College of Lake County Women’s Soccer – Coach Kevin Talbot

On today’s episode, I speak with Coach Kevin Talbot from the College of Lake County Women’s Program in Illinois. We talk about how he watches a lot of high school games during his recruiting. He describes the school’s amazing location and top class programs. Lastly, we discuss how he keeps a close knit culture on the team. Learn more about College of Lake County Women’s Soccer.

Matt: [00:00:00] Hi, everybody. Welcome to discover college soccer today. I’m lucky enough to be joined by coach Kevin, Talbot of the college of lake county Women’s soccer program up there in Illinois. How are you coach? 

Coach: Great, Matt, thank you. Uh, for having me on.

Matt: Yeah, thanks for being here. I was actually up your way last week, uh, down near Neha, but, uh, okay.

You guys are a little, little north there, but, um, let’s start out, you know, we’ll talk more about the school and, and all that fun stuff here in a few, but, but let’s, let’s talk a little bit about the recruiting side of things. I know you guys are you’re in season. You got a nice, uh, I would say a healthy size roster for a, for a junior college program.

Yeah. So what, when do you start talking to players or hearing from players? How do you work on building out that, that roster?

Coach: Yeah. You know, it’s, uh, for me, I think it’s, um, a little bit unique. I’ve, I’ve coached in the Chicago area for more than 20 years at this point. Um, and besides club coaching, I have been working with our Illinois Olympic development program for, I don’t know, going on seven, eight [00:01:00] years now.

So, you know, there’s always players out there that I’m, I’m, I’m talking to, but as far as like actual. Uh, so it could be, you know, sometimes even freshmen or sophomore year talking to players, you know, putting ’em the idea of, of, of CLC in their head, um, at an earlier age. But yeah, you know, I would say junior and seniors, when.

Uh, players are, are, uh, interested in CLC. That’s when they’re, um, that’s when they’re, uh, filling out recruit forms, going on our website and filling out a recruit form contacting me. Um, but you know, I’m pretty proactive. I think, uh, at least in this area, I’m one of the more proactive coaches I’m out there, uh, talking to club coaches or, uh, in high school coaches going a lot of high school games.

So I’m, you know, especially in the, in the lake county area. Um, my face is pretty recognizable at, at a lot of high school games. So, um, so I get to talk to players. I’ll run into a, a JV player after, after watching a varsity game and, and tell me, oh, Hey, I’m going to CLC next year. And all [00:02:00] right, let’s, let’s, let’s start talking.

So, but I would say majority junior, senior year, um, and especially senior year, uh, players will start contacting me if I haven’t talked to them. Okay. 

Matt: Well, you know, you say, you know, you’ve been in the area and club coaching and that kind of thing. So, I mean, how often are you talking to other club coaches, um, and, and kind of using them to, to find out about players.

Coach: Yeah. I mean, I, I like to think, uh, often as often as I can, you know, um, there of course are, uh, in the club world coaches that are trying to push their kids to, um, a different leather, uh, level other than Juco. So that’s always a struggle, but, um, you know, I’ve, I’ve, like I said, I’ve been coaching in the area for 20 years.

So I, I try in the early, late, uh, early fall to try to reach out to the, uh, a lot of club directors or. The high school girls age, uh, coaches try to, you know, let ’em know, here we are, we’re looking for players. Um, you know, [00:03:00] it’s, it’s hit or miss, depending on what they have. I talk to area clubs and they’re just out, you know, we don’t have players that are, are looking to go to college, uh, surprisingly enough, uh, from their, from their point of view.

Um, but you know, I, I do my best to, uh, to get ahold of everyone in the area or the, or the, the suburban area. And, and just to, you know, get the word out that we’re, we’re looking for. 

Matt: Where would you say you spend a majority of your time on the recruiting trail? Is it, is it tournaments, uh, high school games?

What are some of the kind of can’t can’t miss spots for you to try to yeah. Pull players? 

Coach: Yeah, for me, I mean, we are pretty, um, you know, we’re pretty true community college, especially when it comes to, to, uh, to, to athletics. Um, you know, we don’t have a lot of out of state, out of district international, um, players at, uh, at all.

So we. Definitely would spend the majority of my time at high school games. I spend most of the spring, um, trying to hit every, uh, Every high school, least a couple times, [00:04:00] especially the ones that, uh, send the majority of players to our program, um, from the, the past few years. Um, but yeah, I definitely in the summer we’ll hit, we’ll hit tournaments, um, high school tournaments.

