Brandon Harmon: The Youth Sports Blender
“You’re in the blender of youth sports.” Something every day. Practices. Games. Car rides. Repeat. But in the middle of all that… you’re a...
Brandon Harmon: The Youth Sports Blender
Brandon Harmon is a college baseball coach at Gonzaga, a dad of three, and right in the middle of what he calls the youth sports blender. Something every day. Practices. Games. Car rides. Repeat. In this conversation, he and Rhett Parker talk through what that actually looks like. The nonstop schedu...
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