The Friday Night Life

#068. Coach Shiffman has just finished year 19 as a coach. His career has spanned all levels of high school football as well as 4 years coaching Division and 3 seasons as a Head Coach. He has coached in 5 different states. And has been married since 2020 to Alissa and father to Frankie since 2022. He is amember of Coach-Portal.com and the host of @HogFBchat, is a chat made by Offensive Line Coaches FOR Offensive Line Coaches. X / IG: @CoachShiffman #HogFBPodcast

067. TFNL would like to introduce to you Joshua and Kristen Eargle! Joshua is the Deputy Head - Offensive Line Coach for FIU! Key Stops Prior to FIU: -Kansas - Recruiting Coordinator/Tight Ends#3 Big 12 Recruiting Class -Austin Peay - OC - #1 FCS Recruiting Class, helped to turn program around, rewrote record books offensively -ETBU - Head Coach turned around a losing program in three years, won the Conference Championship and named Coach of the Year. Overall: 5 Bowl Game Appearances 2 Conference Championships 40 All-Conference Players 8 All-Americans Kristen is a Sports Reporter/Anchor Live sideline reporting for ESPN+, CST, sports reporter/anchor ABC Baton Rouge, worked at FOX in New Orleans, launched ABC (Tyler, TX) Good Morning East Texas Weekend - became the fastest growing newscast in station history. Senior Content Strategist at D1.ticker (interview Collegiate Athletic Directors) Kristen is also the host of the Coach's Wife Life podcast where she goes one on one with coach's wives from all over the nation. Founder of Ruler of Hope Here are some of our talking points during our conversation... * Joshua shares 3 key points to rebuilding a football program. *ADVERSITY: How their daughter ,Landry's, diagnosis changed their family! They had the opportunity to start a non-profit in her honor, Ruler of Hope, which helps families ,who have children in critical care, with a little financial relief. The Eargle's also share how Landry's health and diagnosis shaped their whole family and taught them to Rely on God and Serve God in those moments of doubt and hopelessness. Their family motto: Choose Joy Today has helped them to keep this perspective in those moments of adversity. *Kristen shares why her decision to stay home and let go of her broadcasting career, was a huge blessing for their family. And through this decision, it actually opened the door for her to have her Dream job without "working". Here's where you can find Joshua and Kristen... Ruler of Hope Coach's Wife Life FIU Instagram: Joshua and Kristen

#066. Like a lot of football coaches (myself included), breaking film down at the age of 10 with his father, a high school science teacher and football coach for 52 years, was the inspiration for Coach Kevin Swift to get into coaching. He attended Servite High School in Anaheim, California. At Servite, he was coached and mentored by some of the finest coaches around. All would move onto great success at the collegiate level from University of Washington, to University of Cincinnati, and to Chapman University. From Servite he would go on to play collegiately at FCS University of Northern Iowa and DIII University of Redlands for legendary small college coach Frank Serrao. Upon graduating, he became the secondary coach for DIII Claremont McKenna College and worked under highly respected John Zinda. After 2 years with the Stags, he accepted the Defensive Coordinator position at University of Redlands. He was the Bulldogs’ DC for 2 years and lead them to 2 consecutive years of being a top 5 DIII Defense nationally. He returned to the football sidelines of Orange County at Fullerton Union High School. Over the next six years he moved from school to school long term subbing and fixing or creating top notch defensives in the highly competitive southern California large high school arena. He had a chance to rub elbows and match wits with some of the games finest coaches from Bruce Rollinson at Mater Dei to Bob Johnson at El Toro and presently Mission Viejo. Finally after 10 years of experience at a variety of schools he thought he was ready to become a head coach. About this same time his new wife were interested in getting more rural, like Orange County once was. These two desires would lead them from a school of 3,000 in southern California to a small school of 300 on the southern Oregon coast. In close to 30 years of coaching he has come to realize that this great game allows me the tools and teaching opportunities to create not necessarily great football players but great men and teammates. This philosophy and attitude to create great men, great husbands, great fathers, great teammates, and great community leaders is what has allowed us to be the football successes we are today.

