The Volleyball By Design Podcast
Sep 7, 2026 · 1 hr 8 min · 15 segments
In this episode, I share my journey from knowing very little about volleyball to building a career coaching at the high school, club, and college as well as eventually working alongside some of the…
And now, you know, fun fact about Spragg, I don't...
I'm sure maybe Kofi told you about this one, that when Kofi went for his first music deal interview, or, you know, meeting-
...
Spragg went with him.
It was like, out of the blue.
Kofi's like, "I don't know any other volleyball coach that sat in on a meal, like, on a meeting like that." It's like, yep, that's pretty cool.
Like, like, John is a very s- and, and he's, he's, he's not just a volleyball mind, he's an intellect.
Yep.
Yeah.
And now, you know, from a boys' volleyball standpoint up there in, in Toronto or Ontario or even Canada, where does it rank compared to the other sports? And as an example, here in Connecticut, boys' volleyball is slowly getting bigger, but they're not drawing the, you know, the, the better athletes.
The better athletes are still looking at basketball, baseball, football.
And here, I think volley- boys' volleyball still has a stigmatism as it's a girls' sport.
Like, it's, it's, it's growing, sure, but basketball, hockey are the big ones over here.
Yeah.
And now, you know, fun fact about Spragg, I don't...
I'm sure maybe Kofi told you about this one, that when Kofi went for his first music deal interview, or, you know, meeting-
...
Spragg went with him.
It was like, out of the blue.
Kofi's like, "I don't know any other volleyball coach that sat in on a meal, like, on a meeting like that." It's like, yep, that's pretty cool.
Like, like, John is a very s- and, and he's, he's, he's not just a volleyball mind, he's an intellect.
Yep.
Yeah.
And now, you know, from a boys' volleyball standpoint up there in, in Toronto or Ontario or even Canada, where does it rank compared to the other sports? And as an example, here in Connecticut, boys' volleyball is slowly getting bigger, but they're not drawing the, you know, the, the better athletes.
The better athletes are still looking at basketball, baseball, football.
And here, I think volley- boys' volleyball still has a stigmatism as it's a girls' sport.
Like, it's, it's, it's growing, sure, but basketball, hockey are the big ones over here.
Yeah.
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