Volunteer Your Purpose Podcast

In this episode, baseball instructor and pitching expert Demetrius Mitchell joins us in the guest chair. Demetrius is the founder of the fast-growing pitching destination DM Pitching.  As a Jackson St University grad with playing experience and an offer from Major League teams, he started out as a coach and scout.  He didn’t go into it with the intention of building a business or making money from it. Fast forward eight y...

Today in the guest chair we have Robert Holmes, a coach for the Twin City Outlaws, a national champion for 8U youth football.  Twin City Outlaws specializes in bringing awareness to Columbus GA/Phenix City AL including a travel team for football but also basketball.  Coach Holmes followed the path well traveled for many years, before finally leaping into coaching.

On this episode, Coach Holmes shares:

● His pathway from w...

Today in the guest chair we have a man who is building a community of productive players all over Central Florida.  BJ Hall is a Central Florida raised coach, scout who believes in working for everything he has.  He is the founder of The Quarterback House, a platform for young QB's.  He also has joined the staff of the Orlando Predators as their QB Coach and Head of Scouting.

In this episode, he shares:

The first ste...

Coach Kang had always been a sports junkie.  In his late 20's he was building a tattoo shop and working out with players in the off-season.  But after beginning daily workouts with his son, he went on a multi-year journey to begin sports performance and land his dream job.  Now Coach Kang is determined to help other youth navigate their playing journey.

As the co-leader of Sniper Gang 7v7 a travel team that highlight...

Today’s guest is Samantha Combs, The Founder of Dynamic Daze Dance Team (3DT), located in Kilgore, Texas.  Samantha and her daughter developed the dance team to pursue their passion for constructive outlets for the youth in their area.  They started during the onset of the COVID-19 Pandemic.  After participating in virtual competitions, they have quickly began to establish themselves in their community for youth look...

Today’s guest, is Ahmad Christian. Ahmad is the founder of 9 Figures Sports Academy, an sports training facility for youth.  9 Figures helps emerging youth prepare for development in becoming productive members of society, NFL combine prep, NFL/MLB off season training.  Youth and young adults increase their school, workforce readiness, scale operations and streamline their process with the care and focus of 9 Figures Spor...

Antwan Harris is a devoted worker literally blowing up the 7v7 world right now, and he can even count nationally ranked profit - driven teams among his fans (but we’ll get into that story on the episode).  What’s it like to amass a huge following in a new city and in your hometown organically while you’re still figuring out your long term plan?  On today’s episode, Antwan shares how he balances being a popular 7v7 coach a...

In his high school years, Gary Bryant Sr. lost his opportunity to use sports as a way out and instead became a product of his environment.

With the sudden death of his brother, Coach Bryant swore to make a change.  That change led to Coach Bryant determined it was time to put the passion for sports he had developed growing up to good use.  In this week’s episode, he shares how he bounced back from being a product of his e...

This week’s guest, Brandon Henry, shares how an influential football program that displays family values led him to coaching  at a young age, setting the stage for him to be a preeminent youth football coach in Atlanta.

Later, learning from his previous coaches, current high school coaches, would lead him to coach the 12U Tucker Lions which placed 3rd nationally.  Coach Henry’s goal is to see and highlight his players acc...

Todaro McIntyre  found himself getting home early in the morning and seeing children in his neighborhood running away from extracurricular activities that could help make them productive members of the community. Sometime after he became coach of The Clayton Trojans, started a business, and became the Coach T the community loves. How did he turn her Clayton around? Find out on this week’s episode.

Coach T  is an entrepren...

What goes into coaching football in Sacramento California?  Deanthone Ferguson is this episode’s special guest. Whether it's coaching high school football for Grant High School or leading the Grant Jr. Pacers to being recognized nationally Coach Ferguson is an all around purpose driven individual. Trailblazing the coaching world with his passion to use the game of football for the betterment of his community, he has increased ...

Baylor graduate DeLeon Harris shifted from cheer coach, to dance coach, to a career cheer and dance production creator  to centering his passions around support for under-resourced youth. But the road to Texas Elite Productions was not always clear. Learn about the key experiences he gained by following his passion, the steps he took to feed his entrepreneurial fire, and the way he set himself on the path to way-maker for...

Coach Orlando Jones is the first one to tell you that It is one his highest goals to teach boys, that are underrated or overlooked, in the game of baseball.   He is a financial advisor, coach, and an entrepreneur who coach athletes to become better people. In other words, by becoming better people they will want to play the game the right way and master their skill sets.

His journey has led to a path full of purpose and u...

Welcome to the very first episode of Volunteer Your Purpose. In this episode I’ll share the vision for this podcast and tell you more about me, your host Coach Rod. You’ll hear why running from working with kids during college, a rough start to grad school, and volunteering to coach football inspired me to volunteer and grow my purpose into a career.  Plus, I’ll tell you what to expect each week on the show.

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