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Does Jared Garcia’s return change the trajectory of the men’s basketball team? What do the women need to do to find more consistent success? Also: The Konkol Conundrum is out now on our Patreon, some great new football transfer portal additions, a look around the American, and the tennis season is officially underway. Timestamps: 0:00 – Intro 1:38 – Patreon Update 5:15 – Transfer Portal News 10:47 – Men’s Basketball 26:29 – Women’s Basketball 38:58 – Around the American 47:38 – Tennis! 54:17 – Too-Late Listener Question 55:42 – Softball 58:25 – Outro

New Tulsa Head Football Coach Tre Lamb joins the podcast! We get into all kinds of great stuff with coach, including what motivates him, the new staff structure including the new General Manager and Chief of Staff roles, plus his thoughts on scheme, culture, vision, recruiting, and plenty more. After talking with coach, we give an update on the transfer portal and the coaching staff additions, why we think the men’s basketball team is struggling so much this year, talk some women’s basketball, and answer a listener question. We have a bunch of new content coming out soon on our Patreon, including a deep dive into why Konkol’s success at LA Tech hasn’t yet translated to Tulsa. Join our Patreon here to get access to that plus all the content we’ve already released: https://patreon.com/thegoldenhurricast Timestamps: 0:00 – Intro 1:48 – Patreon Update 9:14 – Tre Lamb Interview 1:00:26 – Post-Interview Thoughts 1:05:52 – FB Transfer Portal Update 1:13:01 – FB Coaching Staff Update 1:21:20 – Men’s Basketball 1:37:54 – Women’s Basketball 1:47:02 – Listener Questions 1:53:28 – New Patreon Content 1:54:11 – Outro

New Tulsa Head Football Coach Tre Lamb is wasting no time putting his staff together, and it’s turning out great. Matt is busy moving/unpacking, so Ryan goes solo on this one to talk through Tre Lamb’s hires so far and a couple massive TU commits out of the transfer portal before discussing basketball, looking around the AAC, and answering a listener question. In case you missed it, we have a new paid membership plan through Patreon! By subscribing, you unlock access to: Our newsletter (The Tre Lamb Deep Dive is out now) Advanced stat breakdowns (Tre Lamb by the Numbers is out now) Automatic NIL contributions A private Discord channel Video versions of the podcast (released before the audio) Much more Join our Patreon at https://patreon.com/thegoldenhurricast We’re also running a free Discord to talk all things TU sports with all of you. Join the Discord here: https://discord.gg/xkPegtBjVD

Tre Lamb is officially TU’s 35th head football coach! We give our initial thoughts on the search & the hire before discussing the transfer portal, early signing day, and answering some listener questions. Also, we’ve started a paid membership program on Patreon! Joining our Patreon unlocks access to a ton of new stuff we’re doing, including: Automatic NIL contributions Our newsletter Advanced stat breakdowns Private Discord access (95% of it is free) Bonus content Video podcasts More Our first newsletter and advanced stat breakdown are already out! Join and check them out at https://patreon.com/thegoldenhurricast Timestamps: 0:00 – Intro 1:28 – We’re on Patreon! 16:27 – Tulsa Hires Tre Lamb 33:35 – Transfer Portal Movement 43:13 – Early Signing Day 50:58 – #ConspiraciesProvideHope 51:49 – TU’s NIL “Scandal” 59:00 – Losing Players With No Coach 1:00:15 – Tre Lamb’s Recruiting Ties 1:01:11 – Men’s Basketball’s Rebounding Issues 1:07:29 – Quick Basketball Recaps 1:13:37 – Around the American 1:20:30 – Outro – Join our Patreon!

Kevin Wilson is out, speculation is in. Who will be Tulsa’s next head football coach? After giving some initial thoughts on the Kevin Wilson firing, we go through the biggest names floated as TU’s next coach, discuss what we’re hearing, predict who it could realistically be and give our favorite options, answer a bunch of listener questions, and plenty more. We also briefly recap the recent struggles in men’s & women’s basketball and round up the rest of TU sports from the past week. Huge week for TU athletics! Thanks for tuning in. Timestamps: 0:00 – Kevin Wilson Fired 20:09 – New Era for TU 24:20 – Brennan Marion 33:07 – GJ Kinne 38:10 – Kinne vs Marion – Who Do You Take? 44:34 – Matt Wells 50:50 – Some Texas Guy Like Kevin Sumlin 52:43 – Press Taylor 53:31 – Collin Klein 55:38 – Kasey Dunn 57:29 – Others 1:00:36 – All-Star Staff 1:05:06 – Did We Wait Too Long to Fire Kevin Wilson? 1:08:44 – Opinion of Switzer as Interim? 1:10:34 – Recruiting Implications & Dream Staff 1:14:21 – Comparing NIL at TU vs Others 1:19:40 – Indoor Practice Facility? 1:21:24 – Is Kinne a 0% Chance? 1:22:38 – Keep Switzer, Throw the Bag at Joseph Williams 1:23:57 – Should TU Adopt the Triple? 1:27:37 – Men’s & Women’s Basketball 1:34:47 – Around the American 1:40:43 – Other Sports Roundup 1:43:32 – Senior Night vs FAU 1:45:14 – Closing