Kristi Malzahn, wife of UCF football head coach Gus Malzahn, introduces her new podcast: Beyond Gameday and gives a sneak peek of her conversation with her first guest. Follow @BeyondGameday on Twitter, Instagram and YouTube.
Video of Introducing Beyond Gameday can be found on YouTube.
:06 - Kristi Malzahn introduces the intent behind Beyond Gameday
1:14 - Sneak peek of first guest
Kristi Malzahn has been been a coach’s wife for more than 30 years. In Beyond Gameday, she plans to give the listeners a small glimpse into the personalities behind the game. Most importantly, she wants to give coaches’ spouses a support system. Because there’s a lot of resources and connections out there for coaches, but not so much for the families.
Starting in August, we’ll be releasing episodes throughout the season. Buckle up. This is Beyond Gameday.
I’m excited to welcome y’all to Beyond Gameday with me: Kristi Malzahn. I’ve been a coach’s wife — for better or worse — for more than 30 years. And let me tell you, it’s a unique lifestyle.
So the game plan for this podcast is that we’re going to give you a small glimpse into our lives. We want to share the story behind what you may think you know from the TV, radio headlines, the message boards and of course, social media.
Most importantly — and I’m talking to the coaches’ spouses out there right now — I want you to know you’re not alone. Because there’s a lot of resources and connections out there for our coaches, but not so much for the families. So we see you.
Starting in August, we’ll be releasing episodes throughout the season. For our debut episode, we’ll be taking a deeper dive into my life with my husband, Gus, and I thought it would be fun for y’all to see a sneak peek of our conversation.
Buckle up. This is Beyond Gameday.
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Gus Malzahn: You’ve always been kind of my accountability in a lot of different areas.
Kristi Malzahn: I’m not really your accountability. I’m just the loudest voice in your ear. (laughs)
Gus Malzahn: You keep me grounded. You never let me get too high.
Kristi Malzahn: Well, babe. You know.
Gus Malzahn: We won the national championship. We get on the bus.
Kristi Malzahn: It wasn’t in the bus. It was at the hotel. After the family had laugh. I gave you time to celebrate on the bus and with the family and then when everybody left, I just asked you, why we only scored what was it?
Gus Malzahn: 22 points.
Kristi Malzahn: I thought it was 21 points. OK 22 points. Really?
Gus Malzahn: Hey they were pretty good. We almost scored a couple — we won the national championship.
Kristi Malzahn: OK let’s go back to, what was Oregon known for? It was this high powered offense. What was Auburn known for? High powered offense. Gus Malzhan, woo hoo! And then what happened?
Gus Malzahn: Right.
Kristi Malzahn: Thank goodness for Wes Byrum kicking that field goal.
Gus Malzahn: Yeah, you kept me grounded. But you also were the biggest encourager for me in the biggest moments. We lost the national championships almost the last play of the game and you were the one who helped me get through that. The encouraging and keeping me grounded, it was a great balance. And that’s always been the thing that sticks out to me.