Life on the Road - Guest Bob Szorc

🎙️🏀 Life On The Road: A Coach's Journey | ft. Bob Szorc, Associate Head Coach, Appalachian State Men's BasketballCoach Alphonza Kee and Coach Scott Bollwage sit down with Coach Bob Szorc. We go back and watch the Journey of a kid from the Chicago area pick up a whistle, step into a gym, and decide to give his life to the game of basketball. Trust us, this journey is one you do NOT want to miss!From the Illinois to the heart of Cleveland, Mississippi where he sat down at a restaurant, saw GRITS on the menu, and ordered them with absolutely zero idea what he was about to experience, Coach Szorc's road has been anything but ordinary. Talk about a culture shock! 😂🍽️But this episode goes WAY deeper than food. Coach Szorc gets real about the self-doubt that creeps in when you first step into coaching, not fully knowing what the job entails, wondering if you belong, and questioning everything. His message? Don't quit. Keep showing up. Because the confidence doesn't come first, the showing up does. Every single day you stay in the fight, you get better, and eventually you look up and realize you've become exactly the coach you always believed you could be. 💪He also opens up about one of the toughest decisions of his coaching career, closing a chapter he was comfortable in and stepping into a completely uncertain one with no guarantees and no roadmap. Just faith, courage, and a relentless belief in the process.And then there's the scouting story. 😂 Coach Szorc went to scout a football game, saw the team getting blown out, figured the game was in hand, and left early. That team came all the way back and WON. He missed every single second of it and had to find out from his HEAD COACH the next morning at breakfast. Let's just say, scouting to the end hits a little different after that one! 💀🏈Through it all, Coach Szorc has built one of the most elite defensive programs in the country at App State. 8 seasons. 133 wins. 76 Sun Belt victories. A '23-24 Sun Belt Championship. A '20-21 NCAA Tournament appearance. 6 straight top 50 national defensive seasons. And a culture built on showing up, competing, and never leaving early! 🏆🔒This episode is equal parts hilarious, inspiring, and packed with real talk about what it truly takes to build a winning program and a winning life on the road.Whether you're a coach, a player, an athlete, or just someone who loves a great story about grit, growth, and grits, this one is for YOU!🎧 New episodes drop every Thursday on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, and all major platforms!📲 Follow us: @CoachAKSB on Instagram & X▶️ Subscribe: @LifeOnTheRoadPodcast on YouTube🐦 Follow Coach Szorc: @Coach_Szorc on X#LifeOnTheRoad #BobSzorc #AppState #Mountaineers #CoachLife #BasketballPodcast #OvercomingDoubt #NeverQuit #SunBelt