First Loved Ministries’s mission is to provide personal, life-changing experiences of God’s love.
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Award winning coach, recruiting expert, and author, Matt Rogers, dives head-first into weekly provocative and innovative conversations with some of the top coaches in the country to discuss how to help athletes, families, coaches and schools get the most of their opportunities and experiences in the sports they love.
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Spencer Henke was named the Interim head men's basketball coach at Saint Leo University in St. Leo, FL in May of 2024 for the 2024-25 season following four seasons as an assistant coach on Lance Randall's staff from 2020-24. Randall took the Assistant Men's Basketball Coach position at the University of Wisconsin this summer. Henke first arrived at…
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Haylee Pruse is a 2024 graduate of Kamehameha Schools and Lanakila Volleyball Academy in Maui, Hawaii where she finished her high school career as a First Team Maui Interscholastic League Division 1 All Star. She was a Varsity Team Captain her Junior and Senior seasons, as well as a Team Captain at Lanakila from 2018-2024. She's a natural leader an…
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Mark Yoshino has led the Bellevue College Bulldogs baseball squad for 31 years, 26 of those years as the Head Coach. He is the winningest coach in Bellevue Baseball's storied history. He has helped over 200 young men move on to the 4-year college ranks, and he's seen a very impressive 38 of his players get drafted into the professional ranks. We ha…
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Peighton Marrero is a 4.0 student-athlete, State Champion Track Athlete, All- State Volleyball Setter, and All-State Basketball player out of Strasburg High School in Colorado where she will be a Senior in the 2024-25 school year. She's also a world class daughter, sister, mentor, leader and human being. Peighton was my first client to join the Sig…
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Jeff Culver is entering his 13th Season as the Head Men's Basketball Coach at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs (UCCS). He led the UCCS to its first RMAC Championship in program history. He's coached the only NBA Draft Pick and the only All-Americans in program history. Culver was the only four-year head coach to offer Derrick White (NBA …
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Mike Siener has had an illustrious career as the Head Men's Soccer, Head Men's Tennis, Head Women's Tennis, and Assistant Men's Basketball Coach at Webster University. Most coaches would dream about having his career coaching just one sport. Mike has been a championship coach in 4 different sports. His Head Coaching career includes: 10 SLIAC Champi…
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Melissa Bruner has been the Director of Basketball Operations for the Florida State Women's Basketball team (NCAA D1) for 19 years after serving as the Assistant Director of Athletics and Head Women's Basketball Coach at Coe College for 4 years. In addition to her basketball duties with the program, Bruner wrapped up her 17th season working as the …
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Jordan Fee begins his first season as the Assistant Men's Basketball Coach at NCAA D1 Florida Atlantic University after an amazing first and only season at NCAA D2 Gannon University where he turned the a bottom of the conference team into a 32-2 Elite Eight performance in the 2024 NCAA D2 National Tournament in just one year. Amazing turn-around! M…
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Greg Sheley is the Director of Athletics and Head Women's Basketball Coach at Lane Community College in Eugene, Oregon. He has had an illustrious 32-year career as a Head College Coach that includes 7 years at Butte College in Oroville, California and the last 25 years at Lane CC. He is well on his way to the Hall of Fame with a career record of 78…
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Mike DeGeorge is the Head Men's Basketball Coach at Cal Poly. He has had an amazing career as he has built programs at the NCAA D3 and D2 levels at Eureka College, Cornell College, Rhodes College and Colorado Mesa University where he most recently led the Mavericks to four NCAA D2 National Tournaments that culminated in two Sweet 16 appearances. In…
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Kanyon Anderson is the Head Women's Soccer Coach at Peninsula College in Port Angeles, Washington. He has emerged as the most successful women’s soccer coach in the Northwest Athletic Conference. Since 2011, his teams have won twelve straight division titles and five NWAC championships. Anderson has been named division coach of the year eight times…
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Brad Hoyt was named the Head Men's Basketball at Quincy University in April of 2024 after spending 14 years at John Wood Community College as the Head Men's Basketball Coach, Director of Athletics, and yes, the Dean of Students. During his illustrious career at John Wood, he accumulated a record of 269-156 that included multiple numerous trips to t…
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Episode #17: Marco Azurdia
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Marco Azurdia was named the Executive Director of the NWAC (Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges) in 2012 after a decorated career as a Head Women's Basketball for 20+ years at Napa Valley Community College (CA) and Wenatchee Valley Community College (WA). He walked away from his coaching career with 220 victories and seven 20-win s…
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Pat Juckem is the Head Men's Basketball Coach at Washington University of St. Louis. He is one of only a handful of NCAA D3 Head Coaches who have ever won 20 games at 3 different institutions with his exceptional tenures at Coe College (7 years/104 wins), University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh (6 years/95 wins/3 NCAA National Tourney Appearances/National …