There’s a, there’s a great tournament in, uh, Chicago area. That’s been around for a while. It used to be called the Pepsi showdown. Now it’s the body armor series. Um, I, I, I couldn’t even tell you, but it could be 16, maybe more high schools that are involved in this tournament situation. Um, Pre COVID they were playing over a month or so.

Um, on the weekends, they’d play in one spot. And then during the week they, you know, play at the different high schools, um, with COVID it’s been a little more condensed into a weekend or two, um, maybe then going away after, uh, for a, for a finals or something like that. So. But there’s so many high schools there that I definitely, we, you know, all the college coaches try to hit that.

Um, but yeah, a few, a few tournaments. Um, the, you know, the there’s a, a good couple good Chicago showcases, uh, inter uh, inter Chicago has a good one in the summer. Um, Aurora has a good one in the [00:05:00] summer. Um, The different clubs that put on their own, uh, showcases, uh, Libertyville is a big club up in, in my county.

Uh, so they, they put on some, uh, uh, so we, yeah, definitely try to hit, uh, the, the club tournament showcases and things like that as, as well as the high school ones. 

Matt: Do,uh, do camps fit into your kind of recruitment profile, whether they’re your own camps or you or staff at other camps?  

Coach: I have worked a couple soccer camps.

Yep. Um, we haven’t done ’em yet. I think again, COVID kind of put the kibosh on that. We were, we had an athletic director that started the current athletic director started right before that and had all these great ideas and, and kind of, and co kind of put a damper on some of ’em camps was one of ’em were supposed to be supposedly building a new, um, athletic.

Uh, complex starting next year. Uh, we have a really nice big grass field that I think is gonna be turning into a turf field. And I think that will, will give us more opportunities to, um, to do things like that, [00:06:00] um, to, to bring in. But, uh, uh, usually what I’ll do is, uh, like you said, like, uh, attend some other camps or the, the area clubs are putting on, uh, something for area players go to that recruit or work if, you know, if they want me to work.

Matt: Okay, well, whether it’s high school games or club games or camps, or any of that kind of stuff, what are the, the key ingredients that you’re looking for in a recruit? Uh, when you, you know, you’re building out your team?

Coach: Yeah, number one, they gotta be able to handle, you know, the, the student athlete life, um, you know, Mo I would say maybe all the players on our roster work and have to take a full time, uh, class schedule, uh, they have stuff going on at home, so they gotta be able to handle it all.

You know, we, you know, we do have study halls and things like that. Um, so they gotta be able to, to. Basically juggle a lot, you know, they, they all have a lot going on, so they need to juggle that. Um, soccer [00:07:00] wise, uh, they, I I’m, you know, we really try to push to play a good, a good level of soccer. Um, they have to be, you know, you know, we want good athletes.

We want speed at different positions. We want them to be able to have great first touch control the ball, um, know how to play off the ball, uh, know how to make their runs, get back and defend transition, uh, to attacking. Um, so, uh, and then, you know, lastly, you know, they gotta be good people. We, I, I’ve been very lucky to have, uh, I’d say 99%.

Um, and this is my fifth year of, of just great people. Um, You know, the biggest attraction for me in doing this job is, is, uh, is getting out there recruiting and meeting, uh, players and their families. And we’ve had, uh, just great players in our program. So you gotta be a good teammate, you know, you know, one bad apple, you know, ruins, uh, ruins, practice, ruins games.

So, um, they gotta be able to fit in. They gotta be able to understand that, um, you might not play, um, every game you might not play. [00:08:00] Um, In, in, in certain games at all. Um, but you gotta be a good teammate and because there’s no way we’re gonna succeed with everything going on. Um, you know, having those, uh, those kids that try to, you know, you know, that could bring the rest of a team down.

Matt: Yeah, absolutely. Well, let’s shift gears, talk a little bit more, uh, about the school. You know, folks may not be familiar with, uh, With lake county, uh, up there in it, doesn’t get more north of, in Illinois than, than where you guys are at. 

Coach: Right. So, right, right. We’re, we’re all the way to the Wisconsin border.

Matt: So well, can you gimme some insight, you know, you say you’ve been to the school for, for four or five years now, which is great. So what, what are some really. Cool. Interesting things about the school that maybe I’m not gonna learn just by clicking around the website. 

Coach: Yeah. You know, to me, I, I, you know, uh, college of lake county, it’s in a, it’s in a really good area suburb of Chicago called grays lake.

