Tartan Talk

Join host Heath Dunkel, the Voice of the Scots, as he sits down with Head Football Coach Ben Fox to preview the upcoming season and get a background on Coach Fox.

Assistant AD for Communications - John Painter - joins the show to discuss his illustrious career and time at Maryville College

This week on Tartan Talk, Connor sits down with Maryville College Softball senior Short Stop Brecca Williams.

Join us as we talk to head men's basketball coach Raul Placeres.

This week's guest is Jay Malone '91. He was a four-year letterman and three-year starter for the Scots. Following his graduation from Maryville College, Malone has been a physical education teacher and head football and track & field coach at Maryville Junior High School for 33 years.

Missy Barker Johnson was a key player for Maryville softball, excelling at second base and in the pitching circle. She helped lead the Scots to consecutive 20-win seasons, earning Defensive Player of the Year as a junior and MVP as a senior. In 1990, she pitched five games in a single day, securing two wins over Division I Georgia Tech. After majoring in Business Management, she later earned a degree in Interior Design Management and started Kingdom Design Ministries, a nonprofit supporting children in need. For her impact, she received the MC Alumni Citation Award.

Maryville senior linebacker and football captain Tyler Bost joins the show today to talk about his senior season, Scots career, and journey at Maryville College. So far, he's racked up 155 tackles, including 72 solo, 24½ tackles-for-loss, and 6½ sacks.

Coach Brienna Laskowski, in her third year at Maryville, is only the third volleyball coach in the program’s history. She started as an Assistant in 2022, stepped up as Interim in 2023, and now, as Head Coach, she’s shaping the future of the team.

Maryville's hottest goal scorer joins the show today to discuss her senior season, Scots career, and journey at Maryville College.

On this week's episode of Tartan Talk we sat down with Scots Interim Athletic Director, Dr. Andrew Wu. Wu comes to Maryville after spending the previous six years as the Associate Dean and Athletics Director for Goucher College, during which the program experienced tremendous growth, with the student-athlete population nearly doubling during his tenure. 

For the first episode of Tartan Talk, Derek Hunt joins the podcast. During this premiere episode, Hunt shares memorable stories about why he came to Maryville College and what life is like after Maryville as the head coach of Maryville High School Football.