Episodes
![Talkin’ Old School highlights Coach Brian Shafer and his 40 Plus year Career as teacher, coach and administrator at Lake Brantley High School](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/5977973/Talkin_Old_School_Logo_300x300.jpg)
Sunday Dec 17, 2023
Sunday Dec 17, 2023
Talkin' Old School features Coach Brian Shafer and salutes his decades long impact in education as teacher, coach and Administrator at Lake Brantley High School. Coach Shafer is retiring from Lake Brantley High School at the end of this December. Coach Shafer shared great insights about his philosophy of teaching and coaching as well as colorful stories of his 40-plus year career at Lake Brantley High School in Altamonte Springs, Fla. The program also included tributes from Coach Shafer's coaching colleagues and former players, including Coach Gary Smith, a member of the Lake Brantley Hall of Fame and Central Florida entrepreneur and basketball trainer Brian Paldin.
![Old School Edgewater Eagles Football PLUS 2023 Head Coach Cameron Duke and Jones Game Preview](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/5977973/Talkin_Old_School_Logo_300x300.jpg)
Saturday Sep 16, 2023
Saturday Sep 16, 2023
Two of Edgewater High School's All Time Football Greats, QB Theo McWhite and OL Tom Neal, joined Talkin' Old School to reflect on and share about a Great Era in Edgewater Eagles football, the 1970's under the Leadership of Coach Bob Dolce, when the Eagles were one of the dominant high school programs in the state of Florida. QB Theo McWhite was the team MVP in '78 and also a Basketball standout and heavily recruited in both sports. Tom Neal, recognized as one of the best Offensive Linemen to ever play for Edgewater, was heavily recruited by the elite Power 5 schools of the era; ultimately choosing to play for Coach Bo Shembechler and the Michigan Wolverines, with Theo McWhite choosing to play Basketball for Rollins College. The program also included current Edgewater Head Coach Cameron Duke with a preview of the huge rivalry game AND District match up with Jones High School.
![2023 DAVE POWERS CRYING TOWEL HOSTED BY CHRISTNER’S WITH COACHES JEFF ROLSON, ANDY JOHNSON, MATT HEDRICK & CAMERON DUKE](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/5977973/Talkin_Old_School_Logo_300x300.jpg)
Wednesday Aug 23, 2023
Wednesday Aug 23, 2023
Four of Central Florida's top High School Football Coaches compete for the coveted 2023 Crying Towel and Crying Towel Plaque before a live audience at Christner's Prime Steak & Lobster. Coaches Jeff Rolson of Apopka, Andy Johnson of Boone, Matt Hedrick of Bishop Moore and Cameron Duke of Edgewater present their assessment of their team's prospects for the upcoming season. In the effort to keep expectations of fans and media in check the presentations tend to be excessively, but hilariously pessimistic. Host Roger Franklin Williams was joined by Co-Hosts Despina McLaughlin and Becky Lesswing and an esteemed panel of judges---John Peery of the Apopka Chief, Matt Fitzpatrick of OCPS, Darren Stoltzfus Sports Director of WESH-TV, Dal LaForest of the Orlando Touchdown Club and Becky Lesswing of Talkin' Old School convened to confer and select the 2023 Crying Towel Champion.
![Kingston Shaw, Blue Darter Football; Jeff Shaw, former Lake Brantley standout QB & Brian King, Founder Orlando Baseball Academy](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/5977973/Talkin_Old_School_Logo_300x300.jpg)
Saturday Aug 05, 2023
Saturday Aug 05, 2023
Blue Darter Sports with Roger Franklin Williams hosted Apopka High Soph LB Kingston Shaw, his Father Jeff Shaw, former Lake Brantley Patriots standout QB and Brian King, founder of the Orlando Baseball Academy. The topics centered around next Friday's Live Remote Broadcast from Frogger's Grill & Bar Apopka to Kick-off the 2023 Football Season and discussion of the upcoming Apopka Blue Darter Football Season, as well as a look back at great moments in Blue Darter Football and Jeff Shaw's exceptional career at Lake Brantley, including the historic playoff showdown with National Power Bradenton Manatee in the 1993 playoffs at Tom Story Field.
![Dan Laforest discusses High School Media Days & former UCF WR Jim Taylor shares about the FIRST Knights Football Team in 1979](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/5977973/Talkin_Old_School_Logo_300x300.jpg)
Thursday Jul 27, 2023
Thursday Jul 27, 2023
Dan LaForest and JIm Taylor join host Roger Franklin Williams. Dan LaForest discusses the Florida Citrus Sports High School Media Days on 7/24 and 7//25 and in the second half of the program, Jim Taylor, a member of the original 1979 UCF Knights Football Team shares colorful stories about the first days of the Knights Football program and legendary Head Coach Don Jonas.
![Coach Skip Clayton Lake Brantley Patriots & Coach Eric Pinellas Kissimmee Osceola Kowboys & RFW Commentary Defending Jason Aldean](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/5977973/Talkin_Old_School_Logo_300x300.jpg)
Thursday Jul 27, 2023
Thursday Jul 27, 2023
With "Fall" Football Practice for Florida High Schools starting Monday 7/31, Talkin' Old School featured interviews with 2 outstanding Head Coaches, Coach Skip Clayton of Lake Brantley and Coach Eric Pinellas of Kissimmee Osceola. Both coaches discussed the upcoming season and talked about the unique history and tradition of their programs. In the final few minutes, host Roger Franklin Williams addressed the attacks on country music artist Jason Aldean and his new song, "Try That in a Small Town", and offered his defense and support for Jason Aldean; as well as pushed back against WOKE Cancel Culture and the attacks of today's Authoritarian Left against Free Speech and Small Town American Values.
