Level 1 Coach

About Level 1 Coach

Open-sourced conversations between Drew Carlson and Mikhail Bryan. The Level 1 Coach hits home at a principle most commonly avoided: Examine what is being said not who is saying it. The Level 1 Coach lacks a credibility stamp at the beginning of their journey. Neither of us played 20 years of professional hockey. Neither of us has coached at the 'highest level' In our industry, that means you're 'nobody'... We intend to prove this common assumption false by providing massive value and helping other Level 1 Coaches by sharing our platform with them. Interested? Listen in...

Publisher

Drew Carlson and Mikhail Bryan

Category

sports

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

12 Apr 2023

Latest episode

30 Jun 2025

Latest episodes

33 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   30 Jun 2025

   Scouting Principles

   This episode explores essential scouting principles, emphasizing accurate player evaluation and overcoming biases to identify non-linear advantages.

2. 

   24 Jun 2025

   Belonging

   This episode explores the concept of belonging, highlighting its importance in team dynamics and citing examples from sports teams like the Florida Panthers and Western Michigan.

3. 

   6 Jun 2025

   Principles, Not Systems

   This episode explores the advantages of teaching principles over systems, highlighting how principles foster understanding and adaptability through examples like inverted offensive games.

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

239,092

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

1 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

3 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 42 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

24

Social presence

0

YouTube

82

Engagement

68