Chad Harberts Show - Sean Birks Audubon IA - Activities Director and Head FB Coach talk the new 8th grade HS eligibility rule and IA High School Sports

Deep in the Valley - Roger Powell Jr. Valpo Mens BB Head Coach

Coach Roger Powell Jr. talks about leading Valpo to its best conference winning percentage and highest league win total since joining the Missouri Valley Conference in 2017. The momentum of the program in Year 3 of the Powell Era sets up for a strong 2026-27. Coach shares his basketball journey from high School in Joliet IL to playing for the National Title at Illinois. After his NBA and overseas playing days he was an assistant for Bryce Drew at Valpo, Vanderbilt, and Gonzaga (we he coached in a National Championship Game) before returning to Valpo to lead the Beacons.

Deep in the Valley - Courtney Boyd Valparaiso Womens BB Head Coach

Courtney Boyd talks about the outlook for Valpo WBB in 2026-27 and her journey from Keokuk, Iowa to Indiana. She talks in depth about the Arch Madness Changes and the changes in the Beacon Program for her second year at the helm in Valpo. She is a national championship-winning head coach and player, an NAIA National Coach of the Year, and a two-time conference Coach of the Year, Boyd boasts a 180-100 (.643) record in nine years as a collegiate head coach and has won 20 or more games in seven of her nine seasons.

Pigskin Breakdown - Seth Howard - Iowan - Left Hash Call - D1 Rejects - and Drake FB Assistant Coach

Seth Howard talks Iowa Football from Drake to Simpson. Seth played high school football at Oskaloosa and Grinnell and College at Simpson and UW-River Falls. He is an assistant coach at Drake football and founder of the Left Hash Call Show, and D3 analyst on D1 Rejects (two of the most popular small school college football shows in the US). He shares his journey from Iowa High School to Simpson and becoming one of the top small college football analysts in the country. Seth dives deep on small college football in the state with look ahead previews on top teams to watch in the fall - Grandview, Drake, Wartburg, Coe, Central, Dubuque, Simpson, Morningside, and many more Iowa small college football teams.

Peacock Corner - Frank Garza talks about the upcoming Luka Garza Camp at Upper Iowa

Frank Garza talks about basketball in depth and the upcoming Luka Garza Basketball Camp in Fayette on August 17th.

Deep in the Valley - Mike Kern Senior Associate Commissioner, Chief of Staff Missouri Valley Conference

Mike Kern is in his 35th year serving the MVC Conference. He has been a Valley leader for basketball and many Valley sports and shares some great Valley stories and insight on Deep in the Valley. Mike goes in-depth on the recent Arch Madness changes, basketball scheduling, and a behind-the-scenes look at how the conference office supports schools in the Valley.