On this episode of The Bader Show, Bader and Bray catch up with Mike Powell, Willie Miklus, and Alex Clemsen

Order of Show

0:01 Coach Powell’s wrestling background

0:05 When Coach Powell started figuring out performance anxiety

0:09 How Powell’s struggles impacted his coaching

0:14 Coach Powell had to learn how to coach performance anxiety

0:16 Coaching mental development in practice

0:20 How Powell invested so much into coaching

0:23 Did Coach Powell expect to have as much success as he did?

0:25 Getting buy-in from Powell’s teams

0:27 when Coach Powell was diagnosed with his illness

0:30 Coach Powell’s new normal with BTS Chicago

0:49 Coach Powell asks Willie Miklus about how Brian Smith develops talent

0:52 Miklus’ move to Michigan State

0:54 Willie’s wrestling background

0:57 when Willie asked his dad to give him space with wrestling

1:00 Willie always wanted to wrestle in college

1:01 The recruiting process

1:03 The crazy win over Alex Meyer

1:04 Willie’s relationship with Mike Eierman

1:08 when Willie knew he should transfer

1:11 the transition to Iowa State

1:13 Willie’s last few months with his dad

1:19 Winning his 4^th All-American honor after his father passed

1:22 A lot of Willie’s memories of his dad are from wrestling

1:24 Willie asks Coach Clemsen who would win between them during their junior seasons

1:25 What Clemsen thinks of when he hears Willie’s name

1:26 Coach Clemsen’s wrestling background

1:28 when Clemsen started thinking about wrestling in college

1:30 Bader is still salty that Clemsen didn’t go to Mizzou

1:34 Clemsen’s college career

1:38 when Clemsen started thinking about coaching

1:42 Clemsen almost left coaching at Oregon State

1:44 Coach Clemsen’s time at Missouri

1:49 The decision to take the Maryland job

1:51 Coach’s areas of focus for shifting the culture at Maryland

1:55 how the Maryland turnaround is different

1:57 Coach Clemsen’s wins & whoopin’s

2:01 Coach Clemsen’s final word