Um, which follows right along with lake county, you know, there’s, it’s a lot of lakes, you know, I went to, uh, uh, college in one of my colleges up in, in, uh, Minneapolis St. Paul. So, you know, the land of [00:09:00] 10,000 lakes. And now here I am in lake county. So it’s, you know, every other, every other village here, every other.

Suburb is, has got lake in the name. Um, but to me, I mean, I love the, uh, the access that the students have and the, uh, the possibilities that the college of LA county gives to our student athletes. We have a, uh, guaranteed transfer program here. Um, it’s it’s about at this point. 25 to 28, 4 year colleges that, that, uh, athletes or students have here.

You don’t have to be an athlete that students have that where you can get automatically accepted into these four year programs after completing, you know, their two year degree at, uh, at the college of lake county. Um, and it’s, it’s big schools, university of Illinois. Um, whether it’s in Champaign, which is like the big 10 university university of Illinois, Chicago, Northern Illinois, Southern Illinois, Arizona state, uh, Western Illinois, Eastern Illinois, um, university of Wisconsin, Milwaukee.

So I could go on and on. Um, so just access to, you know, if you’re, if you’ve have some financial [00:10:00] difficulties coming in. Or maybe some grade difficulties coming in, you, you know, you follow a program, you know, keep your grades up. And now you’re automatically accepted into one of these four year universities.

Um, and, and some of those university of scholarships too, for those type of, uh, those type of students. Um, so to me, that’s great. And, and we also have the ability to. Um, get four year degrees at, so while staying at, uh, while staying at the college of lake county, um, uh, with a bunch of schools that, uh, um, again, Southern Illinois and university of Illinois in Springfield and university of Illinois in, in, in, uh, Champaign, Um, DePaul university, I mean, these are, you can get four year degrees and still stay on campus, um, at the college of lake county.

So, uh, to me, just the access, we, we have a lot of online classes still. I have a lot of players that are, that didn’t like online, uh, classes when they were in high school, when COVID hit and now they kind of perform. Um, we have, uh, a lot of online anytime type of classes where you, uh, can, [00:11:00] um, Take classes at your own at your own pace.

It’s not like a set time. Um, so it allows ’em to complete their classes and, and, and, and work their own schedule. So just to me, there’s just so many possibilities of, of, of how to get your, uh, degree here, um, or, or a four year degree. 

Matt: Oh, that’s that’s really cool. Well, you, you mentioned it a little bit earlier, too, uh, in terms of looking for players that can balance that, that academic and, and athletic load.

So yeah, kinda how do your students really balance those commitments and what kind of support mechanisms does the school have in place to, to help the, the student athletes.

Coach: I mean sometimes my best answer. That’s a great question. I dunno how they do it sometimes. I, um, it’s amazing that, uh, what, what a lot of these players do in order to get through their day, you know, um, like I said, they all work.

Um, they, they, uh, have to take full time, uh, full-time load. You gotta at least be in, in 12 credits to be able to compete. Uh, and, uh, and then, you know, obviously. You know, home life, you [00:12:00] know, they’re watching their brothers and sisters and, or, and, uh, just, and so much. It’s just, I, I, like I said, I sometimes I don’t know how they get through the day.

Um, but yeah, we, we have, uh, we have a great athletic director. That’s very supportive. We have our, uh, our academic success coordinator. Who’s right there. He’s also our baseball coach. So he’s right there every day. Um, in our, in our athletic building, um, we, we mandate, uh, uh, three hours of study hall or two hours of tutoring each week.

Unless your previous semester at college, you had a 3.0, so, um, you know, we’re just, we’re, you know, pushing them to, to. To, uh, push academics first, um, and then athletics after that. But, uh, there’s just, you know, advisors, uh, so many advisors we could, I mean, I was helping students the first couple weeks of classes that were new.

We just walked in, um, say, Hey, we need to go see an advisor. Um, alright, need, you know, sit in the waiting room for five minutes and an advisor comes out going, um, talk to the player, Hey, here’s, you know, [00:13:00] here’s what I’m, I’m considering, you know, uh, degree wise and they, you know, help with the schedule. So.

You know, the, the, the, the support is, is, uh, is plentiful. Um, you know, when the students go out and put the effort into it,

that’s all, that’s great. 

Matt: Um, let’s look at like a typical day, right? You’re in the, you’re in the middle of the season right now. And, and obviously you, you mentioned it a little bit there, you know, a lot of times junior college students have, you know, a lot of other, uh, commitments and things that, that they need to be taken care of.

