Todd Rogers is an American beach volleyball coach and professional beach volleyball player who is an Olympic and FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championship gold medalist. He has enjoyed success with many partners, including Phil Dalhausser, where they were the 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011 AVP Tour champions. From being an indoor standout at UC Santa Barbara to the biggest world stage on the beach scene, it is safe to say that his legacy is well-cemented. He has won multiple individual awards on the international and domestic tour (including MVP and best defensive player). In October 2021, he will be inducted into the International Volleyball Hall of Fame, along with Logan Tom and Clay Stanley. He is currently the head women's sand volleyball coach at Cal Poly where the team made multiple appearances at the NCAA tournament. He has recently won conference coach of the year.
Tune in, as we chat up mental stress in athletics at the collegiate and professional level, Simone Biles, conquering games decided by two points, thoughts on AVP'er Crissy Jones (Shoonderwoerd), the rise of the upstart and next generation of women's beach volleyball, players and coaches learning when to take time off, his Olympic run to gold with Phil Dalhausser, his strength and weakness as a coach, where Phil had gotten better and where he positively stayed the same, the satirical labor of interviewing him, what got him started as a player, the moment(s) where he knew he would do this for a career, Bally's acquiring the AVP, our praise on where the AVP was headed, and MORE!
