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The Coach's Board
by Paul Variano
The playbook for modern youth sports. The Coach's Board is the weekly executive roundup read by the people who actually run youth athletics — club directors, facility owners, tournament operators, coaches, and the founders building the software they run on. This is where those conversations happen out loud. Every episode is a working conversation with an operator: how registration and scheduling platforms earn their keep, how facilities fill weekday hours, what coaches get paid and why, where the money in travel ball actually goes, and what player development looks like when someone does it right. No recruiting hype, no highlight reels, no takes from people who have never run a season. New episodes land alongside the newsletter at thecoachsboard.com.
Episodes
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Episode 4: James Kelly & LitZone — Broccoli on the Pizza
He grew up in Brooklyn, taught middle school in Brownsville, and watched eighth graders check out at "mitochondria" — not because the science was hard, but because the word was. So James Kelly left the classroom and built LitZone, a sports app for kids in third through eighth grade that sneaks...
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Episode 3: Skye Eddy & The Sideline Project — Level-Headed and Sometimes Stressed
A youth All-American out of Reston, Virginia. Four years in goal at UMass and a fifth at George Mason, where she was Defensive MVP of the 1993 NCAA Final Four. Then the W-League with the Philadelphia Freedom, a season in Italy and a coaching job at the University of Richmond. And then Skye Eddy…
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Episode 2: Rob Thompson & GamePlanU — The Third Wave
An All-American on the offensive line at the University of New Haven. A season of pro ball in England. Then the NFL, where Rob Thompson managed NFL Youth Initiatives and was part of the team that launched NFL FLAG. After that came an Arena Football front office, Radio Disney, private equity and a...
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Episode 1: Gayle Jones & FuelBoxx— Everything But Nutrition
Four Emmys. Twenty-five years producing the NBA on TNT, multiple Olympic Games, the NFL and HBO Sports. Six years running brand video at JPMorgan Chase. And then Gayle Jones's daughter — a soccer player since she was five — got cut from the top level of her club, and Gayle knew why before anyone...
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Episode 0: Start Here
No guest. Just me — who I am, why this show exists, what you're going to get, and who you're going to hear from. Then I get out of the way. I coach youth travel hockey and I don't have kids of my own, which makes me the only person at the rink at six in the morning with nothing to gain from…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
The playbook for modern youth sports.
The Coach's Board is the weekly executive roundup read by the people who actually run youth athletics — club directors, facility owners, tournament operators, coaches, and the founders building the software they run on. This is where those conversations happen out loud.
Every episode is a working conversation with an operator: how registration and scheduling platforms earn their keep, how facilities fill weekday hours, what coaches get paid and why, where the money in travel ball actually goes, and what player development looks like when someone does it right. No recruiting hype, no highlight reels, no takes from people who have never run a season.
New episodes land alongside the newsletter at thecoachsboard.com.
HOSTED BY
Paul Variano
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How many episodes does The Coach's Board have?
The Coach's Board currently has 5 episodes available on PodParley. New episodes are automatically indexed when they're published to the podcast feed.
What is The Coach's Board about?
The playbook for modern youth sports. The Coach's Board is the weekly executive roundup read by the people who actually run youth athletics — club directors, facility owners, tournament operators, coaches, and the founders building the software they run on. This is where those conversations happen...
How often does The Coach's Board release new episodes?
The Coach's Board has 5 episodes. Check the episode list to see recent publication dates and frequency.
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Who hosts The Coach's Board?
The Coach's Board is created and hosted by Paul Variano.
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