So can you just give me a, a ballpark. Walk through of an average week, you know, of, of one of your players in terms of when’s practice one’s class, you know? Right. All that kind of stuff. What, what would that look. 

Coach: Right. Right. So, you know, um, this is the one area where I have to be a little selfish for myself.

Um, I am, uh, I’m gonna, when I’m not coaching, I’m an attorney. So I do a lot of, uh, lawyer stuff in the mornings. Mm-hmm um, I also coach club soccer. So that’s in the fall and spring that’s, [00:14:00] uh, that’s in the evenings. So for me, I gotta, if I’m gonna, if I’m gonna coach, uh, college where we’re practicing at two, you know, to, to four o’clock every day, um, So, yeah, I try to the, I tell the players to get your classes done by, you know, by 1, 1 30.

I mean, if we’re doing away away games, we’re usually leaving between one and one 30 to get during the week to get to a four o’clock game. Cuz that’s typically Wednesdays are our conference in, in region games. Um, So, you know, we gotta live by, like I said, leave by 1, 1 30 to get to those. So we’re trying to get classes done in the mornings.

But like I said, I mean, there’s so many options, um, at our college for, for doing, like I said, the online, anytime, which they can just go online and do their class at any time, as long as they’re keeping up with the work. Um, you know, some of them will take nighttime, uh, classes. Mostly online. I mean, they can do ’em in person, but, um, if there’s games, they just gotta make sure, uh, if we’re an away game at four o’clock, you know, we’re not getting back till late, [00:15:00] um, that they’re not taking classes like that, that on those evenings on, on Wednesdays or something like that.

But, um, but yeah, I mean, classes in the morning practice two o’clock and then, like I said, a lot of them mostly go to work or like, you know, go to their study hall once that gets going. Um, some of ’em will work in the morning. If they’re doing more online stuff, they can work in the mornings and then come.

Uh, then come to soccer and then, uh, do whatever they have to do in the, in the afternoons and evenings. Okay. We do have a lot of weekend games, I would say too. Uh, it’s slowing those weekends are starting to slow down, but, um, it’s, you know, mostly the games are Wednesdays. A lot of Saturdays, we did do play yesterday, which is Sunday here.

Um, but so try to try not to do three games in a week if, if possible, but, um, mostly, mostly couple games. 

Matt: Okay,well, let, let’s talk a little bit more about games and, and the soccer side of things. So, uh, I mentioned it earlier, but, but again, for a junior college, it looks like you got a pretty healthy roster.

Is there a, is there a roster size that you’re trying to hit each year? That’s your ideal size?

Coach: [00:16:00] Yeah. Um, I mean, I’d say for us, you know, 22 to 25, you know, we’re as a, as a. Depart, we’re trying to, trying to get around 25 and I’m fine with that. I, I like to get out there a couple times a week and maybe get some 11 V 11 and it might be, um, 15 to 20 minutes of it.

Doesn’t have to be long, but it’s nice to be able to do it, to work on things. You know, we do get a lot of players there. We do get a lot of players that I haven’t seen play before, um, before they come to CLC because, um, they didn’t mention interest until, uh, the high school season was over. Um, I mean, I’ve had.

I’ve had three players join. I mean, here we are in the middle of September, I’ve had three players join in the last two weeks, you know, so, um, for whatever circumstances. So sometimes our roster grows during the season because for whatever reason, they, maybe there was an injury that, that wasn’t, um, Resolved yet, or, um, you know, they just didn’t, maybe they just didn’t know, uh, they could play college soccer, you know, and they, and they come out and they, and they’ve played [00:17:00] soccer growing up, but they just didn’t know.

Um, so, so yeah, so around 22 to 25, so that we can have, you know, have good healthy numbers at practice and someone’s missing, cuz we’re called them away or, or there’s an injury or something, but you know, again, you know, having. Having, uh, having two big a roster, you know, gets tough because it’s tough to manage minutes at our, at our games.

And, um, you know, you know, you have the less experienced players who are just coming out there cuz they, they wanna, uh, just join, you know, join the team and, and you know, so, uh, you get too big and you get too much of that. And then, you know, they don’t, they’re not too happy about, uh, not getting, getting some game time.

So, uh, so low to mid twenties is, is perfect for. 

