College recruiting talk from the program level.
Airey Bros.'s Radio works like a recruiting-room conversation with coaches who rarely get mainstream attention. Episodes move from origin stories into roster building, athlete development, campus fit, and the realities of competing across JUCO, NAIA, NCAA, and 3C2A levels.
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Airey Bros.'s Radio is a college sports interview show with a clear lane: wrestling, cross country, and track and field programs that deserve more attention than they usually get. It is informal, but not aimless. The conversations usually start with a little banter, a shared connection, or an origin-story prompt before moving into recruiting, roster building, athlete development, and program identity. Recent episodes feature coaches from Andrew College, UW-La Crosse, New Mexico Highlands, Colorado Mesa, Northern State, Texas State, Taylor University, and California junior college cross country programs. The range matters. JUCO, NAIA, NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III, Division I, and 3C2A all sit in the same world here, treated as real pathways rather than backup plans. The show is especially strong when coaches explain how they judge fit. A fast athlete is never just a fast athlete. Guests talk about transcripts, high school coach conversations, emotional readiness, leadership, motivation, and whether a recruit can handle the daily rhythm of a college team. Wrestling episodes lean into room culture, retention, All-American development, and building programs through trust. Cross country and track conversations spend time on altitude training, distance talent pools, staff roles, meet hosting, technical event coaching, and the challenge of helping athletes chase excellence without losing perspective. The hosts tend to let coaches talk. That gives the episodes a lived-in feel, with long answers, small detours, and useful specifics that cleaner interview shows often sand away. There is also a steady concern for athletes and parents navigating the recruiting process. The show treats information as access. It wants lesser-known programs, assistant-coach details, campus environments, and coach philosophies to be visible before a family has to guess. The result is part interview show, part recruiting education, part back-room sports conversation. It suits listeners who like the practical side of college athletics: how teams are built, how coaches think, and how opportunities appear outside the biggest-name programs.
Made for: Best for high school athletes, parents, coaches, and college sports followers who care about wrestling, cross country, and track and field pathways. It especially serves people comparing programs beyond the biggest Division I names.
What sets it apart: The show gives small, mid-level, and non-mainstream college programs the same serious attention usually reserved for powerhouse brands. Its strength is practical coach talk: recruiting standards, culture, roster management, and what daily development actually looks like.
Airey Bros Radio is the #1 podcast for Wrestling, Cross Country & Track & Field athletes chasing opportunities at the HS, NAIA, JUCO, NCAA DII, DIII & D1 levels. Hosted by brothers Rich & Jimi Airey, we do the legwork so you don’t have to. Our mission: spotlight programs, coaches & stories overlooked by the mainstream. From high school dynasties to national championship programs, we bring you recruiting insights, culture deep-dives, underdog journeys & the knowledge we wish we had growing up. 🎧 Weekly live shows & highlights | 🔗 IG @aireybrosradio | Spotify & Apple Podcasts – Airey Bros Radio
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Detailed coach interviews make the recruiting, culture, and athlete-development choices behind college wrestling and distance-running programs easier to understand.
Airey Bros.'s Radio gives college wrestling, cross country, and track and field coaches room to explain how programs are actually built. The interviews keep returning to recruiting, team culture, athlete development, and the decisions behind competitive depth, with questions…
Rich & Jimi Airey get past race times; your recruiting questions get sharper.
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Short reviews from the PlayNext desk, based on the episodes we processed.
A grounded look at the relationships and routines behind Andrew College's fast wrestling rise.
Andrew College's wrestling story comes through as a grounded account of a young program learning how to grow quickly without losing sight of the daily work.
A grounded look at how UW-La Crosse turns roster depth and patient development into national results.
UW-La Crosse's program-building comes through as everyday stewardship: Coach Dave Malachek, coming off his 20th season as head coach, lays out how a 35-man roster affects recruiting and why communication matters when credentialed wrestlers spend early years behind others.
Bob DeVries gives a plainspoken look at how a college coach widens the recruiting circle when long-distance runners are hard to find.
Bob DeVries walks through college cross-country recruiting with the clearest stretch built around his concentric-circle approach: start with two local high schools, then widen through Pecos, San Diego, Santa Fe, the Colorado border, and, when needed, Kenya and Australia.
A grounded look at how Coach Travis Fleck evaluates recruits beyond race times.
Airy Bros Radio gives Coach Travis Fleck a useful lane to explain what sits behind a college coach's first look at a recruit. He talks through how he reads transcripts, weighs an uneven first year against later growth, and checks in with high school coaches to better understand…
John Frazier makes the director role tangible through event coaching, staffing choices, and the Bobcat Invitation's Texas Relays weekend logistics.
Aerie Bros Radio visits San Marcos for a focused conversation with John Frazier, Texas State's director of track and field and cross country, and the best material sits in the tension between coaching events and steering the whole program.
A national champion reflects on what a medal can mean, and what coaching asks beyond it.
The episode uses a national title to ask what athletic achievement can still mean once the race is over. The coach remembers the clean ending of his collegiate career: winning his final race, then hearing people ask what the steeplechase was or compare a Division III title to a…
A practical look at individualized development, selective recruiting, and a wrestling culture designed to keep coaching focused.
Mercyhurst wrestling's program-building comes through most clearly in Coach Jimmy Overheiser's emphasis on development that changes with the person in front of him.
A grounded look at how New Jersey wrestling memory carries into coaching practice.
Vinnie Santanello frames New Jersey wrestling as a culture built through gyms, songs, packed matches, and the coaches who carry those memories forward.
Trail running, told from inside race week.
Hosts Rich and Jimi Airey interview Coach Jimmy Overhiser, the new head wrestling coach at Mercyhurst University.
Hosts Rich and Jimi Airey interview Vinnie Santaniello, founder of Shore Thing Wrestling Club and an Ocean County sheriff.
Coach Mike Tursi discusses JUCO cross country recruiting and his experience rebuilding Brookdale Community College's program.
Sean Robinson discusses building a D3 cross country and track and field program at Drew University, focusing on culture, recruiting, and developing athletes.
A preview of the 2025-26 NAIA wrestling season featuring interviews with coaches from top programs.
Steve Garland traces his wrestling start to seventh-grade basketball tryouts in Middletown, New York, where coach Randy Keys pulled him into the wrestling room.
Coach Billy Gordy discusses building a wrestling program from scratch at Andrew College, including his historic inaugural season and recruiting strategies.
Coach Dave Malecek discusses building a championship culture at University of Wisconsin–La Crosse wrestling, sharing insights on D3 power and recruiting truths.
Bob DeVries discusses building a D2 cross country powerhouse at New Mexico Highlands University, including altitude training and recruiting strategies.
Coach Travis Floeck discusses building a championship culture at Colorado Mesa University, focusing on recruiting, RMAC success, and athlete development.
Coach Josh Nolan discusses building an NCAA Division II wrestling program at Northern State, including recruiting, culture, and developing All-Americans.
John Frazier explains Texas State's recruiting standards, the viral social-media post, and why "less red tape" matters.
Mark Fairley describes a coaching mistake in the DMR and how Janie still pushed through to the finish.
Preview of the 2025 3C2A Cross Country State Championships at Woodward Park, featuring interviews with coaches from Hartnell, Cuyamaca, San Diego Mesa, and Moorpark colleges.
A preview of the 2025-26 NJCAA wrestling season featuring top junior college programs and coaches.