The Football Excellence Podcast: Recent Episodes
Will Powell
The Football Excellence Podcast showcases coaches, athletes, and managers who are pushing the sport of American football forward.
Hosted by Will Powell, leading all-time WR at the University of South Dakota, and CEO & co-founder of Podyum, the leading international football media and recruitment agency.
The Podyum team has hosted 20+ camps and all-star games across the world. Our largest annual event is the Podyum All-Star Bowl, a college senior showcase held in South Florida bringing together the nations top small school prospects to perform in front of NFL and pro scouts.
Coach Sanders highlights:
Georgia Tech (1978) - Part-time coach
East Carolina (1980–1982) - Defensive line coach & linebackers coach
Richmond (1983–1984) - Linebackers coach
Duke (1985–1988) - Outside linebackers coach & defensive ends coach
Duke (1989) - Co-defensive coordinator & outside linebackers
Florida (1990) - Defensive ends coach
Florida (1991–1993) - Assistant defensive coordinator & banditbacks/gatorbacks coach
Florida (1994–1997) - Assistant defensive coordinator & defensive ends
Florida (1998–1999) - Assistant defensive coordinator, defensive ends coach & strong-side linebackers coach
Florida (2000) - Assistant defensive coordinator & linebackers
Miami Dolphins (2001–2004) - Linebackers coach
Green Bay Packers (2005) - Defensive ends coach
Green Bay Packers (2006–2008) - Defensive coordinator
Buffalo Bills (2009) - Defensive line coach
Buffalo Bills (2010–2011) - Outside linebackers coach
Buffalo Bills (2012) - Linebackers coach
Oakland Raiders (2013–2014) - Linebackers coach
Arizona Cardinals (2015–2017) - Linebackers coach
Orlando Apollos (2019) - Defensive coordinator
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Fairchild has had a very successful coaching career across the NFL and NCAA. Some off his coaching highlights include: Head Coach of Colorado State (2008-2011), OC/QB - St. Louis Rams (2003-2005 ), OC - Buffalo Bills (2006-07), OC/QB - Virginia (2013-15), and many more. He currently trains quarterbacks of all levels at Fairchild Quarterback Training. Check out his site here: https://www.fairchildqbtraining.com/
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Cary is a business development manager working for the NFL Players Inc, the marketing and licensing arm of the NFLPA. Grossart was a 2x starting quarterback and captain at Northern Arizona University where he graduated in 2012. He then went on to play professionally for the Danube Dragons of Vienna, Austria prior to his business development career.
Chris had a tremendous 12-year NFL career playing for the Chicago Bears, San Francisco 49ers, Atlanta Falcons, Carolina Panthers, St. Louis Rams, and Buffalo Bills. Draft played college football at Stanford University. Since his career in the NFL, he founded the Chris Draft Foundation (chrisdraft.org) where he has become an advocate for lung cancer research.
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Wesley Beschorner enters his second season as head coach of the UW-Eau Claire football team in 2020-21.
Beschorner, who had been the quarterbacks coach at the NCAA Division I University of Maryland, became the 17th coach in school history when he was hired in February 2019.
Beschorner is a former standout at the University of South Dakota who went from Offensive Scout Team MVP to being a Harlon Hill finalist his senior season – an award given to the most valuable player in NCAA Division II. As the Coyotes signal-caller, Beschorner led South Dakota to a North Central Conference title in 2005. That season, he also earned First Team All-American honors and led Division II in passing efficiency. Beschorner re-wrote the record books during his four-year career, setting 33 program records. For his efforts, he was inducted into South Dakota’s Hall of Fame in 2017.
After his time at USD, Beschorner was the offensive quality control assistant at the University of Pittsburgh before taking a position at Rice University as their quarterbacks coach.
Wesley is married to former USD track standout Kiki (Smith) Beschorner. They have three sons, Burke, Rhett and Troy.
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Compton (6-6, 315) was originally drafted by the Washington Redskins in the sixth round (193rd overall) of the 2012 NFL Draft after an outstanding career at the University of South Dakota. He was recently signed by the San Francisco 49ers for the 2020-21 season.
Over the past eight seasons, he played for the Washington Redskins (2012-15), Atlanta Falcons (2016), Chicago Bears (2017), Minnesota Vikings (2018), and New York Jets (2019). Compton has appeared in 99 games (34 starts) along the offensive line and also saw action in four postseason contests. In 2019, he appeared in 14 games (five starts) with the Jets.
A 30-year-old native of Rosemount, MN, Compton attended the University of South Dakota (2007-11) and started all 43 games in which he appeared after redshirting as a freshman in 2007.
Marquice Williams joins the Lions as an assistant special teams coach in 2019, following three seasons (2016-18) with the Los Angeles Chargers coaching staff.
As a defensive assistant with the Chargers in 2018, Williams assisted the ninth-best defensive unit (333.7 ypg allowed) in the League and guided rookie safety Derwin James to his first-career Pro Bowl.
He began his coaching career in 2010 as the linebackers/assistant special teams coach at Winona State University before moving on to assistant coaching positions with Central Oklahoma (2011) and South Dakota (2012-15). In 2015, Williams participated in the NFL's Bill Walsh Minority Coaching Fellowship program with the Lions, where he served as a coaching intern for linebackers and special teams. Williams began his first opportunity in the Walsh Minority Coaching Fellowship with the Chicago Bears from 2013-14. Based in St. Petersburg, Fla., Williams served as the Special Teams Coordinator for the East/West Shrine Game in 2017 and 2018.
A native of Fresno, Calif., Williams was a two-year starter at defensive back at Fresno City College before going on to play at the University of Mary (N.D.). He and his wife have four children.