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Vinny Barber is the Head Men's and Women's Wrestling Coach at the University of Ozarks in Clarksville, Arkansas. He's a dynamic coach who just led the Eagles to their first Conference Championship (SLIAC) in school history and leading them to the 2023-24 NCAA National Tournament. Before taking over the Ozarks program in 2022-23, Coach Barber has a …
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Rich Reed is in his 17th Season as the Head Men's Basketball Coach at his alma mater, the University of La Verne in Southern California. He has been coaching for 22 years including 5 years at the NCAA D1 level with stops Sacramento State, Northern Colorado, Loyola Marymount and Cal Poly Pomona. He is currently the Co-Chair of the National Associati…
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Ryan Kerrigan was a 4-time NFL All-Pro Player who currently sits #51 on the NFL All-Time Career Sacks list with 95.5. He was named to the 2011 NFL All-Rookie Team and went on to make 4 Pro Bowls. Ryan will begin his 3rd Season as the Assistant Linebackers Coach for the Washington Commanders in the 2024-25 season. I was excited to talk to Ryan about…
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Bryan Martin is the new Assistant Men's Basketball Coach at NCAA Division I University of South Carolina-Upstate. Previously he was the Head Men's Basketball Coach at Coe College for 12 years leading the Kohawks to their first National Tournament berth since 1976 in the 2022-23 season. He lead the Kohawks to back-to-back 20-win seasons for the firs…
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Rich Murphy has been the Head Women's Basketball Coach at the University of Redlands for the past 17 years compiling an impressive 264-153 record (as of Jan. 31, 2024) and an even more impressive SCIAC record of 170-70 during his tenure. His kids play hard, smart and execute about as well as any basketball team can. His team's were always a handful…
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Pete Sterbick is the Head Football Coach at the Colorado School of Mines, and it was a pleasure watching his team play in the NCAA D2 National Championship game on national TV in mid-December, 2023. I was so impressed I had to call and get him on the podcast. As a local Colorado guy, most people were excited about what Deion Sanders did this year a…
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Episode #9: Oliver Wiseman
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Oliver Wiseman is the Head Women's Basketball Coach at Benedictine University (IL). He is quickly rebuilding the Eagles program into a Midwest and National powerhouse. Before his tenure at Benedictine, he had an invaluable career as a D2 and D3 assistant (including playing for and coaching with me!) at Maryville University of St. Louis where he was…
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Mark Murphy has been the Head Women's Tennis Coach at Kalamazoo College in Michigan for the past 14 years and has led his Hornets to 17 All-MIAA First team selections, 13 All-MIAA Second Team selections, 5 MIAA MVPS while twice being named Regional Coach of the Year. That's impressive! Not only is Mark one of the best college tennis coaches in the …
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Samantha Birkicht is the Head Women's Volleyball Coach at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville, and she is coming off of back-to-back 20 win seasons in what is arguably the toughest NCAA D3 conference in the country, the WIAC (Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference). Sam, not only is one of the best volleyball coaches in the country, but …
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Dario Frias is the Assistant Women's Basketball Coach at UC-Santa Barbara. If there is a better collegiate assistant basketball coach in the country than Dario Frias, I would sign-up in a second to watch them work. Not only is Coach Frias a rising star on the collegiate women's basket circuit, but his coacheshangtime.com went viral during Covid and…
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Dr. Ryan Dyer is the Director of Athletics and Assistant Principal at North Paulding High School in Dallas, GA and is one of my former players. He took over a high school program that had never experienced any type of winning, and he turned them into a consistent state tournament threat. He has since become a wonderful HS administrator who has beco…
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Dave Kaneshiro is the Head Women's Basketball Coach at the University of Hawaii-Hilo after successful stints at Webster University and Blackburn College. Dave and I have been friends and competitors for over 20 years, and I am happy to say that I sleep better at night knowing that I don't have to prepare my team to face his teams anymore. I truly b…
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Tyler Saxton is the Head Girls' Basketball Coach at Brookfield East High School in Wisconsin. He took over the high school basketball program with not much talent and went 6-17 in his first year. He has since led the program to Back-to-Back State Championship games. He is a brilliant basketball mind, tremendous leader and world class role model. He…
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Chris Ellis is a 2011-12 Inductee into the Missouri Basketball Coaches' Hall of Fame and a great friend for the past 20+ years. In our 9 years together where he coached the women and I coached the men at Maryville University of St. Louis, he made me laugh as much as he made me a better coach. He was definitely born to be a basketball coach, and you…
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Mark Edwards was kind enough to be my first guest on the podcast, and he did not disappoint. After retiring from a Hall of Fame career as the Head Men's Basketball Coach at Washington University of St. Louis (where he gave me nightmares having to prepare for his teams!), I could still drop him into any gym on the planet, and he could win you a game…
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Significant Coaching with Matt Rogers: Trailer
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Coach Matt Rogers is 25+ year veteran coach, athletic director, college scout and author of the book, Significant Recruiting: The Playbook for Prospective College Athletes. Coach Rogers is passionate about talking sports with some of the best and brightest minds in the industry. His new podcast will be filled with interviews with coaches, former at…
