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185. Stories from Denton McNamee on building college baseball programs to the true meaning of a "performance coach" | Lindenwood University Pitching Coach
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My conversation with Denton is the perfect example of how everything in performance is more similar than dissimilar, meaning we can learn from the connections regardless of what it is. As the Pitching Coach at Lindenwood University, an 8-year baseball business owner, and time spent with the Houston Astros, Denton has some unique insights bridging the gap between all pieces of high performance.
2:35 Coolest/craziest story: World Series games working for the Houston Astros and working with Jeremy Peña
5:31 Explaining his role as a "Performance Coach" in the MiLB with the Houston Astros
15:18 How his well-rounded background/experience helps him now in a domain-specific position as a Pitching Coach
22:05 Story of turning Maryville around from an under .500 program to making a NCAA Regional in 3 years
31:24 How do you develop pitchers?
45:25 Being in the "business of finding outliers"
Episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/Wre0q64NItM
Denton on social: @d_cole32 (IG) and @EBA_MADE (Twitter)
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