This episode of SANDCAST: Beach Volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter features Dain Blanton, the head coach of the USC Beach Volleyball team and the man who has built the biggest dynasty in all of college sports right now. Despite losing 12 players from last year’s NCAA Championship-winning team, Blanton rebuilt in a hurry, winning a third straight NCAA title this past May. Indeed, life is good to be Blanton, and it’s good to be a USC Trojan. We chatted all about this year’s run, as well as:
And so much more! Absolute blast, as always, hanging with Dain.
ENJOY!
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Check out our book, Volleyball for Milkshakes, written by SANDCAST hosts Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter: https://www.amazon.com/Volleyball-Milkshakes-Travis-Mewhirter/dp/B089781SHB
SHOOTS!
Fall Mailbag! Tri Bourne on the hot seat! Why doesn’t the AVP stream on YouTube? Where’s Sponcil?
DJ Klasnic is living the volleyball dream and then some
Steve Obradovich, and the revival of fours beach volleyball
The Road to Paris: WORLD CHAMPIONS! And a historical weekend in Mexico
Hailey Harward: Playing ”like a kid on the playground” with gratitude and joy
Road to Paris, World Champs Edition: SIX USA teams win pool
Kelly Cheng and Jordan Cheng, ”get to dream together” as husband-wife, player-coach
Road To Paris: Ana Patricia and Duda vs. The World
Laird Hamilton and Gabby Reece: The Good Stewards of The High Performance Community
Jon Alvarez, Volleyball Life, and ”volleyball people doing cool things for volleyball”
Trevor Crabb is always taking receipts. Now he’s literally cashing in
The 3X NCAA Champion Nourse Twins have ”nothing else but to be themselves”
Road to Paris: $1M purse, Olympic bids, massive points -- a full preview of the World Championships
Taylor Crabb, Taylor Sander, and ”the most satisfying victory in the world”
Andy Benesh: The blocker who is helping to revive USA Beach Volleyball
Road to Paris No. 11: If you’re not jump-setting, are you even trying?
Beach Volleyball Mailbag: What’s up with the AVP’s streaming? Can anyone stop Benesh and Partain? Is Klineman coming back?
Joe Worsley, Gage Worsley, and the explosion of Out of System Volleyball
Brooke Niles: Building Florida State’s beach volleyball powerhouse as ”a family that works hard”
Road to Paris No. 10: Bend the Knee to Mel and Brandie -- the real Queens of Canada
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