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December Enews: A Christmas Invitation
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This is the audio recording of our December 2023 E-Newsletter. It is read by our Associate Director Rachel Delgado.Oleh Mark Gordon Fee
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In this episode Mark shares some of his practices in journaling and how it helps to stay connected to the Lord in a very tangible way on a daily basis.Oleh Mark Gordon Fee
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In this episode of the First Loved Podcast, Mark discusses "the Gospel" and explores the scriptures on this subject.Oleh Mark Gordon Fee
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Mark concludes this three-part series by sharing more stories of how God touches people's lives through His Spirit, His Word and His people.Oleh Mark Gordon Fee
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Mark shares more testimonials that show the lasting impact of God's love and how the Lord is using First Loved Ministries to make disciples of Jesus.Oleh Mark Gordon Fee
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Mark shares testimonials that show the lasting impact of God's love and how the Lord is using First Loved Ministries to make disciples of Jesus.Oleh Mark Gordon Fee
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Mark shares his experience at a recent concert and how the importance of caring "for the widows and orphans" was highlighted.Oleh Mark Gordon Fee
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Mark shares stories from a recent First Loved to Love weekend at Asbury Grove in Hamilton, MA.Oleh Mark Gordon Fee
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After teaching FLM's "Getting Along" curriculum at the Vida 220 Discipleship school in Costa Rica for the sixth year in a row, Mark shares about his latest trip and gives a brief overview of the first part to initiating a healing conversation with someone who has hurt you or whom you have hurt.Oleh Mark Gordon Fee
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In this episode of the First Loved podcast, Mark challenges us to question whether or not we are in an "old familiar rut" and how to get out of that rut to enjoy the "newness" in Christ. Sharing scriptures about the new covenant, Mark examines where Jesus declares the new covenant at the last supper and speculates how the Apostle Paul would have re…
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Anticipation: The Lord's and Ours
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What is at the heart of the "First Loved to Love" lifestyle? Mark answers this particularly how it relates to our hearing, understanding and OWNING Jesus' new command. Ultimately the goal is for us to grow in our relationship with the Lord to the point where we can't wait to spend time with Him . . . where we long for him and anticipate being in Hi…
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When God called Mark out of pastoral church ministry to bring His message of love through First Loved Ministries to the world, the Lord quickly revealed His faithful provision in what Mark calls a "faith infusion." Mark shares a number of stories of God's provision along the way in this episode of the First Loved podcast.…
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In this episode of the First Loved podcast, Mark challenges us to look at Jesus' love and ask if our experience with His love is "informational" or "relational". In the scriptures we see Paul's relationship with Jesus to be strong, real, personal and intimate. How did this happen? How is Paul willing to "face death all day long" and "consider all t…
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Many of us know the familiar passage from Matthew 28 known as The Great Commission: "Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing . . . and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you." This passage became fresh and challenging to Mark at a recent conference. How is the Lord using you to make disciples?…
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On this episode of the First Loved podcast, Mark looks at Philippians 4 and 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 where the Apostle Paul writes about rejoicing always. How do we do that? Does this mean we are always supposed to be joyful? Is there a difference between rejoicing in our circumstances and rejoicing in the Lord? Scriptures like these are there to he…
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In this episode of the First Loved podcast, Mark shares about God's forgiveness. Did you know the Bible not only says that God will purify and pardon us, but that He "blots out your transgressions . . . and remembers yours sins no more"? God chooses to forgive AND forget! Gone! GONE! Alleluia!Oleh Mark Gordon Fee
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In this episode of the First Loved podcast, Mark discusses the pattern found in good story writing and how that can challenge us to seek to be written more into God's story in our daily lives. When we get caught in a rut or stop seeking to be part of God's adventure, our "status quo" becomes something less meaningful.…
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In this first new episode of 2019, Mark shares some stories of God meeting and loving people right where needed most through First Loved events back in the fall. We hope these encourage you to step out and love like Jesus so you have stories of your own to share!Oleh Mark Gordon Fee
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In this episode, Mark reflects on the shooting that took place in the Jewish synagogue and how a local nurse tended to the perpetrator to save his life. As Jesus commanded, "Love your enemies". This is a challenging position for us all, but one we must consider and ask for God's help as disciples of Jesus.…
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In this episode Mark shares some final thoughts on completing his doctoral program and how the process has matured him theologically and as a disciple of Jesus.Oleh Mark Gordon Fee
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