Holding the Ladder in Sport and Leadership
Jun 8, 2026 · 1 hr 4 min · 13 segments
Erik Johnson is the head coach of the University of Denver women’s basketball program, returning to lead the Pioneers in 2026 after previously serving as head coach from 2008 to 2012. During his first…
Erik JohnsonGuest
Tim RiceHost
So my staff ID at the University of Denver, when I walked in, I said, don't you guys have a picture of me in the system already? Right.
Boy, your hair was so dark, your face was full, all this kind of stuff, whatever.
And I was bragging about that in the office the other day and just kind of laughing with some people.
And the men's hockey coach, we share an office suite with men's hockey who is Again, iconic.
He had come as a high-level junior hockey player who at an Olympic training camp got diagnosed with a heart defect and got medically disqualified.
and he but they du kept him on scholarship and he was a student assistant for his four years and that was the time that when i was when i was uh the head coach at denver so i he was always up in the office so he pulls out his id he goes eric look at mine i've got my student picture from when he was like 19 years old with the floppy red hair so he one-upped me so both he and i if we ever get pulled over and show a staff id they'll be the cops will be like this is not you this is a fake id clearly Um, so anyway, we're both trying to relive our, our youth through our, uh, through our staff ID pictures.
I do believe that when we are in this industry that we kind of stay young, you know, younger than most people.
So my staff ID at the University of Denver, when I walked in, I said, don't you guys have a picture of me in the system already? Right.
Boy, your hair was so dark, your face was full, all this kind of stuff, whatever.
And I was bragging about that in the office the other day and just kind of laughing with some people.
And the men's hockey coach, we share an office suite with men's hockey who is Again, iconic.
He had come as a high-level junior hockey player who at an Olympic training camp got diagnosed with a heart defect and got medically disqualified.
and he but they du kept him on scholarship and he was a student assistant for his four years and that was the time that when i was when i was uh the head coach at denver so i he was always up in the office so he pulls out his id he goes eric look at mine i've got my student picture from when he was like 19 years old with the floppy red hair so he one-upped me so both he and i if we ever get pulled over and show a staff id they'll be the cops will be like this is not you this is a fake id clearly Um, so anyway, we're both trying to relive our, our youth through our, uh, through our staff ID pictures.
I do believe that when we are in this industry that we kind of stay young, you know, younger than most people.
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