065. TFNL welcomes Chad and Talisha Alligood to the podcast. Coach Alligood is currently the Athletic director for the Jones County School System in Georgia. He has been in high school coaching for 30 years. He was the head football coach and Athletic director for Northside high School in Warner Robins, Ga and Washington- Wilkes High School in Washington, Ga. Talisha has been a licensed Realtor in Warner Robins, Ga. for 20 years. She is also an author and speaker for coaches wives events around the country. Her recent devotional , Walking with you through every Season, was published this past year. She is the founder of REST wellness retreats which minister to women with a focus on Coaches wives. Here's what we discuss on the show... Overcoming AdversityHere's where you can find them... Proverbs 31 Coach's Wife A Good Life Proverbs 31 Coach's Wife Instagram Talisha's Facebook Talisha's Twitter

064. TFNL welcomes back The Price of Avocado Toast! Haley and Justin Brown-Woods are financial coaches and came back to catch up with us about life, finances and paying down debt. Since their last time on our show their lives have changed quite a bit. They've grown from a family of 3 to a family of 5, paid down over $130,000 in debt, Justin is now a full time financial coach alongside Haley and they have helped their clients pay down over a million dollars of debt! In this episode we talk... Here's where you can find them... The Price of Avocado Toast Instagram Twitter Facebook

63. The old adage, "What goes around comes around", speaks to how you treat people. But in the case of Andrew Lachelt, this can be used in regards to his football journey as well. He attended Ontario Christian High School from 2006-2010. And then after his college playing career came to an end (which included a stint at University of Oklahoma), he ended up back at OCHS in 2012 coaching WRs. Then the rest of his journey goes as follows: 2015 QBs @ Upland HS 2017 Offensive Coordinator @ Ontario Christian 2019 QBs @ San Bernardino Valley College 2022 Offensive Consultant @ Ontario Christian 2023 Head Coach @ Ontario Christian All the while keeping his eyes on the prize of becoming a Head Football Coach. We catch up with Coach Lachelt after his 2nd season at the helm. We talk about his football journey, who impacted him along the way, and how he got his first Head Coaching gig at his Alma Mater and what he has learned in the first two years. Coach Lachelt on X: @lacheltqba Ontario Christian Football on X: @OC_Knights_FB

62. Corinne sat down (virtually) with the ladies of "Friday Night Wives". Friday Night Wives is an online community whose mission is to bring support and encouragement to other Coaches Wives from all different sports. In this episode you'll hear how this unlikely partnership has turned out to be such a sweet friendship. They also talk Mom life, Coaches Wife life and the juggling their own businesses and FNW as well. Ashley is the founder of The Game Day Family. She's married to Heath Hover, the Offensive Coordinator for South Forsyth High School in Cummings, GA. She started The Game Day Family as an Etsy shop filled with fun little onesies for babies and other gifts and it quickly turned into her creating children's books for the coach's kid. She is also a mom of two boys. You can find Ashley here: Game Day Family Shelby is the founder of the online account "Football Fashionista" along with being the owner of TFF Media graphic company. She's married to Hunter Ashley who is the Assistant Athletic Director and Defensive Coordinator at Marshall Highschool in Marshall, TX and the mom of two boys. You can find Shelby here: Football Fashionista and Tff Media To find out how you can join the FNW community go here: Friday Night Wives Website Friday Night Wives IG Friday Night Wives FB