Matt: Okay. Well, what about your staff? Is there any other soccer staff besides you? And if so, what roles do those folks play? What kind of support staff? I think you mentioned a little bit already, is there in the athletic department as well?

Coach: Yeah. Yeah. Uh, you know, great brand new full-time trainer does great job.

Um, [00:18:00] and he’s got a student worker with him. So, you know, we have a couple people that are able to help out with all the, all the bumps and bruises, um, full time, uh, or not. Full-time, uh, we got a, an assistant coach. I got a brand new assistant coach. Um, my third assistant coach, uh, the first year I was on my own, they had no assistant coach.

And then I had, uh, someone that I coached when she was a youth player that helped me out for the, for my second, third year. And now she’s at, uh, at a four year college assisting herself. Um, And, uh, Had another new assistant last year and, and she had a newborn and couldn’t, uh, continue on this year. So now I’m on yet another assistant, Valerie, Anderson’s doing a great job.

She’s working with our keepers and our defenders. She actually is a, uh, she actually went to the college of lake county in 2010 and 11. So she’s familiar with, with everything and how it works there. Um, we had the, she was actually gonna be a volunteer assistant. My last year’s assistant had to kind of bow out at, at the, the last minute.

But, um, but yeah, so just the [00:19:00] one, the one assistant, um, the, the sports staff at the, in the athletics department with the athletic director and our academic success, success coordinator. Um, so, uh, yeah. 

Matt: Okay,awesome. Well, how would you describe kind of your style of coaching, the team style of play and what kind of the overall culture is of the.

Coach: Yeah, uh, good culture. I think we, we, everyone is getting along. Uh, everyone gets along really good. Um, I mean, again, it’s, you know, it’s not everyone’s from the same high school, but, um, other than I think two players on my Rasser everyone is from the county. So they have played against each other in high school for the most part, they played against each other in club for the most part, played against each other on the.

Winter indoor leagues, the summer rec leagues. Um, so a lot of times, uh, you know, you know, I kind of, now that I’m bringing, I kind of forget about in the recruiting aspect, the players, uh, help me recruit a lot too. Um, because they know each other from, from the area leagues and, and things like [00:20:00] that. Um, they’re able to, Hey, you know, uh, get some players that maybe weren’t thinking about playing college soccer and, and, and, and bring ’em out.

Um, but, uh, so yeah, so I mean, they get along because they’ve a lot of ’em have known each other for years and years, even if they weren’t playing, um, in the same high school, um, But I like to think that we play a pretty high level of soccer. It doesn’t always translate to, uh, to, to winning 2000, 19 and 20.

We were very, very successful. Uh, last year I had, I think out of my 22 players, I think 20 were brand new to college soccer. Um, this year is about a little more half and half, uh, first year and second year players. Um, But I think, uh, we play a high level of soccer. We, you know, at the, you hear a lot of these days, we like to play on the back, like to keep the ball on the ground, like to move the ball around and, and, and switch the point of attack.

Um, but I mean, we, like I said, we have a really good attacking style is not translating to a lot of goals this year. [00:21:00] Um, but it’s, it’s just, you know, we’ve played, I think, uh, yesterday, if you include an exhibition game, yesterday was our fifth, uh, nationally ranked team of the year. Um, yesterday. Wasn’t great, but I mean, the, the other teams that we’ve played this season are, you know, if, if we, if we lose, they’re like, wow.

I mean, you guys just control the entire game against us. Um, just, you know, just not finishing right now. So we’re working on it. And I hope by the, by, uh, the next few weeks, it’s gonna, uh, turn around goal scoring wise. Yeah. I mean, you know, we, we try to get up and down the field and we try to push the ball forward as quickly as we can, um, and, and get balls to the forwards.

And, and, and we are, we are sometimes, uh, shooting 20 and 30 times a game. Um, just not, uh, not always putting the ball of the back in the net, but it’s, it’s a good style of play. I mean, I think the kid, the, the players, even if we drop a two, zero or a two, one game, um, you know, they, they know we’re on the, on the, on the.[00:22:00] 

Uh, just on the edge of, of, of breaking through. And, but they know they’re playing good soccer, they know, uh, we’re moving the ball and, and getting up and down and, and, uh, and having a lot of fun doing it. Oh, that’s great. 

Matt: Well, you know, we’ve, uh, talked about a lot of stuff, but in terms of players at your school, but maybe, you know, a.

