a program, or a business,...

149 - Hard of Listening

September 30, 2026

Jeff Fisher shared a story at the 2026 Soldiers to Sidelines Summit about a cornerback who cost his Titans a football game. The player heard his assignment, said "I gotcha, coach," and got it completely wrong. That gap, between hearing and listening, is the subject of this episode. Tex breaks down what actually separates the two, why "got it" from a captain is a reflex and not proof of anything, and what to do instead. That includes a teach-back method for high-pressure moments, a frame...

148 - Gen X Coaches, Gen Z Captains & the Leadership Gap w/ Martin Rooney

September 26, 2026

Are captains born, or are they made? And why do so many coaches get the pick wrong?Tex sits down with Martin Rooney [@themartinrooney] bestselling author of Coach to Coach and High Ten, founder of Training for Warriors, and a coach who's worked with everyone from Army Rangers to UFC champions to high school track teams.Martin makes the case that captains aren't selected, they emerge, and that handing the title to your best performer or most popular kid by default is one of the most common mis...

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