2025-08-05 Episode 250 - Todd Hollenbeck

Todd Hollenbeck is an American indoor volleyball coach. With nearly two decades of experience at the NCAA level, he has enjoyed a heightened level of success in all three divisions at UC Santa Cruz, USC and Menlo College, highlighting a coach of the year award in 2015 from the AVCA - the highest honor. His stints at the club and HS level and similar success are well-documented. 02:30 - Why did you leave Menlo College? Plus, knowing when to recover mentally and physically from the job and rebounding at it from a different angle, his next mission bringing him back home. 10:40 - The safest place a coach feels, the autonomy some programs offer that go with a large amount of work without a lot of assistance, were there level up moments in your coaching career and how that transition worked, the path from Santa Cruz to USC, the competitive nature of Jeff Nygaard. 23:00 - Finding winners' mentalities vs finding skill set and experience, the comparison and contrast, the transition from USC to Menlo, the connection and separation of the goal from the expectation 31:30 - Other coaches who built their brand doing more with less, plus, your reputation starts the day you say you want to be a coach, players who will remember you forever 45:45 - Did your experience as a coach help you fine-tune your experience as a player? Plus, the basic principle of managing timeouts 55:45 - Books that inspires you, athletically, favorite sports films #nyvarsitysports #optionpodcast