Bates Bobcast

The Bobcats are back on campus, and we’re previewing the field hockey, men’s soccer, women’s soccer, volleyball, and cross country seasons…all of which get underway this week! Hear from our head coaches, including our new volleyball coach: Carissa Bradford. That’s this week, on the season premiere of the Bates Bobcast! 

Interviews this episode:

1:22 -- Dani Kogut, Head Coach, Field Hockey

13:36 -- Carissa Bradford, Head Coach, Volleyball

27:48 -- Ben Brewster, Head Coach, Men's Soccer

34:59 -- Joe Vari, Head Coach, Women's Soccer

45:42 -- Danny Feldman, Head Coach, Cross Country


Bates Bobcast Episode 383: 2025 Fall Sports Preview Part I

This week we’re launching our Bates Athletics Hall of Fame interview series, as the first class was inducted on Saturday. Plus, our Bobcats of the Week come from the nationally ranked field hockey and men’s soccer programs. All that and more...

Interviews this episode:

1:12 -- Matt Coyne, Head Coach, Football.

13:33 -- Rose Gordon '28, Field Hockey. (Female Bobcat of the Week)

20:37 -- Luke Cunniffe '29, Men's Soccer. (Male Bobcat of the Week)

26:43 -- Andrew Byrnes '05, Men's Rowing, Bates Athletics Hall of Fame.

Bates Bobcast Episode 388: Athletics Hall of Fame Interview -- Andrew Byrnes '05

This week we are recapping a thrilling and emotional win for the football team last Saturday at Tufts. Plus, we preview the Head of the Charles regatta with rowing head coach Peter Steenstra, and our Athletics Hall of Fame interview series continues with the 2015 Bates women’s rowing team, the first Bates team to win an NCAA championship. All that and more...

Interviews this episode:

1:19 -- Matt Coyne, Head Coach, Football.

17:04 -- Ryan Lynskey '27, Football captain. (Male Bobcat of the Week, NESCAC Offensive Player of the Week)

23:59 -- Ryan Rozich '27, Football captain. (NESCAC Special Teams Player of the Week)

34:23 -- Malina Young '28, Volleyball. (Female Bobcat of the Week)

39:29 -- Peter Steenstra, Head Coach, Rowing. (Head of the Charles Preview)

56:06 -- Jenna Armstrong '15, NCAA Champion Women's Rowing Team Captain, Hall of Fame Interview Series.

Bates Bobcast Episode 389: Athletics Hall of Fame Interview -- 2015 Women's Rowing Team

This week we continue our Hall of Fame interview series with inductee Meg Coffin, from the class of 2008. Plus, the No. 6 nationally ranked field hockey team got a big Senior Day win and women’s golf won the New England Intercollegiate Golf Association Championship.

All that and more, on the Bates Bobcast!

Interviews this episode:

1:13 -- Matt Coyne, Head Coach, Football.

11:08 -- Lucy Norris '26, Field Hockey captain.

18:44 -- Victoria Adams '27, Women's Golf. (Female Bobcat of the Week)

26:28 -- Darien Chiang '27, Men's Rowing 1V coxswain. (Male Bobcat of the Week)

34:59 -- Meg Coffin '08, Women's Soccer, Basketball, Lacrosse, Bates Athletics Hall of Fame.

Bates Bobcast Episode 390: Athletics Hall of Fame Interview -- Meg Coffin '08

This week we continue our Hall of Fame interview series with inductee Sherry Deschaine, who had a hand in coaching almost every women’s sport during her time as a Bobcat. Plus, we introduce you to our two new rowing assistant coaches, one of whom is a familiar face here at Bates. All that and more...

Interviews this episode:

1:17 -- Matt Coyne, Head Coach, Football

9:38 -- Carmel Crunk '28, Linebacker, Football. (Male Bobcat of the Week)

18:33 -- Anaïs Reneaum '28, Middle Hitter, Volleyball. (Female Bobcat of the Week)

26:31 -- Hannah Fitts '20 and Greta O'Hara, Rowing assistant coaches.

47:32 -- Sherry Deschaine, Pioneering women's head coach for a combined 50-plus sports seasons, Bates Athletics Hall of Fame.

Bates Bobcast Episode 391: Athletics Hall of Fame Interview -- Sherry Deschaine

This week we continue our Hall of Fame interview series with the legendary Bates men’s track and field and cross country coach Walt Slovenski, as we interview his son Peter Slovenski about Walt’s remarkable career at Bates. Plus, the field hockey team won a NESCAC quarterfinal thriller over Hamilton in a shootout Saturday at Campus Ave. Field and we preview the NESCAC tournament with volleyball head coach Carissa Bradford. All that and more...

Interviews this episode:

1:38 -- Ava Donohue '28, Field Hockey Goalie. (NESCAC Player of the Week & Female Bobcat of the Week)

11:59 -- Nathaniel Aronson '27, Men's Cross Country. (Male Bobcat of the Week)

21:25 -- Lucy Paynter '26, Women's Cross Country captain.

30:37 -- Matt Coyne, Head Coach, Football.

37:28 -- Carissa Bradford, Head Coach, Volleyball.

43:33 -- Peter Slovenski, Son of Bates Athletics Hall of Fame inductee Walt Slovenski.

Bates Bobcast Episode 392: Athletics Hall of Fame Interview -- Walt Slovenski

The Bates Bobcast is a weekly update on everything going on in the world of Bates athletics.

Bates Bobcast Episode 383: 2025 Fall Sports Preview Part I

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