On today's episode, Bader and Bray talk with two-time World champ Vougar Oroudjov and Hometown Heroes finalist Stephen Perez.

Order of Show

0:01 Vougar’s thoughts on the July 25 event

0:06 When Vougar transitioned from competing to coaching

0:10 Vougar was motivated by his teammates

0:12 Competing during the fall of the USSR

0:17 Recruiting in Russian wrestling

0:19 When Vougar moved to the US and learned folkstyle

0:25 Moving from California to New York

0:27 It took 6 months for Vougar to get the Nassau job and started his club to train his son

0:31 Parental involvement in the US compared to Russia

0:40 Vougar introduces Hometown Heroes finalist Stephen Perez

0:43 Stephen thanks Vougar for making him tougher

0:48 Stephen Perez explains how he got to Grand Street Campus

0:49 Coach Perez loves the gritty environment at Grand Street Campus

0:51 The state of the team when Perez got there

0:52 How Coach Perez developed mandatory study hall

0:54 The process of learning how big a job coaching is

0:54 Perez runs the Peer Group Connection Leadership Program, and it works

1:00 GSC’s relationship with Beat the Streets

1:02 Garcia is motivated to coach because competing was his whole life

1:03 A story about a kid who turned it around

1:08 Perez learned how to recognize areas of need through PGC training

1:10 The ways Coach Perez has developed as a coach

1:12 Perez compares himself to Vougar as a coach in the corner

1:15 What it was like when Perez’s team bumped up to fit him in the lineup

1:18 Winning this award would be life-changing for Coach Perez