61. Chris and Corinne welcomes Brett and Brittany Sloan. In this conversation, The Sloan's share their football coaching journey which includes both wonderful moments and some hard ones as well. Some key points in our conversation: Brett Sloan has 20 years of coaching experience and just finished his 1st season leading the Wolverines. Before arriving at Woodruff Coach Sloan served as the Offensive Coordinator at Collins Hill in Suwanee GA. Prior to Collins Hill, Coach Sloan spent 5 years as the Head Football Coach at Kell High School in Marietta, 2 years at George Walton Comprehensive High School in Marietta, GA where he coached quarterbacks and served as the Co-Offensive Coordinator. Prior to moving to Georgia in 2015, Coach Sloan spent 3 years at James F. Byrnes High School in Duncan, SC, at Byrnes he coached wide receivers for 2 years, quarterbacks for 1 year, was the co-offensive coordinator for 1 year, and the offensive coordinator for 1 year. He spent 5 years at Chapman High School in Inman, SC, at Chapman he coached wide receivers for 2 years, quarterbacks for 3 years and was the passing game coordinator. Coach Sloan began his coaching career his sophomore year in College as a Volunteer for his Alma Mater, Chapman High School. Brett is a native of Inman, SC. He graduated from Chapman High School in 2002, where he played football, basketball, and baseball. After graduation Brett attended Newberry college for a year, later graduating with honors from the University of South Carolina Upstate with a B.A. in Spanish. Brittany is 2009 honors graduate of Clemson University and currently works as the Operations Manager at We Know IT, Inc. Brittany currently serves on the American Football Coaches’ Wives Association Board as the Past President. Brittany is a former Miss SC Teen USA and Miss SC United States. Website: The Friday Night Life Instagram Twitter

#60. And Here we go! Chris and Corinne are about to conclude their second year up in the Central Valley. They recap on the year and how they're doing. Corinne shares what her role is at the school along with Chris sharing his take on being a "sophmore" Athletic Director and what's next for them as a family this coming year. Corinne is stepping into a new role this coming football season and she's still not sure about it. Tune in to hear what this next season holds for them as a couple and for the podcast and a new vision they are implementing this coming season. Instagram: The Friday Night Life Twitter: The FNL Podcast Website: www.thefridaynightlife.com Facebook: The Friday Night Life

#059. TFNL welcomes back Solmaz Chadwell with a 1 v. 1 interview with Corinne. Solmaz sits down with Corinne via zoom and is able to share her personal testimony of immigrating to America from Iran. It's a wonderful story of Faith, Hope and the pursuit of Freedom. You will come away from this episode understanding a true story of immigration from Iran, what really is happening in Iran and how we can help bring awareness to the oppression going on towards Iranian Women. Thank you for tuning in! We appreciate you listening and downloading! Amnesty International Solmaz's Instagram

#58. Fall Camp is an exciting time for football Programs all across America. The opening game is right around the corner, the armor is coming out, Friday Night Lights are getting ready to fire up again! Are you ready for the final push? The final tune up for the season? Fall Camp is here! Top 5 Points to making sure that this Fall Camp will be successful and set the stage for opening night: http://www.thefridaynightlife.com Instagram: @thefridaynightlife Twitter: @thefnlpodcast Facebook: @thefridaynightlife

#57. The Stevens change up their normal recording format and Corinne takes over the recording sesh alone for the first time. She shares 5 things that the Coach's Wife should prioritize to better prepare for the upcoming football season. Here's the convo in a nutshell.... 1. Open Communication and Support 2. Personal Self-Care 3. Setting realistic goals and expectations 4. Establishing a support system 5. Embracing Organization and Time-Management Links: Passionate Penny Pincher Beth Walker Blog

#056. Jamey Chadwell is the new head coach at Liberty University. In this episode we get to chat with the Chadwell's on how they got together, and their journey from college all the way up to their new home at Liberty University. Solmaz also shares her journey with us in immigrating to the United States. In addition to listening to their journey shared as a coaching couple, they also have a profound Faith. Both Solmaz and Jamey talk about how their faith in the Lord has developed them into the people they are today to be used by the Lord in this Coaching Life. Jeremiah 29:11 "For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope." Jamey's Coaching Journey includes: - East Tennessee State -Charleston Southern -North Greenville -Delta State -Charleston Southern -Coastal Carolina You can find them here... Instagram: @coachchadwell @chadwell5_ Twitter: @coachchadwell

#055. Ashley is the founder of The Game Day Family. She's married to Heath Hover, the Offensive Coordinator for South Forsyth High School in Cummings, GA. She started The Game Day Family as an Etsy shop filled with fun little onesies for babies and other gifts and it quickly turned into her creating children's books for the coach's kid. We had a great conversation chatting about why she started the Game Day Family shop, how she and Heath met, how important having other coach's wives in your corner can make the difference and the sometimes struggle of being labeled a coach's kid. Thanks for downloading our podcast. Here's where you can find Ashley... The Game Day Family Instagram To get a discount on one of her products, make sure to into her in the code: FRIDAY20

