Very Bold Radio 6-24-23 with Mike McGivern

Mike McGivern joins host Steve Teel on this edition of Very Bold
Radio.


Steve interviews Mike (Mac) McGivern: host of Milwaukee’s radio
show “Faith In The Zone,” 6-time State Champion Coach inWisconsin
High School Basketball, Member of not one, but 2 High School Hall
of Fames. Mac talks about his coaching career, lessons learned,
building a winning culture, coaching his own son, transforming
his style into relationship-building, and he shares coming to
faith in Jesus thanks to the prayers of his wife, Terrie. We also
borrow Mac’s Faith In The Zone question: What one uniform or
coaching shirt would you want to put on just one more time?


TIME STAMPS


0:00 Steve Introduces Coach Mike (Mac) McGivern)


2:00 Faith In The Zone Radio Show On Big 920 Milwauke3


3:30 Talking Mac’s Bio: Being In 2 Hall of Fames in Wisconsin


5:30 Surprising Mac with Hall of Fame Induction


6:30 3 Basketball State Championships Head Coach, 3 State
Championships as Ass’t Coach


9:00 AAU Playing Another Player In Front of His Son Matthew


10:00 Son Went On To Be 4-year Starter in High School &
College


11:00 Eyes on Prize To Set Assist Record in College


12:30 How Book “Coaching Our Sons” Helped Mac Adjust Those Last 2
Years


14:45 Coach Moves To Private School (Calvary Baptist) But Takes
On Public High Schools (Beat Milwaukee Hamilton)


17:00 Those 3 Years Mac’s Best of the 36 Year Career and Why?


20:00 Son’s Freshman Year at College Hitting Two Game-Winning
Free Throws


23:00 Getting Fired His One and Only Time


24:30 Going to Greendale Martin Luther (Where They Had Won 3
Games in 2 Years) and Turning It Around (2019) State Championship


26:15 Not Sure Did a Good Enough Job Getting Those Kids to
College Ball Opportunities


28:00 Overcoming Racial Divide


29:00 Building A Winning Culture And Good Cop / Bad Cop


32:00 A Player Telling Him: “You Get To Know Us, Then We’ll Run
Through a Wall For You”


33:30 Best Overall Player He Coached: J.R. Blount Now Iowa State
Ass’t Coach


35:00 Building Relationships Outside the Gym


36:00 Giving A Player A Ride To Gym


37:00 The Only Man In My Life Who Made a Commitment to Me and
Stuck To It


38:45 Tell Us About McGivern Agency


42:00 Mike Shares His Testimony:


43:30 Who I Thought I Was…


45:00 Walking Into Pastor’s Office… 20+ Years Later Alcohol-free
and Drug-free


46:30 Don’t Have To Lie Anymore


47:00 The Lord Came To A Dark Place To Reach Him


52:20 How Did Your Coaching Change After Christ?


53:30 The Faith In The Zone Question Mac Asks Of His Guests:
Turned Around To Mac


54:40 What’s One More Uniform You Would Put On If You Could Play
One More Time


55:50 Put On My Coaching Shirt One More Time (A Heartbreaking
Loss)


57:00 Put On Coaching Shirt One More Time (A Meaningful Win)


58:30 What Were Your Strengths As A Coach?


60:00 Steve Closes This Episode With Coach Mac McGivern


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