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John Baxter

John Baxter

Associate Head Coach and Special Teams Coordinator at Fresno State University; career college football coach with 40+ years of experience, 2011 National Special Teams Coordinator of the Year.

Jun 25, 2026

8:26
So how does, how does you roping and, uh, and doing rodeo stuff, uh, show up in that and and why do you do it
8:35
well there's two things number one when it when it comes comes to understanding you know the mental aspect of any highly competitive sport i can honestly look my players in the eye and say at my age i'm still out there entering jackpots and and competing.
8:53
I couldn't compete in basketball or baseball or bowling or anything else.
8:58
The two sports I'm kind of relegated to at this point in my life is golf and team roping.
9:04
And I like them both.
9:07
But that aside, I mean, this is a whole topic in itself that I could go for hours on.
9:13
But, you know, at the end of the day, when you're dealing with a quadruped, like a horse, You know, a horse always works in a left or a right lead, okay? Well, every sport is a change of direction sport, right? In soccer, if somebody's got the ball, the goal is to take it from the person.

10 MINS LATER

19:46
How hard is it to move from a local event to regional to make it to national? And what role do you think an agent such as you would find in football would play in If that were to be the case, if they were to be present in the field.

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