#534 - The Championship Secrets of Longhorn Softball Coach Mike White

The Sport of Life: Chats w/ Comedians, Filmmakers, Sports Figures, Musicians, & Intellectuals

Texas Longhorns softball coach Mike White chats with Trey Elling, shortly after leading the program to its first-ever national championship. Topics include:

• 0:00 Life since winning a natty
• 3:50 Men's fast-pitch softball in the 1980s &'90s
• 5:56 Growing up in New Zealand
• 11:04 Moving to the US
• 15:18 Entrepreneurial spirit
• 17:42 Getting into coaching
• 23:24 Learning how to properly instruct
• 26:29 Becoming head coach at Oregon
• 28:15 Quick program turnarounds
• 31:00 Fostering a killer instinct in players
• 33:46 Business lessons for coaching
• 36:55 Controlling emotions
• 38:53 College softball's changing landscape
• 43:59 Odes to coaching & fatherhood
• 45:03 OKC & double birds
• 48:13 Learning from Chris Del Conte
• 49:39 Advice to Steve Sarkisian
• 50:32 Toughest coaching gig ever
• 51:41 ATX food recs

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