The Friday Night Life

#60.  And Here we go!  Chris and Corinne are about to conclude their second year up  in the Central Valley.  They recap on the year and how they're doing.  Corinne shares what her role is at the school along with Chris sharing his take on being a "sophmore" Athletic Director and what's next for them as a family this coming year.  Corinne is stepping into a new role this coming football season and she's stil...

#059.  TFNL welcomes back Solmaz Chadwell with a 1 v. 1 interview with Corinne.  Solmaz sits down with Corinne via zoom and is able to share her personal testimony of immigrating to America from Iran.  It's a wonderful story of Faith, Hope and the pursuit of Freedom.  You will come away from this episode understanding a true story of immigration from Iran, what really is happening in Iran and how we can help bring awareness to...

#58. Fall Camp is an exciting time for football Programs all across America. The opening game is right around the corner, the armor is coming out, Friday Night Lights are getting ready to fire up again!

Are you ready for the final push? The final tune up for the season? Fall Camp is here! 

Top 5 Points to making sure that this Fall Camp will be successful and set the stage for opening night:

1. Video Library Stora...

#57.  The Stevens change up their normal recording format and Corinne takes over the  recording sesh alone for the first time.  She shares 5 things that  the Coach's Wife should prioritize to better prepare for the upcoming football season.  Here's the convo in a nutshell....
1. Open Communication and Support
2. Personal Self-Care
3. Setting realistic goals and expectations
4. Establishing a support system...

#056.   Jamey Chadwell is the new head coach at Liberty University.  In this episode we get to chat with the Chadwell's on how they got together, and their journey from college all the way up to their new home at Liberty University. 
Solmaz also shares her journey with us in immigrating to the United States.  In addition to listening to their journey shared as a coaching couple, they also have a profound Faith.  Both Solm...

#055.  Ashley is the founder of The Game Day Family.  She's married to Heath Hover, the Offensive Coordinator for South Forsyth High School in Cummings, GA.  She started The Game Day Family as an Etsy shop filled with fun little onesies for babies and other gifts and it quickly turned into her creating children's books for the coach's kid.  We had a great conversation chatting about why she started the Game Day Famil...

#054.  Organization in the Moving Chaos

TFNL  would like to  welcome back Beth Walker. Beth has become a good friend of Corinne’s.  She’s encouraged and mentored her in the last few years especially this last year going through the move up to Central Valley.  

Beth is an author, mentor, speaker, marketing director, encourager, blogger and a fellow coach’s wife.  

She comes on the podcast to share her wisdom and insight in the moving p...

#053. Welcome Jennifer Gorman to the TFNL Family!  

Jennifer is a fellow Coach’s Wife and also a Registered Dietician and Nutritionist.  Her husband, Justin Gorman, is the Passing Game Coordinator/Head Track Coach at Abilene in Abilene, TX.  She’s a momma of 3, Cooper and Masyn (8) are twins and Crawford, 2 years old.  

On this episode, Jennifer and Corinne have a great discussion talking about proper nutrition and health for our ath...

#052. Christine Flores is the founder and CEO of the Coaching Family Foundation.  She's married to David Flores who is the O. C.  and recruiting coordinator for Evangel University.  Christine is  a social worker and mental health therapist as well.  In 2015 she began her blog and social media accounts,  Coach Wife Life, where she strives to create a community that helps encourage and support other coaches wives. 
We talk ...

#051.
Season 3 Ya'll and Chris and Corinne are excited to share all that has happened since they moved up to Central Valley.  Chris shares about his experiences as being an athletic director, how the move has impacted Corinne, their time in North Carolina for the AFCA  Conference and the recent passing of Chris's father.  

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#050. Greetings!

It's Chris and Corinne again with another solo episode. In this episode, we talk about what it 's like to get that very first gig. You are now a HEAD FOTBALL COACH! So what's next? What do you do? What's your first order of business? We recap the experiences we have been through in hopes it helps those first timers out there, or maybe even guide a veteran coaching couple to try somethi...

#049. Hey Hey....it's just us....your hosts, Chris and Corinne Stevens. We have some big changes coming this year in 2022. We recap some of our past guests, catch you all up on what's going on, and fill you in on a huge change to our lives this year.

Thanks again for tuning in and taking the time to listen to our podcast.

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#048. Coach Wayne Voorhees and I have a unique relationship. Wayne was the Head Football Coach at Legacy HS in 2016, and was looking to travel to California to play a football game. The organization he was connected to found me looking for a game the very same week, and we set up the contest. We had a great game, right down to the wire. Upon returning home after the trip, Coach Voorhees and the team were involved in a fatal bus cra...

#047. Masai went to and graduated from Clemson University and went straight into the Army after graduating. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE! After retiring from the Army, he began coaching at a small private school in rural Georgia where he was the 1st African-American coach/teacher on the staff. Since then, he has coached at some of the largest and most successful programs in Georgia. HE has been a part of 2 state championship teams. O...

#045. Jason Bornn is a 30+ year coaching veteran, and his 19th as Head Coach of the Saugus Centurions with a record of 104 wins 94 losses, three Foothill League titles (2008, 2011, 2020), while reaching the playoffs 12 out of the past 16 seasons, with four CIF Semi-Final appearances (2016, 2013, 2008, and 2007). 

Prior to coaching at Saugus, Coach Bornn was an assistant coach at Occidental College, Canyon H.S. (Canyon Coun...

#044. Coaches Wives Night Out (South Carolina) was started by Erica Hardin and Jennifer Guiliano.  Corinne had the chance to sit down with them (via zoom) and talk about why they began this great event for coaches wives and how important it is for us, football wives to feel supported.  Both Erica and Jennifer are married and their husbands coach together at River Bluff High School in Lexington, South Carolina.

Coaches Wiv...

#043. Tim and Anne Rulo. A wonderful couple that has impacted and continues to impact lives everywhere. Tim is the Head Football, Head Strength & Conditioning, Assistant Track, Leadership Coordinator at Russellville High School (Missouri). He has been coaching for 18 years, 14 as head coach. His main focus is leadership and character development.

Anne Rulo, LMFT, LPC, was a counselor for 14 years, first with teens that had gotte...

#042. Randy and Carolyn Allen met through Kanakuk ministries at one of the camps in Missiouri.  However they were reunited when Carolyn was attending Texas A &M  and Randy was asked to play the guitar and entertain some college students.   They have two children, Zac and Ashley (which you will have to hear how Coach Allen became "matchmaker"), and 8 grand children.

Carolyn is the author of the book, "Th...