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: 148

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

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...

147 - Glazing, Fake Hype & True Team Energy w/ CJ & Vinny

September 22, 2026

In this episode of CJ & Vinny's Secret Podcast, Tex sits down with CJ Appenzeller (Active Personal Training, ATS Systems) and Vinny Maltz (author and host of the Evolving Athletes podcast) to tackle one of the hardest skills a captain ever has to learn: how to inspire and motivate a team without it coming off fake. The boys dig into why "fake hype" gets sniffed out instantly by anyone who's competed at a high level, why real energy is more often an emerging property of competency and...

146 - Conquer Loss Aversion & the Locker Room w/ Dr. Ben Freakley

September 18, 2026

What happens when a team stops playing to win and starts playing not to lose? Dr. Ben Freakley, Certified Mental Performance Consultant and founder of Ready Set Resilient, knows that shift firsthand. Over two decades, Ben has worked inside some of the highest-pressure locker rooms in sport and the military, serving as a college soccer head coach, Head of Mental Performance for the Toronto Blue Jays, and a mental performance coach with Atlanta United and the Army's 75th Ranger Regiment.In this...

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