Today on the podcast is one of the youngest, most successful coaches in the NCAA, Coach Ian Moini.

Entering his fourth season coaching the Tar Heels, Moini has helped turn the program into one of the best distance running programs in the country, finishing fifth in the Program of the Year rankings by the USTFCCCA. He has directly coached four Tar Heels to 10 individual ACC championships. His tenure has also featured team success, such as the Tar Heels winning their first ACC Cross Country Championship since 1985 and their first ACC Indoor Championship since 1996, while achieving their best finish, 5th place, at the NCAA Indoor Championships since 1973.

Moini has been a part of rewriting history, with six current school distance records being set since his arrival in Chapel Hill. Eight of the top 10 outdoor 5,000m performers have been coached by Moini in the past three years. In his third year at Chapel Hill, Moini coached Parker Wolfe to become North Carolina's first 5,000m national champion at the 2024 NCAA Outdoor Championship.

Ian Moini joined the UNC track and field and cross country coaching staff prior to the 2021-22 season. He works primarily with the Tar Heel men's and women's distance runners. In 2022, he was helped sign the No. 5-ranked men's distance recruiting class in the nation.

Moini is a 2021 UNC graduate with a bachelor's degree in education and a minor in coaching education. He was a member of the varsity cross country and track teams at Carolina.

He utilized his last semester of college to volunteer coach at Eastern Michigan University in 2021. While there, he worked with the men's and women's distance runners. The men's team won the Indoor MAC Championship and Baldvin Magnusson placed seventh in the 3000m at the NCAA Indoor Championships.

In today's conversation, we go into Ian's journey as a coach and as a successful athlete himself to get to this point. We dive into his years as a coach and the lessons he's learned along the way!

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Today on the podcast is Justin Stafford aka Mr. Incredible!

Justin specializes in the Hammer Throw, where he holds a PR of 77.07m.

Justin was a 2x Second-Team All-American (2019 Indoor at 9th place and 2019 Outdoor at 15th) while at UCLA.

Justin is the Bronze Medalist at the 2024 United States Olympic Trials, throwing 3 PRs combined in prelims and finals.

What's most impressive is that he's improved his finish at USA Nationals and Trials at every appearance so far (16th in 2019, 13th in 2021, 8th in 2022, 6th in 2023, and now 3rd in 2024).

Justin is currently a volunteer assistant coach at Kansas State University.

From breaking his back at age 18 and having to take off 18 months due to that to now being in the hunt to make teams, Justin's story is nothing short of inspiring. This guy is great. I absolutely loved this conversation with him and know that it will motivate you all the more to get after your goals!

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Today on the podcast is the legend Yared Nuguse!

Simply put, Yared is on his way to becoming one of the greatest distance runners in US history.

Yared holds personal bests of 3:29.02 in the 1500m (AR), 3:43.97 in the Mile (AR), 7:28 in the 3k indoors (AR), and 13:02 in the 5k. Yared is also a National Champion and a World Indoor Championships Silver medallist in the 3k.

Yared was an NCAA Champion in the 1500m during his time in the NCAA at Notre Dame and also one of the most accomplished athletes in Fighting Irish history.

Yared runs for the On Athletics Club based out of Boulder, Colorado & will line up at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games representing the United States in the Men's 1500m.

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