Kids might be wondering in terms of junior college, you know, are, are your players going on to play at the next stop? Right? Are, do you have a lot of players that, that look to go and play another two years at a four year school? And if so, you know, how, how has that gone for them? 

Coach: Yeah. You know, it was, it was pretty interesting.

You know, my first year was 2018, just started in April. Didn’t get a lot of chance to do much. My 2019 team was, was my most successful that I’ve had. And the, the second year players, um, who mostly led that team. Just didn’t want to. I had college coaches like call me, email me. Can I get this kid? Can I get that [00:23:00] kid?

And they didn’t wanna play, but, but since then it’s been, you know, two, three kids, uh, for the last few years. Um, I mean, I don’t know how many games I’ve played at this 0.7, eight games. I’ve had college coaches at, uh, half my games, um, this year. Um, so yes, now, now we are, you know, like I said, the last few years, uh, several kids, each, each class, uh, playing at four year schools.

Um, I know I have, uh, several players this year already, um, have, uh, college coaches. Looking at them. Um, they’re talking to me about where they want to go next. Can you come to a game with me? Can watch a game with me. Can you come to my visit with me? You know, stuff like that. So, uh, yeah, it’s, it’s been great.

And this is what I was kind of always hoping for is, is doing this job is to be able to push players on, um, to a four year school and it’s yeah, it’s it, it took two seasons, but now it’s, it’s it’s happening. And you know, like I said, I’m getting couch. I was on the phone couch. Coach from Boston, uh, [00:24:00] last week.

Um, and yesterday’s game, we had another college coach there, so it’s, it’s happening quite a bit now. So that’s, that’s really exciting for me. It’s just like, you know, when you’re coaching club soccer and you’re getting kids into college soccer, and now I’m at a junior college pushing kids onto a four year college.

So I mean, that’s, that’s really what it’s all about. You know, you’re just continuing players, uh, helping players move, uh, on to what they want to. 

Matt: Okay, well, coach we’ve, we’ve talked about a lot of different things here, but I like to end these the same way. And is that, what, what didn’t we talk about? What, is there anything else you want folks to know about your team, your school, the recruiting process, or, or anything else in general now is your chance.

Coach: Yeah. Yeah. I mean, yeah, we touched on, I think a lot of the, a lot of the aspects to being a part of our team and like I said, would play, um, some, a very good brand of soccer. Um, we are pushing kids onto four year schools. Um, you know, the, the college is great for, uh, academically, as far as, uh, giving you the opportunity to get a, a degree, um, in your field.

[00:25:00] And so many varie of, uh, varieties of, of, of degrees that we have the ability to go on to a four year college. Um, And, uh, and then I, I mean, the other thing is just a location. I think we are about 25 miles north of Chicago. Um, we pretty much cover north, uh, the, uh, north of Chicago up to the Wisconsin border.

It’s, it’s a, it’s a great area. Uh, like I said, lakes everywhere. Um, Great. Uh, great little suburbs, um, you know, um, outside the, outside the city, uh, there’s a lot to do. Uh, we have a, uh, about five minutes down the road, uh, uh, six flags, great America, which I think is the most, uh, visited. Spot in olive, Illinois, if it’s not it’s in the top two or three, um, you know, fright Fest is going on now.

So, so you get that close to Halloween and they, they open up the park at night and, and the kids go out there as a team and have a blast. So, um, it’s just a, it’s just a really nice place to. Uh, to, to live. We don’t have, um, on campus housing, [00:26:00] but it’s, again, it’s a suburb of Chicago, so there’s, you know, there’s apartments everywhere.

Um, I do want to try to bring in more, you know, out of state, um, players to, to just try to mix it up a bit. And, uh, but yeah, but there’s apartments everywhere to try to, um, You know, to get some players together that can, uh, room together and save costs, but it’s just, you know, it’s just a great area to, to, to live and go to school and, and, uh, not worry about safety, you know, there’s on campus police, of course.

So, um, but yeah, it’s just, you know, it’s, it’s, it’s, it’s a great place. I really enjoyed my, uh, my, my, the last five years here at, at CLC. And, uh, you know, I think the students really, uh, enjoy being here and, and being able to say they’re a part of a team, you know, and, um, Yeah. 

Matt: Uh, that’s great. Well, coach, we wish you the best of the luck, the rest of the season.

And, uh, hopefully a couple people will watch this and, and reach out. Yeah. And get a few more folks for, uh, for next year. So best of luck, 

Coach: coach. Thank you very much. Thank you. Yeah. Have a great week. You too.