On the Profile

Kyle has coached top-5 individuals at NAILE from UGA, UTM, and Mizzou, and top-5 team finishes at those same places, plus UMN. 

From college basketball recruit to one of the best collegiate judging coaches in the country. 

Breck's judging career was instrumental in helping prepare him for success in beef cattle management and marketing. He was awarded Herdsman of the year for the Hereford breed in 2026. 

Skyler makes the move to Lubbock to serve as coach for Texas Tech. 

Skyler shares his experiences as a judger at Butler and K-State. 

C.L. McGill has coached multiple nationally competitive FFA teams in Oklahoma. 

Payton discusses memories as a judger under Coach Mullinex and his first year as a coach on faculty at K-State

Learn about Payton's experiences in Missouri's youth programs and his impactful time at Butler. 

Bloomberg hits the highlights of an awesome coaching career including time at OSU and BHE. He also shares the importance of family and mentors in his career. 

Dr. Bloomberg went 24-1 as a competitive collegiate judger, not to mention a National 4-H title. 

McCurry and Sankey discuss the advantages of collegiate livestock judging. 

Cody Sankey and John McCurry relive their Butler days and the impact of those experiences. 

Brock, known as one of the greatest minds in swine evaluation, worked for 43 years at Ok-State and coached only two teams that were both national champion teams, 10 years apart. 

Callis discusses his background and trajectory from graduate school at K-State to his leadership role at Redlands. 

Brandon Callis is one of the most impactful coaches and cattle show judges of his generation. 

Through awesome determination, John Romero fought his way to marking cards on a National Championship Senior College Team. 

Matt discusses the dynamics of coaching at Purdue and the team that went on to go from 10th at KC to Champions at NAILE. 

Learn about the early years of Matt Claeys, who was a long-serving coach at Purdue and continues to be a prolific cattle show judge across the nation. 

Amanda is one of the leading cattle show judges in the country. 

Follow Dave's path from Nebraska 4-H to top-tier fitter, judger, and entrepreneur. 

Brian Kutz has served as coach at Arkansas since 1997. 

Rice, as he is commonly known, was the long time coach at Eastern in Wilburton, OK. 

Hoge shares his perspective on judging shows and the importance of focusing on the moment. 

The GOAT from the East. 

Hoge shares his memories of growing up in his home state, attending college at U of Illinois, and decades of type changes. 

Blake shares some good judging team stories as well as his time spent at CSC and in his new career at the American Maine-Anjou Association. 

Blake Nelson grew up in Muldrow, OK and now is one of the most recognizable names in the purebred beef cattle world. 

Mr. Oschner is a strategic planner and keynote speaker for the world's largest agricultural, corporate entities and organizations. He attributes livestock judging as a foundational element to his success as a nationally recognized communicator. Kevin and his family run a herd of high quality Limousin and Lim-Flex cattle in Kersey, CO. 

Kevin Ochsner is one of the best communicators and advocates in all of agriculture. Learn how livestock judging impacted his life and career. 

Brady overviews his time starting out as a solo coach at SDSU and re-building a successful program. 

Brady shares his early involvement in the livestock industry and his early career on competitive judging teams. 

Jennifer tells the story of her and Jarold starting Callahan Cattle Co. and the initial year of Cattlemen's Congress. 

Follow Jennifer's path to livestock judging success at Cal Poly in part 1. 

Dr. Culp gives his perspective on judging on TAMU's undefeated team as well as comments about his time coaching at Purdue and Ohio State. 

Kyle Culp was an intense and highly successful livestock judging competitor. Follow his story from the youth programs in Indiana to JUCO and beyond. 

Johnny summarizes his 30 plus years of coaching as well as his time as a student at Clarendon and WT. 

Dr. Bill Able arguably had the single greatest impact on the livestock judging scene with a career going back to the late 1950's. He coached at Mississippi State, NEO, University of Kentucky, and K-State. 

Jesse overviews his time as an assistant coach at Connors and the 2024 Team at Auburn. 

2024 Coach of the year in Sr College Highlight segment, part 1.

Dr. Schaake, overviews his experiences as a coach at the University of Kentucky while getting a PhD, and his career as coach at Kansas State University. 

Before Dr. Schaake was the coach at KSU, he was mentored by some of the all time greats. Learn about his unique journey and how he carved his own path. 

Jake shares his perspective as a coach at Texas A&M and highlights the 2006 team's undefeated year. 

Jake overviews memories and team accomplishments at Connors State College as well as Texas A&M. 

Brent shares his perspective and memories judging numerous shows across the country. 

Brent shares his early years as a developing livestock enthusiast and judger in the North Carolina youth programs before moving on to Butler Community College. He returns to North Carolina State University to participate on another kind of judging team that many of us in the livestock judging world may not be as familiar with. 

Cody and the 2000 Michigan State Team won the University's 2nd National Championship after their win at American Royal. 

A natural talent, Cody Lowderman was high individual at NAILE 4-H in 1997 and again at NAILE JUCO in 1999. 

Highlights of Bob Ebert's career as a youth livestock specialist at the University of Auburn and his role with the National 4-H Livestock Judging Management Committee. 

Nuggets of wisdom from Shane as he reflects back on his time at the University of Illinois and Colorado State. 

Shane overviews his early career from FFA to Butler and on to K-State's 2003 team.