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Utah Valley's Greg Williams will coach his final home meet as the only Division I college wrestling coach in the state of Utah when the Wolverines host California Baptist on Saturday, Feb. 24 at Lockhart Arena (11 a.m. MT, Youtube.com/GoUVU).

But before he led the Wolverines against the Lancers, the long-time fixture in Utah wrestling who led Sky View High School to an 87-8 record and former 14-team coach of the Utah national wrestling team sat down with KSL.com to talk about his career, the changes he's seen in the program, and his successor Adam Hall.

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Utah Archers head coach Chris Bates and midfielder Ryan Ambler join the show to talk about the PLL's move to Utah and the defending league champion Archers' role in the move, the upcoming 2024 Championship Series in Washington D.C., and growing the game of lacrosse in the western United States.

BYU athletic director Tom Holmoe fields questions from the local media during a wide-ranging conversation about the Big 12 Conference, scheduling, and College Football Playoff expansion (among other topics) during a question-and-answer session, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022 in Provo.  

Former Utah Warriors assistant coach Shawn Pittman was thrown into the deep end in January, tasked with taking over as interim manager of Utah's professional rugby franchise following the sudden resignation of Australian Wallabies legend Chris Latham. No experience, no training, no warning. 

Sink or swim in his first full-time head coaching job in Major League Rugby. 

Pittman -- and the Warriors -- chose to swim, surging into the Top 4 of the 12-team league and qualifying for Utah's first playoff berth since the league's inaugural season of 2018. Now the full-time manager rather than a caretaker, Pittman reflected on the past nine months in charge, and what he wants of the club moving forward in this exclusive conversation with KSL.com. 

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Premier Lacrosse League co-founder and Cannons midfielder Paul Rabil joins the show to talk about the PLL quarterfinals, which will be held Friday and Saturday at Rio Tinto Stadium (NBC and NBC Sports Network) one year after hosting a wildly successful "bubble tournament" at Zions Bank Stadium in Herriman. 

BYU running back Miles Davis and head coach Kalani Sitake speak with the media after practice, Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2021 in Provo. 

BYU head coach Kalani Sitake, offensive coordinator Aaron Roderick and assistant head coach, special teams coordinator and safeties coach Ed Lamb spoke with the media after the Cougars' first scrimmage of fall camp, Saturday, Aug. 14, 2021 in Provo. 

The Campus Report podcast is back to talk about BYU football and the first week of training camp for the 2021 season. One thing that stands out: Just how deep is the Cougars' wide receiver room? Between Gunner Romney, Neil Pau'u and Pac-12 transfers Puka Nacua and Samson Nacua, could this be the deepest wide receiver group in head coach Kalani Sitake's tenure?

Sean talks to the Nacua brothers to see just how good the gang could be.

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Dixie State coach Paul Peterson sat down to talk about the first day of the FCS spring football season, the Trailblazers' first formal practice as a Division I team, and what a move to the Western Athletic Conference will do for Utah's newest Division I college football program. 

BYU football coach Kalani Sitake addresses the media, Monday, Sept. 21, 2020 in advance of the Cougars' home opener against Troy. 

BYU quarterback Zach Wilson meets with members of the media, Monday, Sept. 21, 2020 to discuss the nearly three-week gap between the Cougars' games with Navy and Troy, self isolations on the football team, and his recent bout with the coronavirus. 

Jasen Ah You has been with BYU coach Kalani Sitake for five years, but his role is changing. The new executive coordinator of recruiting and player personnel will oversee BYU's efforts to land prospects, but also help integrate them into the unique academic, spiritual and cultural environment on the Provo campus of the flagship educational institution of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 

Listen to Ah You describe his new role and his lifelong relationship with BYU in this 40-minute question-and-answer session with the local media Monday, May 11, 2020 from his home in Utah. 

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Colin Burke was among the first graduate transfers to play for Utah lacrosse since the school join NCAA Division I in 2019. He also made history this week, when the New York Lizards traded up to selected him with the No. 3 overall pick in the 2020 Major League Lacrosse college draft. The former Fairfield star and Long Island native join the show to talk about his shortened season with the Utes due to COVID-19, and the chance to live out his dreams as a professional lacrosse player with the Lizards. 

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Sean sits down with BYU defensive back Troy Warner, the former four-star recruit and younger brother of San Francisco 49ers linebacker Fred Warner, to discuss his recent graduation with a degree in exercise and wellness, sitting out the past season while recovering from a Lisfranc injury, and his wife Bailee's role as a nurse and working overnight shifts during a pandemic. 

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Evan Cole is forging a new path. The Georgia Tech center will be a graduate transfer after earning his degree in business in May, and the 6-foot-10, 226-pound center has decided his final season of eligibility will come with head coach Mark Madsen and Utah Valley University. 

What attracted Cole to choose the Wolverines over offers from BYU, Boston College, Wichita State, Seton Hall, and others? And what will he bring once he's reunited with backcourt mate and fellow Georgian Colby Leifson? Evan joins the show to talk about all that, and more. 

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KSL.com's Sean Walker stepped away from the football field and the basketball court, and into the pool, to talk with BYU swimmer Josue Dominguez. The two-time BYU school record-holding breaststroker tuned in to talk about the abrupt cancelation of the NCAA championships due to COVID-19 and the even more shocking — and relieving — news about the postponement of the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, where Dominguez has qualified with a B-standard to represent his native country of the Dominican Republic. It's not the first time he's had to put his Olympic dreams on hold, either. 

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You may have seen Cash Peterman's 61-yard field goal he booted in practice the day after he returned from a two-year church mission. Now listen to  him talk about his  "emotional roller coaster" as the church prepared to send him, and thousands of other full-time missionaries around the country, home early in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. 

