OVCExtra Podcast

OVCExtra Podcast

The OVC Extra Podcast is the official podcast of the Ohio Valley Conference, the nation's eighth-oldest Division I Conference.

Episodes

February 14, 2023
OVC Hall of Famer Dave Loos, former Austin Peay coach, is the winningest men's basketball coach in OVC history.

Loos, a four-time OVC Coach of the Year, was the Govs head coach from 1990 through 2017 and finished his career with 421 victories, including 257 in league play. Overall he won 502 games as a college head coach. Loos also served as the APSU Director of Athletics from 1997 through 2013.

He was inducted into the OVC Hall ...
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This is part two of the conversation with Ron English, who was inducted into the OVC Hall of Fame in 2011, is a former OVC associate commissioner who now serves as the Director of the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship.

Ron served the OVC for 15 years (1992-2007) and at one time he was the longest tenured staff member in OVC history. He held virtually every job in the office including working with tournament operations,...
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Ron English, who was inducted into the OVC Hall of Fame in 2011, is a former OVC associate commissioner who now serves as the Director of the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship.

Ron served the OVC for 15 years (1992-2007) and at one time he was the longest tenured staff member in OVC history. He held virtually every job in the office including working with tournament operations, scheduling for men's and women's team spo...
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Jerry Carpenter has been associated with UT Martin for nearly 60 years, first as a student, then manager of the campus bookstore, then later then head men's golf coach and now in retirement, volunteer ...
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Dr. Jon Steinbrecher served as the Commissioner of the OVC from 2003-09 before moving to the Mid-American Conference. At the OVC he negotiated a television deal that included putting the first basketball games on ESPNU (the first league to do so), helped the OVC secure the hosting rights to the 2014 Women's Final Four and put an emphasis on sportsmanship.

He also served nine years (1994-2003) as the commissioner of the Mid-Contine...
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Van is in her 35th year as head volleyball coach at Little Rock and has won more than 600 career matches, which ranks 15th nationally among Division I head coaches. She also spent two years as the women's basketball coach for the Trojans.

Prior to Little Rock joining the OVC, she led the Trojans to four regular season Sun Belt Conference championships, five tournament championships, six postseason appearances and five appearances ...
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This is Part 2 of our conversation with Dan Beebe; check out episode 42 to hear the first part of the podcast.

Beebe served as OVC Commissioner from 1989-2003 before moving on to the Big 12 Conference.

During his time at the OVC, Beebe served as chair for the I-AA Governance Committee and as a member on the NCAA Division I Management Council. He also helped negotiate a multi-year television deal and moved the OVC Basketball Champ...
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Dan Beebe served as OVC Commissioner from 1989-2003 before moving on to the Big 12 Conference.

During his time at the OVC, Beebe served as chair for the I-AA Governance Committee and as a member on the NCAA Division I Management Council. He also helped negotiate a multi-year television deal and moved the OVC Basketball Championships to a neutral site.

Beebe began his career in intercollegiate athletics working as an enforcement r...
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Cindy Gannon, the former Southeast Missouri volleyball coach and administrator, became the 93rd member of the OVC Hall of Fame in June 2022.

She served Southeast Missouri for over 30 years, including 16 seasons as head volleyball coach (1989-2004) and additional 14 years as the department’s Senior Associate Director of Athletics/Senior Woman Administrator (2005-18). As the program’s volleyball coach, she accumulated 366 victories ...
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This is Part 2 of our conversation with Jim Delany; check out episode 39 for the first part.

Jim Delany served as OVC Commissioner from 1979-89 before taking over as Commissioner at the Big Ten, where he served 31 years until his retirement in 2020.

During his time at the OVC he saw National Championships in football, track and field and rifle, and several high-profile men's basketball NCAA Tournament victories. He helped the OVC...
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