This episode of SANDCAST: Beach Volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter, features Derek Olson, a longtime player on the AVP and FIVB tours. He was an assistant coach at the University of California, Berkeley for two years before being promoted to interim head coach for the previous two. This off-season, he had the strangest of calls: Would he like to coach the Moroccan National Team as they prepared for the Continental Cup, which could secure them a bid for the 2021 Olympic Games?
Yes. Yes he did. On this podcast, we chat about:
- How Olson wound up getting the call from Morocco to coach the National Team
- How, in just five weeks, he was able to take over a program and lead it to its first Olympic bid in history
- The African Continental Cup, and the wild ride that the tournament was
- His future prospects at Cal, and internationally
And, as always, much, much more.
ENJOY!
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This episode is also brought to you by Chasing Gold, a new non-profit aimed at funding aspiring Olympians to relieve the financial burden of traveling around the world. Read more and donate today at www.chasinggold.org!
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Brooke Niles: Building Florida State’s beach volleyball powerhouse as ”a family that works hard”
Road to Paris No. 10: Bend the Knee to Mel and Brandie -- the real Queens of Canada
JD Hamilton: The remarkable story of an AVP dream eight years in the making
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How Scott Davenport became the most sought-out volleyball coach in America
Road to Paris No. 8: ’Americans don’t take well to losing’
Tri Bourne, Travis Mewhirter, and the Playbook Of Champions
Dain Blanton, USC Beach Volleyball, and the building of an NCAA dynasty
Brook Bauer: ”If you don’t dream big, what’s the point?”
Road to Paris No. 7: Aussie Aussie Aussie! GOLD GOLD GOLD!
Mailbag Episode! What’s up with the Taylors? Alison to the AVP? New partnerships everywhere!
Riley McKibbin and Carli Lloyd: The All-American volleyball couple living the life of athlete-parent
Road To Paris No. 6: USA makes massive moves in Ostrava
April Ross: The Olympic gold medalist who is onto the most important role: Mom
Alice Zeimann: The New Zealand ’mid-major’ seeking to prove herself
Sarah Pavan is far from retired. She’s ”chasing peace”
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