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Mike Frascogna III on the Athlete Farm set, in front of the Athlete Farm backdrop

THE ATHLETE FARM PODCAST

The people
behind the game.

Weekly conversations with the people behind college athletics, hosted by Mike Frascogna III and recorded on the Athlete Farm set.

The first episodes are coming soon.

Mike Frascogna III on the Athlete Farm set, in front of the Athlete Farm backdropEP 01 · 1:05:27

FIRST EPISODE

Let the coach coach

Coach John WeaverAthletic director, Madison-Ridgeland Academy

Mike sits down with the athletic director at Madison-Ridgeland Academy to talk about coaches, parents and the young athletes between them.

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4 episodes recorded so far.

  1. EP 01 · 1:05:27

    Coach John Weaver

    Let the coach coach

    Mike sits down with the athletic director at Madison-Ridgeland Academy to talk about coaches, parents and the young athletes between them.

    Coming soon

  2. EP 02

    Coach Gordon Weir

    Don’t take the shortcut

    Mike sits down with the strength coach who first trained him in fourth grade to talk about when young athletes should start lifting, training for each sport, and why there are no shortcuts.

    Coming soon

  3. EP 03 · 56:22

    Brooks Lewis

    Youth sports, work ethic and parenting

    A Mississippi State walk-on under Ron Polk, now a physical therapist and the father of two young athletes, on the talk his father gave him before college and how his family handles rest and youth-sports pressure.

    Coming soon

  4. EP 04 · 1:12:12

    Coach Jim Page

    What youth baseball gets right

    Mike sits down with Millsaps College’s head baseball coach, in his 39th season, to talk about youth baseball in Mississippi, what families are really chasing with a scholarship, and raising sons in a coach’s house.

    Coming soon
Mike Frascogna III, Athlete Farm host and founder, on the Athlete Farm set

YOUR HOST

Mike Frascogna III

A father of four, former college athlete, coach, and Intellectual Property and Sports Attorney. Raised in Jackson, Mississippi, Mike walked on to the football team at the University of Notre Dame under coach Lou Holtz and lettered on special teams while paying his own way.

Each week he sits down with one of the people behind college athletics and asks what their work means for a family with a young athlete at home.

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