![Talkin’ Old School ”Coaches Clinic” with Boone High Football Coach Andy Johnson & Coach Mark Ritchhart NEW Head Coach Kentucky Christian U Softball](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/5977973/Talkin_Old_School_Logo_300x300.jpg)
Saturday Jul 15, 2023
Saturday Jul 15, 2023
Boone Braves Football Coach Andy Johnson and new Kentucky Christian University new Head Softball Coach, Coach Mark Ritchhart share their insights and philosophies about the ingredients in building a consistently excellent culture with host Roger Franklin Williams in another edition of Talkin' Old School's "Old School Coaching Clinic".
![BLUE DARTER SPORTS WITH ROGER FRANKLIN WILLIAMS & FELLOW APK FOOTBALL ALUMS DAN LaFOREST & LO WOOD](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/5977973/Talkin_Old_School_Logo_300x300.jpg)
Saturday Jul 15, 2023
Saturday Jul 15, 2023
Blue Darter Sports with Roger Franklin Williams featured RFW and 2 fellow Apopka Blue Darter Football Alumni--Dan LaForest and Lo Wood. Dan LaForest provides the details of the Florida High School Media Days Event coming up later in July. Dan has been an influential force in the creation and production of this popular event. Lo Wood, founder of Excell Speed Training, talks about "The Battle in the Pit 3 Camp" he is hosting along with Apopka Blue Darter Great and NFL Hall of Famer Warren Sapp. The event, now in it's 3rd year, was founded by Lo Wood and fellow Blue Darter Football and NFL Alum Aaron Jones, Sr. Aaron Jones and Warren Sapp are 2 of Blue Darter Football's five Number 1 draft choices of the NFL---Sammie Smith, Aaron Jones, Sr, Warren Sapp, Brandon Meriweather and Jalon Carter. Lo Wood and Dan LaForest were Blue Darter Football teammates during the Chip Gierke era and another theme of this show was the Apopka Ethic, "Blue Darters Helping Blue Darters", with a number of specific examples.
![Derrick Clark, Owner/HC of Daytona Broncos & Coaching Great Chip Gierke, Apopka Football & Dr Phillips Baseball](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/5977973/Talkin_Old_School_Logo_300x300.jpg)
Saturday Jun 24, 2023
Saturday Jun 24, 2023
Derrick Clark, Owner & Head Coach of the 2-Time Florida Champions League Super Bowl Champion Daytona Broncos joins Roger Franklin Williams to talk about the Broncos Championship Seasons, insights in the Florida Champions League and Semi-Pro Football in general and his circuitous path from Apopka High School standout to the NFL Denver Broncos, including his Juco All-American Career at Garden City Juco, brief stop at FSU and record setting Hall of Fame career at Evangel College. Coaching Great Chip Gierke, Head Coach of Apopka Blue Darter Football from 1978-2004, Baseball Coach at Dr Phillips, where he captured a State Championship and standout Baseball RHP at Florida Southern College gives his overview of the College Baseball World Series, insights about the Florida Gator team and talks about resurrecting the Apopka Blue Darter Football program, which had had only 3 winning seasons in the previous 15 years and was 3-16 in the 2 previous seasons when he took over in 1978. Gierke led Blue Darter Football to their first District Championship in his first season, build Blue Darter Football into a State Power and finished his career at Apopka with a state record 31 regular season winning streak.
![Coach Jay Bergman, former Gator and UCF Baseball Coach Previews the College Baseball Worlds Series & Brian King Orlando Baseball Academy](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/5977973/Talkin_Old_School_Logo_300x300.jpg)
Saturday Jun 24, 2023
Saturday Jun 24, 2023
College Baseball Coaching Legend Jay Bergman joins Roger Franklin Williams to break down the 2023 College baseball World Series. Coach Bergman was an influential figure Florida Gator Baseball--during his tenure as Head Coach from 1976 to 1982 he elevated the program significantly and laid the foundation for a higher level of future success for Gator Baseball. For example, in the previous history of UF Baseball, from 1912 to 1975, the Gators had made 3 previous NCAA Tournament appearances and won 3 SEC regular season Championships; Coach Bergman's teams made 3 NCAA Tournament appearances and won 2 SEC regular season Championships and 2 SEC Tournament Championships in just 7 seasons. Coach Bergman elevated the UCF program in even more dramatic fashion during his tenure from 1983 to 2008. He took over a middling Division program and led Knights Baseball to Division I status while capturing 8 Atlantic Sun Conference Championships during a period when the Knights were a consistent top-25 Division I program. His 1,183 wins and .632 win percentage are among the best alltime in Division I college baseball history. Coach Bergman shared his opinion that Florida and LSU were the teams most likely to capture the National Title, among other insights. In the final segment, Brian King, founder of Orlando Baseball Academy, provided excellent advice for young ballplayers and their parents, who aspire to play baseball at the college level and beyond.