#322: Andre' Kidd – Ferrum College | Finding Purpose Through Track & Field Coaching

#322: Andre' Kidd – Ferrum College | Finding Purpose Through Track & Field Coaching

🎙️Andre’ Kidd | Ferrum College Head Coach


In this inspiring episode of the Gill Connections Podcast, we sit down with Andre’ Kidd, head coach of Ferrum College Track & Field, to explore a powerful coaching journey that stretches from field day footraces to military service and now to the collegiate sidelines.


🔥 “The ceiling keeps getting higher.” — Coach Kidd


Coach Kidd shares a moving story of perseverance, mentorship, and transformation:


🔹 From wrestling mats and 300m hurdles to active military duty and jumping out of planes

🔹 Building a track program from scratch at the community college level 🏃‍♂️

🔹 Learning to recruit, coach, and mentor — all while working full-time and raising a family 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦

🔹 Leading Ferrum College's transition from NCAA Division III to Division II 🎯

🔹 The mindset shift: turning walk-ons into competitors and teams into families 💪

🔹 Embracing mentorship and passing it forward: “You’ve got to want to be in this house.”


💡 Coach Kidd’s journey is a reminder that greatness in coaching isn’t defined by division or budget, but by heart, hustle, and belief in others.


🎧 Whether you're a coach, athlete, or just love a great story about leadership and growth, this one will leave you fired up.


🌟 Explore Our Library: Dive into 300+ episodes featuring insights from coaching legends such as Boo Schexnayder and Dan Pfaff, Diljeet Taylor (BYU) and Beth Alford-Sullivan, as well as superstar coaches Petros Kyprianou (Illinois), Althea Thomas (Vanderbilt) and many more! Find us on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify and more for your listening pleasure.


🎙️ Create Your Own Podcast Episode: Reach out to Mike Cunningham for instruction on how to create your very own Gill1918 Project episode, which airs every Tuesday through Sunday. Find YOUR voice on the Gill Connections Podcast Network.


📲 Stay Connected: Want to get in touch with our host, Mike Cunningham? Follow on Twitter (@MikeCunningham), email at mcunningham@gillathletics.com, or text to 217-898-3038. We love hearing from you! 🎧👍


Avsnitt(817)

#123: Damion McLean-Appalachian State University

#123: Damion McLean-Appalachian State University

"It just means more" when an alum coaches at their alma mater. Today's guest nearly quit the App State track team as a sophomore and now serves as the Director of T&F and CC. How's that for a turnarou...

4 Okt 20211h 7min

 BONUS: Athletics LLC S2 E20 'Moving on' August 20, 2021

BONUS: Athletics LLC S2 E20 'Moving on' August 20, 2021

Happy days to all! Join (Sir) Lucious, Lamar, and Clyde this week for some very relevant conversation about all things moving forward in the world of track and field. This week we start off with the...

30 Sep 20211h 14min

#122: Althea Thomas-Vanderbilt University

#122: Althea Thomas-Vanderbilt University

Althea has been the head coach of Vanderbilt University for the past 100 days when this episode was recorded. Today she joins us to share her journey from the Birmingham, Ala area to Nashville includi...

27 Sep 20212h 8min

MEGAPOD Volume #4: Jeff Hartwig edition

MEGAPOD Volume #4: Jeff Hartwig edition

We combine episodes #102 and #107 into one long MEGAPOD to celebrate Jeff Hartwig's birthday. Today you'll hear from Jeff from how he got started in the pole vault event, how he navigated his HS, Jun...

25 Sep 20213h 33min

 BONUS: Athletics LLC S2 E19 'Olympics Hangover' August 14, 2021

BONUS: Athletics LLC S2 E19 'Olympics Hangover' August 14, 2021

Who has that ibuprofen and electrolytes?! Join us to welcome back Sir Lucious back from overseas! He shares and reflects on the games giving us all perspective on what we thought happened from our c...

23 Sep 20211h 37min

#121: Paul Sargent-Sargent Distribution

#121: Paul Sargent-Sargent Distribution

Paul is the former head coach of Franklin (IN) College. Today he joins us to talk about his unique background in the sport of track and field and how that led him to eventually be the first full time ...

20 Sep 20211h 47min

 BONUS: Athletics LLC S2 E18 'STICK!' August 6, 2021

BONUS: Athletics LLC S2 E18 'STICK!' August 6, 2021

OLYMPICS week #2! Phew, are you tired too!? But it is more than just the performances that are making noise at Tokyo 2020ne! There is so much noise happening behind the scenes, at the track, on soc...

16 Sep 20211h 42min

#120: Justin Davis and Staff-Livingstone College

#120: Justin Davis and Staff-Livingstone College

Sit back and enjoy hearing today's guest awesome story where he parlays two years as a volunteer college coach and two years as a middle school track coach into a head coaching position at Division 2 ...

13 Sep 20211h 48min

Populärt inom Sport

tutto-balutto
viaplay-f1-podcast
under-isen
killradet
fotbollsmorgon
sportbladets-premier-league-podd
rss-viva-fotboll
rss-rule-britannia
sanny-svensson
nhl-podden-med-bjurman-och-ekeliw
tuttosvenskan
rss-tv4-hockey-podden
when-we-were-kings
lundh
shl-podden
studio-allsvenskan
rss-godmorgon-nhl
hunden-katten-glassen-en-blavit-podcast
hockeymorgon-2
rss-offside-2