This is a Campus Report Extra from KSL.com. 

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Spring sports have been canceled, the athletes have been given another year of eligibility if they want to return, and the collegiate sports calendar turns its attention to the fall. But will there be a college football season to look forward to in the times of coronavirus? There's legitimate doubt, but no certainties. Let's talk through it. 

Later, Sean sits down with incoming cornerback Jaylon Vickers, who was one of the thousands of missionaries returned home by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints after spending a year in New York City. The East High grad talks through his mission experience, how he stayed in shape while tracting homes, and when he might return to the defensive backfield at BYU. 

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BYU athletic director Tom Holmoe spoke with local media during his annual question-and-answer session, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2020 in the Marriott Center Annex. Holmoe spoke on the importance of ESPN in the school's football independence on the outset of a new 7-year contract with the Worldwide Leader in Sports, as well as the challenges and successes of a decade of independence and membership in the West Coast Conference. 

BYU head coach Kalani Sitake, along with defensive back Dayan Ghanwoloku and wide receiver Micah Simon, join Hawaii coach Nick Rolovich and players at the official pre-game press conference before the 2019 SoFi Hawaii Bowl, Monday, Dec. 23, 2019 in Honolulu, Hawaii. 

BYU basketball coach Mark Pope sat down with a small group of reporters Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2019 in the Marriott Center Annex to talk about the Cougars' recent preseason trip to Italy, the emergence of leadership after Yoeli Childs' 9-game suspension, Zac Seljaas' foot injury, and incoming transfers like Arizona's Alex Barcello. 

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BYU quarterback Zach Wilson and running back Ty'Son Williams speak to the media after an impressive first scrimmage of fall camp, Saturday, Aug. 20, 2019 at LaVell Edwards Stadium in Provo, Utah. 

BYU head coach Kalani Sitake speaks with the media after the Cougars' first scrimmage of fall camp, Saturday, Aug. 10, 2019 in Provo, Utah. The fourth-year head coach was impressed by the running backs, especially South Carolina transfer Ty'Son Williams, and the overall state of the run game headed into the 2019 season. 

New BYU offensive line coach Eric Mateos is brand new in Provo, but already hitting the ground running during spring football -- and catching up with the local media. Listen to his interview with Campus Report host Sean Walker and several other media after the Cougars' first day of spring football. 

Sean caught up with Orem star wide receiver Puka Nacua right after he made his official pledge to coach Chris Peterson and the University of Washington, then talked to former BYU wide out Ross Apo -- now Nacua's personal trainer -- on what the Huskies can expect from Utah's No. 1 recruit. 

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Sean Walker collaborates with Jake Hatch of the "Locked on Cougars" podcast to break down BYU's 18-player signing class of 2019, as well as 18 returned missionaries that head coach Kalani Sitake will welcome back for the 2019 season. 

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Hema, Zak and Sean queue up the midnight oil to discuss the low-scoring Super Bowl LIII, wonder if it is time for Tom Brady to call it a career, and remember their favorite moments of the Big Game -- at halftime and during commercial breaks. 

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Hema, Zak and Sean convene an emergency podcast to determine if Rudy Gobert was robbed of #NBAAllStar status, whether BYU has a chance against No. 6 Gonzaga, slice and dice Tom Holmoes comments about BYU football coach Kalani Sitake, and preview Super Bowl LIII between the Patriots and Rams.
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BYU athletic director Tom Holmoe held his annual question-and-answer session with local media, Jan. 30, 2019, fielding topics such as the state of the football program, the 2019 schedule, and the appeals process of the NCAA's sanctions levied against the men's basketball program. 

Hema, Zak and Sean reunite during the After Hours Shutdown of 2019 to talk about why Rudy Gobert deserves to be an all-star, why Joe Ingles doesn't want to be an all-star, and why "A Star is Born" was robbed by the Academy (according to Zak in an epic Hollywood-related rant). 

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New year, new pod, who dis? Hema, Zak and Sean reunited for the first time in 2019 as they look back at Clemson-Alabama, Episode 4: A New Trevor Lawrence, then turn their attention to basketball season -- where Donovan Mitchell and the Utah Jazz might be busting out of their first-half slump to make a run at the playoffs.
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While Zak tended to his in-laws on New Year's Eve, Hema and Sean took a look back at the year in the Real Salt Lake organization, which welcomed a new franchise (Utah Royals FC) under its umbrella, made it back to the MLS Cup playoffs, and had a Rookie of the Year winner in Corey Baird.

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Hema, Zak and Sean look back on the 2018 calendar year of the Utah Jazz, which many expected to be downhill, but thanks to the emergence of rookie sensation Donovan Mitchell, has been anything-but. Of course, credit has to go to Rudy Gobert (#DPOY), the return of Kyle Korver, and the magician that is Dennis Lindsey. 

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Hema, Zak and Sean recap the year in BYU sports, which began with a big, big, big win in Wisconsin, went to a QB change to a freshman, to a Final Four run in volleyball, and finished with a massive NCAA beatdown on the men's basketball program.

 Hema, Sean and Zak reunite to look back on the 2018 year in University of Utah athletics, a year when the Utes (finally) broke through and won the Pac-12 South in football, Chris Hill retired as athletics director, and Troy Taylor became the latest offensive coordinator to move on after a shortened tenure. 

Hema, Sean and Zak reunite to look back on the 2018 year in Utah State, arguably the most successful program in the Beehive State after finishing with an 11-2 record. The success led to the departure of head coach Matt Wells to Texas Tech, the return of former coach Gary Andersen to Logan, and became the second high-profile coaching change in Logan of the year -- joining new basketball coach Chris Smith.