Inside Lacrosse Podcasts

Chris Rosenthall and Kevin Brown wrap up the 2024 PLL regular season with their takes on the end of season award finalists before giving their own superlatives from the summer that was. Then, Rosie and Kevin end the pod with their postseason predictions so stay til the end for their picks for this year's title winners!

Around this time every year, dozens of parents of high school prospects ask IL's Terry Foy some version of the question, "How does recruiting work?" In an effort to round out that answer, he's interviewing a series of DI men's lacrosse coaches about their process, continuing with Penn coach Mike Murphy. Murphy's conversation is one of the most wide-ranging in the series. With respect to Penn and his personal philosophies, it stretches from the role of the Wharton School of Business to its urban campus to why the Quakers land so many big middies to poaching. With respect to being the father of two (soon to be three, and potentially maybe four) college athletes, he shares how his experiences inform the empathy he feels to recruits and their parents. And as a leader within the men's college coaches' association, he discusses how the trendlines have informed policy. Check out this last one before Sept. 1.

Around this time every year, dozens of parents of high school prospects ask IL's Terry Foy some version of the question, "How does recruiting work?" In an effort to round out that answer, he's interviewing a series of DI men's lacrosse coaches about their process, continuing with Notre Dame coach Kevin Corrigan. One of the longest tenured coaches in Division I, Corrigan has overseen the development of a program from non-scholarship to scholarship, from making a memorable run to the Final Four to swooning afterward, to establishing itself as a title contender, from moving from the GWLL to the Big East to the ACC. He touches on all that and more, while focusing on issues like promising playing time to recruiting his son to what changes when a program wins a championship.

With the top play on SportsCenter and a game-winning goal all in his debut, Jack VanOverbeke stole the show in Utah in the Archers' first of two wins to end the regular season as Western Conference Champions. Co-hosts Chris Rosenthall and Kevin Brown catch up with VanOverbeke (1:01-21:37) to talk about his dream weekend, playing at High Point and learning from Jon Torpey and Asher Nolting, growing up in Minnesota and more. Then, Whipsnakes rookie TJ Malone joins the show (30:02-44:50) to talk about his fit quarterbacking the Maryland offense, what it's like playing with former Terps at the next level, and how the group chat stays engaged during an off week. Rosie and Kevin finish up recapping the final weekend of regular season action before quickly previewing the two first-round matchups in Boston.

Around this time every year, dozens of parents of high school prospects ask IL's Terry Foy some version of the question, "How does recruiting work?" In an effort to round out that answer, he's interviewing a series of DI men's lacrosse coaches about their process, continuing with Utah coach Drew McMinn. After playing goalie at Providence, McMinn spent seven years as an assistant at Robert Morris before taking over and serving as head coach for 10 season. Now heading into his fourth year since taking the reins at Utah, McMinn's teams are known for playing a unique style that's heavily dependent on transition. He breaks down how that informs his staff's approach to evaluating, and then dives into the unique elements of recruiting to Salt Lake City, highlighted by an uncommon tuition wrinkle that the university offers.

Around this time every year, dozens of parents of high school prospects ask IL's Terry Foy some version of the question, "How does recruiting work?" In an effort to round out that answer, he's interviewing a series of DI men's lacrosse coaches about their process, continuing with Maryland coach John Tillman.  Reputed among his peers as one of — in not the — hardest working evaluator in terms of the time he spends on the sidelines, Tillman shares with Foy the combination of why and how he and his staff both go about identifying and vetting the best players who might be Terps, as well as how he breaks it up by trying to get laughs on the sidelines.

The No. 1 pick in the 2023 draft Gavin Adler join the show (25:48-1:04:00) to describe the Atlas' defensive turnaround this season, his personal lacrosse story that includes a determined road to getting recruited to Cornell, why he started playing defense, why he wears 77, and now how he trains and prepares himself during the PLL season now fully healthy. Chris Rosenthall and Kevin Brown finish up recapping the Week 10 action from Denver before setting the stage for the regular season finales in Utah.

Around this time every year, dozens of parents of high school prospects ask IL's Terry Foy some version of the question, "How does recruiting work?" In an effort to round out that answer, he's interviewing a series of DI men's lacrosse coaches about their process, starting with Army head coach Joe Alberici. Given the service academies' ability to begin contacting prospective student-athletes on July 1 (as opposed to Sept. 1, like the rest of his colleagues), Alberici is a natural choice for the first conversation to reignite this series that started last year as he discusses the unique elements of recruiting to West Point.

What up Prep Nation! We're back for the final evaluation update of the summer, covering everything since mid July. IL's Dan Kaplan, Matt Kinnear, Kevin Brown and Terry Foy start with the All-American Senior Game, then identify the standout performances from the Adrenaline All-America Game, ML8's Future Phenoms and conclude with the All-America Underclass Tournament, covering the Highlight, Burn and Command divisions.

