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2026 WNBA Finals Preview: Valkyries vs. Dream Predictions
The Golden State Valkyries swept the Atlanta Dream 3-0 in the regular season. Does any of that matter in a best-of-seven?
Coach P and WNBA Tay break down the 2026 WNBA Finals — and one thing is certain: someone is winning their first WNBA championship.
In this episode:
• What's at stake for DeWanna Bonner, Angel Reese, Tiffany Hayes and Natalie Nakase
• Why the second quarter decided all three regular-season games• Jordin Canada vs. Golden State's pickup-point pressure
• Angel Reese vs. Kiah Stokes on the glass
• The Liberty reset timeout and what real coaching accountability looks like
• Coach P's Clinic: 5 lessons coaches can steal from the Finals
• Final picks, game count and the deciding stat
COACHES: If you lose the first two games of this series, what's your ONE adjustment?
Drop it in the comments. We'll read the best answers on the next episode.
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00:00 Cold Open00:40 Swept 3-0 in the Regular Season: Does It Matter?01:23 What's at Stake in the 2026 WNBA Finals04:10 A Coach's Fear: Beating a Team Three Times05:29 The Apology Tour: Tay vs. the Valkyries09:02 Tea Time: Natalie Nakase Has That Dog In Her10:58 How Atlanta Got Here: 5-0 in the Playoffs13:56 How Golden State Got Here: Sweeping the Aces14:30 Tiffany Hayes: Bench Weapon (and Top Flopper)17:32 Did Expansion Make the WNBA Better?18:49 What's More Impressive: Atlanta Without Gray or GS Sweeping Vegas?19:56 A'ja Wilson's 5th MVP + The Move She Still Needs22:46 Head-to-Head: The Second Quarter Decided It25:05 Is Gabby Williams the Best Player in the Series?27:29 Four Factors: Jordin Canada vs. Golden State Pressure30:02 Three-Point Edge + The Allisha Gray Question32:24 Matchups: Gabby Williams, Angel Reese vs. Kiah Stokes34:44 Coaching Edge: Nakase vs. Smesko35:54 The Liberty Reset Timeout + Coach Accountability40:00 Coach P's Clinic: 5 Lessons to Steal From the Finals46:05 Yay or Nay47:29 Start, Bench, Cut: Game 7, Down One48:26 Final Picks, Game Count + Deciding Stat52:06 Prairie View A&M 150th Homecoming53:09 Coaches Challenge + Close
Angel Reese is the 2026 WNBA Defensive Player of the Year, and A'ja Wilson got only 4 votes. Coach P and WNBA Tay break down the vote, the Liberty's upset of the Lynx, and what the Fever must fix at Gainbridge.
WNBA Playoffs 2026 are here. Two coaches break down the game the way coaches see it: the Lynx folding in a best-of-three, why New York is not a typical 8 seed, Jonquel Jones needing a "parking spot" on the block, Liberty vs. Dream and Aces vs. Fever previews, and why the best-of-three series has to go. Plus: would Dawn Staley ever coach in the W, and the Houston Comets' shot at JuJu Watkins in the 2027 draft lottery.
CHAPTERS0:00 Cold Open0:42 WNBA Playoffs Are Here1:48 Tea Time: Lynx Propaganda & the Fever Arena6:04 Hostile Environment vs. Disrespect7:40 Superlatives: ROY, COY, Most Improved8:42 Angel Reese Wins Defensive Player of the Year13:58 Liberty Stun the Lynx: Not a Typical 8 Seed17:27 Is Minnesota's Window Closed?21:19 Kill the Best-of-Three Series23:13 Dream vs. Mystics: Washington Watch Ends25:13 Liberty vs. Dream Preview26:47 Jonquel Jones Needs a Parking Spot34:03 Game 3 Predictions: Aces vs. Fever40:10 Wings vs. Valkyries Preview46:39 Who Wins If...47:42 Yay or Nay48:23 Start, Bench, Cut49:07 Would Dawn Staley Coach in the W?50:55 2027 Draft Lottery: JuJu Watch51:33 Fan Conduct & Sign-Off
29 Sept 2026
The Lunch Rule Behind 6 District Titles | Klein Collins Football
How does a Texas 6A program win six district titles in eight years? Klein Collins head football coach and campus athletic director Adrian Mitchell says it starts in the lunchroom — not the weight room.
On this episode of the Coaches Co-Op, Coach P sits down with Coach Adrian Mitchell to break down "Excellence Without Compromise," the servant leadership of longtime principal Randy Kirk, what it really takes to run a program AND an athletic department, how recruiting is changing community-based athletics, and why every coach must be a bridge builder.
🏈 Six district titles | Eight playoff appearances | Back-to-back regional semifinals
🎯 Three in the Key: Relationship, Honesty, Sacrifice
🌉 "He gave me an opportunity to create an opportunity."
CHAPTERS
0:00 Cold Open
0:39 Welcome to the Coaches Co-Op
1:17 Meet Coach Adrian Mitchell
2:31 Talk That Talk: Bragging on Klein Collins
6:30 Resilience & "Excellence Without Compromise"
8:42 The Lunchroom Standard: Culture Is Programming
10:11 Randy Kirk & Servant Leadership
13:41 "Put Your Hat in the Ring"
16:16 Origin Story: Mississippi to New Orleans
19:47 The Coach Who Was Ready to Ride
22:59 Why He Chose Coaching Over Engineering
24:38 Why Texas Football Is Different
28:00 The Klein Collins Way
31:25 Did He Almost Not Coach?
32:10 Head Coach + Campus AD: A Real Week
37:35 "Don't Give Them All the Sauce"
38:54 Recruiting & Community-Based Athletics
44:19 The Path for Coaches
45:08 Coaching Is More Than Knowing Ball
52:47 What Looks Hard but Isn't
54:58 If Coaching Ended Tomorrow
58:58 Two-Minute Drill
1:01:27 Three in the Key: Relationship, Honesty, Sacrifice
1:06:31 Two Shots: Hiring & Coaching His Own Son
1:10:44 And-One: Be a Bridge Builder
1:12:56 Stay Ready
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