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Coach Me Up with Jimmy Dykes & Chris Burke

Jimmy Dykes, Chris Burke

Booking Overview

This is a faith-centered sports and personal-development interview show featuring athletes, coaches, sports figures, and ministry leaders who discuss Christian living, resilience, leadership, and life transitions. Agencies could credibly pitch Christian athletes and coaches, sports broadcasters, ministry leaders, authors, and professionals with compelling faith-based stories; booking difficulty is medium because the show welcomes accessible professionals but also features recognizable sports personalities.

Metrics

Episodes: 107

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.9/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Male

Location: USA

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

coachmeuppodcast@gmail.com

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Host

Jimmy Dykes - Former college basketball coach and longtime basketball analyst and broadcaster.

Chris Burke - Former Major League Baseball infielder and sports broadcaster.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium
Typical Credentials:  
Christian athletes, coaches, sports professionals, ministry leaders, authors, and professionals with a substantive testimony involving faith, perseverance, leadership, or major life transition.
Required Achievements:  
Collegiate or professional sports careers, Coaching or ministry leadership, Qualification for major athletic competition, Published books, Compelling recovery or career-transition stories

Recent Guest Discussions

David Pollack - Faith Through Career Change And Family Health Challenges, Parenting, Prayer, College Football, And His Book Every Day Counts.

Gina Rouse - Running, Perseverance, Motherhood, Athletic Achievement, And Deepening Her Christian Faith.

Dale Layer - Christian Faith, Humility, Trust, Perseverance, And Finding Purpose During Difficult Seasons.

Barclay Radebaugh - Leadership, Coaching, Anxiety, Relationships, Spiritual Disciplines, And Mentoring Coaches.

Jourdan Thomas - Faith, Endurance, Gratitude, Recovery From A Career-ending Injury, And Finding Hope After Unexpected Life Changes.

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
Coach Me Up with Jimmy Dykes & Chris Burke
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Yan Gomes: Brazil's First Big Leaguer on Identity, Game 7, and Being Available | Coach Me Up with Jimmy Dykes & Chris Burke

August 30, 2026

"You're not a cooler baseball player, and then you sprinkle some Jesus dust around the clubhouse." Yan Gomes spent 13 seasons behind the plate in the big leagues, and he's got a blunt take on how identity actually works — and how most guys get it backwards.Yan made history in 2012 as the first Brazilian-born player ever to reach Major League Baseball. He caught Game 7 of the 2016 World Series for Cleveland, won a ring with Washington in 2019, and finished his career with the...

Owen Strachan: You Can't Outwork Anxiety | Coach Me Up with Jimmy Dykes & Chris Burke

August 17, 2026

Owen Strachan: You Can't Outwork Anxiety | Coach Me Up with Jimmy Dykes & Chris BurkeYou can't grind your way out of anxiety. That's the message from Dr. Owen Strachan — theologian, author, and Director of One Gospel — as Jimmy and Chris open year five of the podcast with a conversation that hits everybody, believer or not.Owen's new book, A Call to Cultivate, digs into why anxiety has skyrocketed in a world that promised technology would make life easier. He unpacks the &...

David Pollack: Losing ESPN, Fighting Cancer, and Why Every Day Counts | Coach Me Up with Jimmy Dykes & Chris Burke

August 02, 2026

David Pollack is back — and a lot has happened since his first appearance on the show. In one stretch, he was let go from ESPN after 14 years on College GameDay, and then came the news no husband is ready for: his wife Lindsay was diagnosed with a brain tumor. Today, she's cancer-free — and David says she never once cried, never once asked "why me?"In this conversation, David opens up about getting fired ("they told me not to come back"), why the timing turned out to b...

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