Jun 29, 2026 · 1 hr 45 min · 19 segments
In this episode, Beau sits down with Brett to unpack why the best coaches, clinicians, and leaders don’t just rely on knowledge—they learn how to connect, influence, and build real buy-in. Brett…
Brett BartholomewGuest
Beau BeardHost
So why, how'd you end up at SIU? Uh, so after I graduated from Kansas State, the short version was I thought I was a shoo-in.
I had this, you know, professor of cardiovascular physiology that was a guide or a mentor for Paula Radcliffe, famous, famous marathoner.
And so he wrote this like glowing recommendation, thought I was going to get this thing.
And it turns out like right after school, they were like, oh, you don't have enough experience.
I had gone, I had worked at, done another internship at Athletes Performance, now Exos.
And I was trying to just continue to take the next step of getting as much practical experience as I could.
I remember there what there didn't end up being an opportunity at Nebraska for a graduate assistantship after that.
So the head strength coach at the time goes, what do you think of Carbondale? I thought it was like on the periodic table of elements.
for basketball and football and then probably over the course of your time there would get to be the head strength coach for essentially eight sports you'd get a ton of you know opportunity to program and everything and you'd get your master's paid for at that time i had never even thought about getting my master's so it was it was a strategy to kind of bulletproof my resume because at the time strength and conditioning was really requiring a lot of people to have their master's so i had done two unpaid internships now i was going to get my master's And yeah, I moved down there with him like a couple weeks and I had never been there before.
So why, how'd you end up at SIU? Uh, so after I graduated from Kansas State, the short version was I thought I was a shoo-in.
I had this, you know, professor of cardiovascular physiology that was a guide or a mentor for Paula Radcliffe, famous, famous marathoner.
And so he wrote this like glowing recommendation, thought I was going to get this thing.
And it turns out like right after school, they were like, oh, you don't have enough experience.
I had gone, I had worked at, done another internship at Athletes Performance, now Exos.
And I was trying to just continue to take the next step of getting as much practical experience as I could.
I remember there what there didn't end up being an opportunity at Nebraska for a graduate assistantship after that.
So the head strength coach at the time goes, what do you think of Carbondale? I thought it was like on the periodic table of elements.
for basketball and football and then probably over the course of your time there would get to be the head strength coach for essentially eight sports you'd get a ton of you know opportunity to program and everything and you'd get your master's paid for at that time i had never even thought about getting my master's so it was it was a strategy to kind of bulletproof my resume because at the time strength and conditioning was really requiring a lot of people to have their master's so i had done two unpaid internships now i was going to get my master's And yeah, I moved down there with him like a couple weeks and I had never been there before.
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