gods to ghosts volleyball by Scott Boehmke

Mike discusses:  His coaching career, including time at Santa Monica Community College and an epic comeback against Orange Coast Community College and how instrumental all -time LEGEND  Randy Stoklos was,  some of the heaviest hitters he ever saw,  how he developed indoors as a player at places like John Adams Middle School, Pierce College, etc...  Playing with Dave Schaeffer indoors, and classic story of "breaking in" filling in for '64  Olympian and Stockton Club player,  Chuck Nelson in a tournament with fellow Olympians Rudy Suwara and Butch "4-F" May.   

Stormin' Normand discusses:   The brilliance of   UCLA Coach Al Scates,   the infamous "CIRCLE DRILL",  "The Blue Curtain",    CURL OFF in UCLA weight room against Trevor Schirman...   His beach volleyball career, including epic 3rd place finish with the only guy with a mustache better than him, the LATE Rick "Bear Dog""  at the '77 State Beach World Championships,  and mentoring a young Sinjin Smith to his first win at the '77 Marine Street Open...   Plus the LEGENDARY story of when a just out of Santa Barbara HS Karch Kiraly and Marco Ortega competed against him and Sinjin in first round.  Karch mouthed off " Choke city",  after winning first game, and had the living daylights scared out of him once he got a "load" of STORMIN' NORMAND.....  Lesson LEARNED....

Stormin' Normand discusses:    His youth as a kid,  his time as a Green Beret in Vietnam,  how he became interested in the sport, and his time at UCLA in '73 and '74.   

Digger Discusses: 

Jay Discusses:

Digger discusses:

Art Discusses:

Digger discusses:

Art Alper:

Jay Discusses:

Jay Discusses:

Alan Discusses: 

Alan Discusses:

Butch Discusses:

Butch Discusses:

Butch Discusses:

Butch Discusses:

Butch Discusses:

Butch Discusses:

Butch Discusses:

Butch Discusses:

Ron Von Hagen shares his recollection of the infamous 1968 Manhattan Beach Open where he and Ron Lang  BATTLED Larry Rundle & Henry Bergmann for 7 plus hours between the Winners bracket finals, and FINALS, where they were dead even until it got dark and Lang  couldn't see the ball.   Amazing....

Dennis Discusses:

Tom Discusses:

Tom Discusses:

Tom Discusses:

Jan Discusses:

Jan Discusses:

Jan Discusses:

Dennis Discusses:

Sam Discusses:

Sam Discusses:

Sam Discusses:

Dennis Discusses:

Dennis Discusses:

Dennis Discusses:

Dennis Discusses:

Dennis Discusses:

Andy Discusses:

Andy Discusses:

Andy Discusses:

Bill Leeka Discusses:

Bill Discusses:

Jan Discusses:

Jeff Discusses:

Bill Leeka Discusses:

Bill Leeka Discusses:

Dave Bordwell Discusses:

Dave Bordwell Discusses:

Dave Bordwell Discusses:

Jeff Discusses:

 Ron Lang pays tribute to O'Hara & Bright and Discusses:

Jeff Discusses:

Jeff Jordan - Part 1 Interview.

Ron Lang Interview.  From  August 30th_2018   Part 1

Ron Lang.   First Interview.  May  20th, 2018

Fred Zuelich Part 2 ( Conclusion).

Fred Zuelich Part 1.

Ron Von Hagen discusses:

John Vallely.

Holly McPeak Interview.

Holly McPeak.

Tom Chamales - Part 3 ( Conclusion)

Tom Discusses:

Tom Chamales - Part 1.

Tom Chamales Discusses:

Kathy Discusses:

Kathy Discusses:

Buzz Discusses:

Buzz Discusses:

Matt Gage Discusses:

Matt Gage Discusses:

Matt Gage Discusses:

After listening to Bob Vogelsang's recent parts 3 & 4 podcast interview, Lang was compelled to call Vogie out on some of his comments and lack of facts...  :) 

John Taylor discusses:      

Bob Vogelsang  Discusses:

Bob Vogelsang discusses:     -   Some of the other legendary players he competed with and against, including, Doug Dunlap, Jim Menges, Randy Niles, Wilt Chamberlin, Greg Lee, Gene Pflueger, Steno Brunicardi, Mike Stormin' Normand, Kathy Gregory, the Best Hitters he ever saw, the best diggers ( including Manny Saenz).....

Vogie discusses:

Vogie discusses:  

Adam Johnson Part 3:  

Adam Discusses:

Adam Johnson  -  Part 1   

Lang Discusses:

Leeka discusses:

Nancy Cohen Part 2.

Nancy Discusses:   

Larry Discusses:

Interview with Larry Rundle - Part 1:

George Discusses:

George discusses:

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Al Discusses:

Al Discusses:

Al Discusses:

Spike Discusses:    

Spike Boarts Stories Part 1. 

Al discusses:   The 1965 UCLA team he had, featuring Ernie Suwara, Larry Rundle, and Keith Erickson, how those 3 legends of the sport ended up at UCLA playing for him ( including what made each one of them SPECIAL as a player and some great stories about each), more information about his DAD, a trip to Mexico City in 1965 with the USA team, and how it led to some amazing ideas Al  brought back to UCLA and the athletic director when they were constructing the Pauley Pavilion ( including how the crowd of 5,000 attendees they drew playing the Japanese National Men's and Women's teams at Pauley when it first opened), which  led to AD JD Morgan fighting for volleyball to become an NCAA sport in '70 when UCLA defeated LBSU, his amazing 1984 team featuring Ricci Luyties, Doug Partie, Roger Clark, etc., an amazing trip to Taiwan with his Bruins when they WON against the national teams competing there, and the infamous Mike Stomin' Normand circle drill he incorporated to condition his players after 1974....

Al Scates Part 2.

Al Scates Part 1 Interview:   The  Beginning.  

Interview with Greg Lee - Part 3