{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Curry Hicks Sage Free Content","title":"Colleges That Change Lives (First 15 Minutes)","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":937,"description":"***This is the first 15 minutes of Colleges That Change Lives, full episode available in link at the bottom of this description***I think I first came across the book Colleges That Change Lives when my sister was beginning to look at colleges in 1999 or 2000. It had come out in 1996 and represented something of an intentional response to the more corporate tome-of-a-college-guide-book that the Princeton Review and others put out each year. Google's AI machine actually does a good job describing the book, saying it \"highlights institutions that excel at developing students, including those who aren't straight-A students, by focusing on individual needs, strong academics, and a supportive environment.\"  When my own college search began  (I graduated high school in 2004) I often found myself leafing through the book once again. I even visited a few of the schools included in it before ultimately taking a more traditional path to college life. I ultimately attended two schools and enjoyed both, but I wouldn't especially say either changed my life. I was reminded of the book because this week's guest, Mike DeGeorge, is a product--both literally and spiritually--of several of the places included in the book. It was Rhodes College in Memphis that changed Mike's life when it took a shot on him after he'd briefly left coaching and he desperately wanted back in. It was Beloit College in Wisconsin, where DeGeorge's father served as the head football coach for 29 seasons, that sparked Degeorge's interest in following in his Dad's professional footsteps, albeit in a different sport.Today, DeGeorge, 56, is thriving at his first D1 job. He's in his second season at what industry insiders have long regarded as a perennially-difficult job in Cal Poly-SLO and just led his Mustangs to a win over Utah. The victory prompted D3 assistants and other hoop junkies to flood my DMs and mentions once again and urge me to get DeGeorge on the show. So we did. And it quickly became clear that...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/6xDx4PDmy1bqg2BZQL3PQrO_yiE0DKmX2vxoxX1cErw/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9iODIy/NGYyODM1MGZlMDc0/MGUwMTExMWMyOWZh/NWQ5ZS5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}