#054. Organization in the Moving Chaos TFNL would like to welcome back Beth Walker. Beth has become a good friend of Corinne’s. She’s encouraged and mentored her in the last few years especially this last year going through the move up to Central Valley. Beth is an author, mentor, speaker, marketing director, encourager, blogger and a fellow coach’s wife. She comes on the podcast to share her wisdom and insight in the moving process. She’s done a move or two in her time. Ha! She talks about some ways that we can feel more controlled and ready during a time that can feel the most chaotic. Here’s a few points that you will come away with after listening… Here’s where you can find Beth… Lessons from the Sidelines Instagram: Beth Walker Beth’s Amazon Page 31 Days of Praying for your Child during a Move

#053. Welcome Jennifer Gorman to the TFNL Family! Jennifer is a fellow Coach’s Wife and also a Registered Dietician and Nutritionist. Her husband, Justin Gorman, is the Passing Game Coordinator/Head Track Coach at Abilene in Abilene, TX. She’s a momma of 3, Cooper and Masyn (8) are twins and Crawford, 2 years old. On this episode, Jennifer and Corinne have a great discussion talking about proper nutrition and health for our athletes. She shares her “Three Most Important Things” every athlete should know about!! Jennifer also shares about her personal journey of being a coach’s wife describing how moving to a remote town while being pregnant was difficult and also how instrumental coach’s wives were in helping and encouraging her in her marriage, family and her faith! Website: Blog Post: Jennifer Gorman Instagram: @thefridaynightlife Twitter: @thefnlpodcast Facebook: @thefridaynightlife

#052. Christine Flores is the founder and CEO of the Coaching Family Foundation. She's married to David Flores who is the O. C. and recruiting coordinator for Evangel University. Christine is a social worker and mental health therapist as well. In 2015 she began her blog and social media accounts, Coach Wife Life, where she strives to create a community that helps encourage and support other coaches wives. We talk about how she and David met during a powder puff game, also about mental health in athletes and how we as a coaching family can come alongside our athletes who are experiencing struggles. The Coaching Family Foundation is a passion project of hers in which she started to help other coaching families who are struggling during a time of transition. It's through this foundation that we can help families in need that are struggling with finances and are in need of support. Click the link below to donate! https://www.coachingfamilyfoundation.org/ Social Media Accounts https://www.instagram.com/coachwifelife/ https://www.instagram.com/coachingfamilyfoundation/ https://www.facebook.com/search/top?q=coaching%20family%20foundation https://www.facebook.com/CoachWifeLife

#051. Season 3 Ya'll and Chris and Corinne are excited to share all that has happened since they moved up to Central Valley. Chris shares about his experiences as being an athletic director, how the move has impacted Corinne, their time in North Carolina for the AFCA Conference and the recent passing of Chris's father. http://www.thefridaynightlife.com Instagram: @thefridaynightlife Twitter: @thefnlpodcast Facebook: @thefridaynightlife

#050. Greetings! It's Chris and Corinne again with another solo episode. In this episode, we talk about what it 's like to get that very first gig. You are now a HEAD FOTBALL COACH! So what's next? What do you do? What's your first order of business? We recap the experiences we have been through in hopes it helps those first timers out there, or maybe even guide a veteran coaching couple to try something new. Thanks again for tuning in and taking the time to listen to our podcast. The Friday Night Life website: https://www.thefridaynightlife.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thefridaynightlife/?hl=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheFNLPodcast

#049. Hey Hey....it's just us....your hosts, Chris and Corinne Stevens. We have some big changes coming this year in 2022. We recap some of our past guests, catch you all up on what's going on, and fill you in on a huge change to our lives this year. Thanks again for tuning in and taking the time to listen to our podcast. The Friday Night Life website: https://www.thefridaynightlife.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thefridaynightlife/?hl=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheFNLPodcast