We're talking to a 3-sports all-stater today from our good friends east of the Sabine River in Louisiana! Whenever a former guest says Kovo you have to bring someone in we listen, especially when the recommendation is coming from our OG, Ep.1's Kendra Venzant! He is the DC of the Nimitz Cougars, he is a true Team Player as he has listened to the entire Team Player Podcast catalogue, and even pulled off a TPP first by referencing other episodes! He is the pride of Leesville, LA welcome Earl Westbrooks to the show!
Leesville born and raised, he grew up in fertile Football grounds as he recounts names like LSU's Cecil "The Diesel" Collins and the Jets Hall-of-Famer Kevin Mawae
Coach has pulled off another Team Player Podcast first as he has broken the streak of TPP alumni who entered college majoring in something else, he basically came out of the womb with a whistle around his neck!
Listen to how he fell in love with Marshall, TX during his time at East Texas Baptist University, and how his team thumped Coach Kovo's alma mater Austin College the one time they played, while Kovo had to dust off the record books to find the 15-11 Kangaroo victory over ETBU in 04
"Styles Make Fights" listen to Coach Westbrooks describe the style his D plays, and how his attention to the "ART" of detail has paid off in getting lined up right
Coach describes how much he has learned coaching alongside retired Nimitz Head Coach, Rich Slater, and how his DL set the tone for an outstanding year on defense, and why he is buying up the Baylor team shop after the commitment of the best player he's ever coached
Listen to the story of how he met his wife who is a fellow coach, and how she helped him to get his start in coaching, as well as why he has Campus Athletic Coordinator written all over him with his love for all of the other sports on campus
Coach lists his favorite teams as the Saints, LSU Football, S.Carolina Women's Basketball (shoutout Dawn Staley and shoutout Nat'l Champs!), and the Lakers. Coach was an all-state point guard and he knows his women's hoops so we give him some tough Start/Bench/Cuts, one of which may never allow him to show his face in Louisiana again! It's another tough segment with names like Taurasi, Augustus, and Cynthia Cooper, followed by Brees/Burrow/Mahomes then OBJ/Jefferson/Chase and finally MJ/Lebron/Kobe.
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