Marqui just completed his 4th NFL season, 3rd with the LA Rams. After not receiving any Division 1 college scholarships, Christian went on to ball out at Midwestern State University (DII) where he won the Cliff Harris Award as nation's top small college defensive player (D2, D3, NAIA). He was then drafted to the Arizona Cardinals in 2016.
Not only is Christian a talented athlete, but he is also highly involved in the fashion world. Check out his instagram @Mac_uno
Jevon Bowman was named as an assistant director for athletic performance at The University of
Tulsa in January 2018. Bowman came to Tulsa following eight years as the University of South
Dakota’s head strength and conditioning coach.
At USD, Bowman oversaw all sports in the area of strength & conditioning, while working primarily
with the sports of football and women’s basketball. Bowman has seen a lot of success at his alma
mater as the head strength coach. From helping players reach the professional levels to winning a
WNIT championship with the women’s basketball team.
Bowman was also the lead designer on the state-of-the-art Hultgren Family Weight Room. A facility
that has over 7,000 square feet of weight room greatness. The room as 24 racks with platforms and
many accessories one the most notable is the 20 foot “Coyote” Bridge that was designed by
Bowman that was a first of its kind.
A 2008 graduate of South Dakota, Bowman helped start the strength program at USD in the spring
of 2008 and was the interim strength coach for the summer of 2009. After completing his masters in
spring of 2010, he was promoted to the head strength and condition coach.
Brian Mayper is entering his third year at East Texas Baptist University and is the sixth head coach of the football program in the NCAA Division III era. His leadership at the NCAA Division I, II, III, junior college, and professional levels have prepared him to continue ETBU’s winning tradition and take it to the next level. One of his biggest coaching accomplishments was earning the 2013 Fellowship of Christian Athletes' Central Texas Coach of the Year award.
He has made coaching stops at Lamar University (NCAA Division I), Southern Arkansas University (NCAA Division II), Howard Payne University (NAIA, NCAA Division III), Navarro College (NJCAA), and professionally in Europe.
Coach Dante Warren rejoined the University of South Dakota Coyotes in the summer of 2018 as the Runningbacks Coach. He played a similar role at Augustana College in 2016 and 2017 when he served as a graduate assistant while pursuing a master’s degree in sports administration and management.
Warren began his coaching career as the quarterbacks coach at North Chicago High School in 2012. Following his year in the IFL, he became the offensive coordinator at Zion Benton Township High School in Zion, Illinois, in 2014. Warren was also responsible for the strength and conditioning duties with the football program at Zion Benton. He was a teacher’s aide at Zion Benton Alternative Program, teaching history and English.
Warren will live in South Dakota Coyote lore as the quarterback for perhaps the most significant victory in USD football history – a 41-38 win against the Minnesota Gophers in 2010, just three years after the Coyotes’ began their transition to the Division I level. Warren passed for a career-high 352 yards, ran for 81, and accounted five touchdowns in the win. He would go on to earn all-conference honors that year and was a two-year starter at the position. Warren remains the sixth-leading passer in Coyote history with 4,361 yards.
Following his collegiate career at USD, Warren played one season in the Indoor Football League for the Tri-Cities Fever. He threw for 1,472 yards and 28 touchdowns while rushing for 654 yards and 25 scores in his only season with Tri-Cities.
Coach Bullock has been involved in numerous coaching roles both in the US and overseas. He is an offensive mind and is highly motivated to develop student-athletes into complete players and active contributors in society.
Previously, Bullock served as the Offensive Coordinator and Quarterbacks Coach for Jacksonville's Professional Development team, the Florida Falcons. In 2014, the Falcons finished with a record season of 12-1 and won their division with the offense averaging nearly 40 points per game.
Prior to the Falcons, Bullock was the Head Coach and Offensive Coordinator at Oakleaf High School in their inaugural season. He had the privilege of coaching numerous players that are now continuing their education and playing at Division I schools.
Before Oakleaf, Bullock was at Fleming Island (2010-2007) where he coached Defensive Line and Offensive Line. He also served in a similar capacity while at the Oakleaf School and Green Cove Junior.
Bullock graduated from Tulane University where he earned a degree in Information Technology and was a 4 year Letterman playing Offensive Guard and Tackle. He was inducted into the Tulane Hall of Fame in 2008 along with his teammates from the 1998 season.
Bullock was acquired by the Jacksonville Jaguars as a free agent at the conclusion of his college career. He also had the opportunity to play in the CFL as well as the AFL.
Coach Bullock and his wife, have been married for 13 years and live in Florida with their 2 children.
More information on Coach Kirk Talley: He is in his second year as Head Coach of Warner University, where he served as defensive coordinator the two years prior. Talley came to the Royals after a 16 year stint as the head coach at the University of Northwestern-St. Paul. He left Northwestern with the most wins in its history, a 112-51 (.687) record, including a 90-21 conference record. Under Talley's leadership Northwestern also appeared in six NCCAA Victory Bowls. In his last season at Northwestern he guided them to an NCAA Division III playoff berth as well as a 7th conference title during his tenure. During his time at Northwestern he coached 42 players who were named to the NCCAA All-American team and 4 NAIA All-Americans. The 37 year coaching veteran is a long time member of the AFCA and has also served on several football committees.
Talley had previous head coaching stops at Crown College, Greenville University and Mount Senario College. Other coaching stints include Taylor University, Northern State University, and Miami University, Oxford, OH. Talley played college football at Golden Valley Lutheran Junior College and Pacific Lutheran University under legendary head coach and College Football Hall of Fame member Frosty Westering.
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