IL's Chris Rosenthall and Kevin Brown return to recap the action from Maryland's homecoming weekend sweep at Homewood Field, unpack the deal that sent Waterdogs midfielder Ryan Conrad to the Whipsnakes, provide an initial eulogy on Philly's season and hype up the races to the coveted Eastern and Western Conference top seeds for a chance at those first-round byes in the playoffs.

Chris Rosenthall and Kevin Brown return to recap the action from San Diego in Week 8 of the PLL season including discussions on whether or not we'd like to face the Waterdogs in the playoffs if they turned their season around, are they what their record says they are and what needs to change? Also, the two discuss the Redwoods splitting their two homecoming games, Rob Pannell reaching the 600-point milestone, and preview how weird it will look to see the Whipsnakes colors take over Homewood Field in Week 9.

Coming off a five-point (1G, 2T) display against the Waterdogs, Graham Bundy joins the show at the 53-minute mark to discuss a range of topics including using his backup stick since his last breakout performance against the Redwoods, the jump from the college game to the PLL ranks, the Outlaws team dynamic in the locker room, playing alongside Brennan O'Neill, Sam Handley and more. Also, Kevin and Rosie discuss Tom Schreiber's case for the best pro field lacrosse player of all time.

What up Prep Nation! We're back to cover everything since the NCAA Dead Period, and IL's Dan Kaplan, Matt Kinnear and Terry Foy start with the NLF Summer Club Championships, then identify the standout performances from the Alliance Lacrosse League, National All-Star Games, Main Stage, IL Summer Cup the Countdown.

IL's Chris Rosenthall and Kevin Brown dive in on the Week 5 games from Boston, discuss the impact of the home crowd, the potential goal of the season, Atlas' dominant bounce back and the Redwoods getting in the win column. Chris and Kevin also talk midseason award frontrunners and nominees if the season ended at the halfway point.

Checking in now the NCAA Recruiting Dead Period has officially arrived, IL's Dan Kaplan, Kevin Brown and Terry Foy rundown the events they've attended and talent they've evaluated over the last two weeks, starting with USA Men's U20 Tryouts, Sweetlax Summer Showcase and Showdown, Crabfeast, NHSLS and NAL.

IL's Chris Rosenthall and Kevin Brown catch up to recap the Week 4 action from Minnesota, provide a status update on the Atlas, note why Redwoods and Chaos fans should be worried and talk about Bill Tierney's first win as the Waterdogs' head coach. Then, the two go over the interesting choices in filling out the All-Star Game ballots before setting the stage for the clash of the top two overall picks and Boston's homecoming weekend in Week 5.

There is no disputing that this is an unprecedented moment in the history of college athletics. Given how important college lacrosse is to the sport more broadly (and specifically Division I men's lacrosse), understanding the future of college sports — in an incredibly uncertain time — is exceptionally important. To try to understand better, IL CEO Terry Foy brings on Extra Points' Matt Brown to discuss what's next for college sports and how it could affect college lacrosse.

Back together for the first time in a long time, IL's Terry Foy and Matt Kinnear recap the last month of coaching news, from Jon Torpey taking the Brown job, John Crawley taking over High Point, Jake Richard and Charlie Hayes getting promoted at Marquette and Detroit Mercy, respectively, and Michael Sciamanna getting the Merrimack job. From there, they each pick 10 players who they expect to be the most impactful transfers next season, and wrap up with three picks each for the best player remaining in the Portal.

The PLL Bye Week brings an overdue return for the PLL Happy Hour Podcast as Chris Rosenthall and Kevin Brown catch you up on the biggest storylines from the first three weeks of the season. From Atlas' resurgence into an undefeated hot start out of the gates and wondering how to slow down Jeff Teat's record scoring pace to enjoying the superstar rookie class as well as addressing the Waterdogs' face-off situation, takes and stances are provided free of charge. A great listen for fans both up to date to bridge the gap from the fun start of the league's sixth season to reflect on the best moments and make sure to send this to a friend who needs to catch up on all things PLL.

It's Summa, summa, summatime and IL's Terry Foy, Dan Aburn and — most importantly — ILPreps Director Dan Kaplan are back to recap the first 12 days of the summer recruiting circuit. An incredibly dense 80 minutes starts by discussing the standouts from Maverik Showtime, which — if history is any indicator — will have an outsized impact on informing the market for players on Sept. 1 (and, by extension, IL's Class of 2026 rankings). From there, they revisit Best in Class, ML8's High School Summer National Championship, the Prime Time Summer Invitational and Great VIII, examining the stars from each event with a heavy focus on the Class of 2026.