Matt Throneberry

Hebrews 11:1 • Isaiah 60:22 • Jeremiah 29:11 | #AnchorDown

[Awful Announcing @awfulannouncing]

Jameis Winston joins Japan fans in cleaning up trash postgame at Dallas Stadium. #WorldCup

[College Transfer Portal @CollegeFBPortal]

VIRAL: Kansas State recruit Joseph Graves’ mom went WILD during the photoshoot.

Crazy 😭

[Cayson Maupin @CaysonMaupinQB]

Blessed to receive my 2nd D1 offer from Gardner-Webb University. Thank you to Coach Hrncir and the coaching staff for believing in me. @GWUFootball @Kennyhrncir @CoachK__Mac @Coach_BrownGWU @Coach_BrownGWU @FootballSvale @justinwells2424 @CSmithBball @Matt_Stepp817 @sterling__trey @CodyStutts

[Cayson Maupin @CaysonMaupinQB]

After a great day, I am beyond blessed to receive my first D1 offer from Houston Christian University! Thank you to Coach Bachtel and his coaching staff for believing in me and giving me this opportunity. Thank you to my family, coaches, teammates, and everyone who has helped me along the way! The work continues! @HCUCoachBachtel @HCUFootball @Coach_Forde @FootballSvale @CodyStutts @sterling__trey @CoachGainesRec @CSmithBball @CoachJayUConn @justinwells2424 @Matt_Stepp817

[Aiden Stepansky @AidenStepansky]

Paul Skenes was driving down Perry Highway in Wexford just past seven o’clock Monday night when the Pirates superstar pitcher made a pit stop. It was a Little League field.

Skenes signed autographs for over two hours, connecting with Pittsburgh's next generation.

For @MLB ⤵️

[Cayson Maupin @CaysonMaupinQB]

Thank you @MeanGreenFB for a great camp!! @CoachTylerAllen @deucehogan @coachjordan03 @Coach_NealBrown @CoachMainordUNT @KCEkwu @FootballSvale

[Coach Hines 🇺🇸 @CoachKurtHines]

Hills I will die on as someone who has coached high school football for over 29 years:

1. If you are not PASSIONATE about blessing, serving, and empowering those you are blessed to coach, this profession is not for you.

2. As much as we need to know our trade, getting to know (and to love), our players is far more important.

3. This is an INTENSE game, and it’ll never be “just a game”, but it IS a game. Remember that when you’re with your team, and more importantly, remember that when you’re with your family.

4. Just as we teach our athletes to “leave things better than they found them”, we need to leave our athletes better than they were when they first entered into our program. Never let a day pass without pouring into each and every individual.

5. Life is complicated enough, let’s not complicate the game in such a way that we take the joy of it away from others. In other words… Keep it simple.

6. Our words carry little (or NO), value, if we don’t practice what we preach. WE as coaches should be learning and growing each and every day, just as we expect our athletes to.

7. As much as we all want to win those championship rings for our athletes, make sure you don’t lose your wedding ring in the process.

8. The athlete that may be “difficult to reach/teach” (the one who may get on your last nerve more than you could ever imagine), is someone’s EVERYTHING. Get to know them as human beings, find out what motivates them, and do everything you can to help them to thrive.

9. Be where your feet are. Don’t fall into the trap of chasing logos and thinking that a higher division, a bigger school, or going from HS to college, or even college to the pros, is going to be more rewarding or fulfilling.

10. The legacy you leave as a coach will never be determined by your wins and losses, but by the lives you were able to change for the better!

[Matt Schick @ESPN_Schick]

I said last week this is the best postgame tradition in sports.

I’m updating it:

It’s the best tradition going in sports.

[Sunnyvale ISD Athletics @RaiderBuilt]

Great Week 1 of Raider Course!

Week 1 Freaks of the Week:

Jacob Pathisseril, Graham James, Jake Ivy, Bryce Talbott, CJ Holditch, Corrin Garcia & Jack Baldwin!

Keep stacking great days. 🏆

#RaiderBuilt #ValeMade

[Grayson Smith @Smith_Gray2027]

Great catching up with @coachskene3 at TCU. Next stop, Colorado Springs.⚡️
@MarcBacote @Coach_Thiessen @AF_Football @AF_FBRecruiting @CoachTCalhoun @FootballSvale @CSmithBball

[Matt Throneberry @CoachThrone]

College sports, man

[Grayson Smith @Smith_Gray2027]

Great day in Stillwater. Thank you @CowboyFB for the invite.
@FootballSvale @CSmithBball @sterling__trey @klose_trey @CoachSvoboda @__CoachMorris @TFloss32 @gabependyala80

[Cayson Maupin @CaysonMaupinQB]

It was a great day in Arkansas!! I had the opportunity to work with some really great coaches today!! @PIngram1 @chasefourcade @CoachAHampton @CoachBethany @NathanBrownUCA @RussHeidiSLC @UAPBLionsFB @UCA_Football @FootballSvale @CSmithBball

[Grayson Smith @Smith_Gray2027]

Thank you @AF_Football, Ready for Colorado in June.
@MarcBacote @Coach_Thiessen @coachskene3 @AF_FBRecruiting @CoachTCalhoun
@FootballSvale @CSmithBball

[Sunnyvale ISD Athletics @RaiderBuilt]

🔥 RAIDER COURSE STARTS MONDAY! 🔥
💪 Boys & Girls Entering Grades 7-12
Sunnyvale Raiders Fieldhouse
Pay Online, Cash, or Check (Payable to Sunnyvale ISD)
Let's get stronger, faster, and ready for the year ahead.
#RaiderBuilt #ValeMade

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[Grayson Smith @Smith_Gray2027]

Headed North this weekend!
@FootballSvale @CSmithBball @sterling__trey @klose_trey @CoachSvoboda @__CoachMorris @TFloss32 @CowboyFB

[Retro Gaming Memories @RetroMemoriesHQ]

May 26, 1998: Major League Baseball Featuring Ken Griffey Jr. was released on the Nintendo 64 in North America.

[Brett McMurphy @Brett_McMurphy]

Vanderbilt’s Clark Lea: “I didn’t come to Vanderbilt for a 10 win season, I came to win a national championship.”

[Southeastern Conference @SEC]

Got it done ✔️

@VandyBoys x #SECTourney

[tony franklin @coachtf]

A player called me 15 years after he graduated.
I wasn't ready for what he said.

1/5
He wasn't one of my stars. He was the kid I was hardest on. The one I benched on several occasions. The one who never quite got there on the field, but always seemed to find a way to keep fighting and to win.

2/5
He called to tell me he'd survived numerous battlefield wounds serving our country in the war with Iraq. He said: "You were the one person in my life who told me I was capable of more and
that I could never quit because I hadn’t scratched the surface of what I was capable of…and that I couldn’t lose if I never quit. Your belief in me helped me to survive when it was hopeless in war.”

3/5
I had to sit down. Because in those moments (15 years earlier) as a coach, I wasn't sure I was doing the right thing. I was just holding the standard.

4/5
Fifteen years later he was calling to tell me the standard saved his life.

5/5
Love people enough to hold the standard. Even when they hate you for it. Especially then.

That call is why I keep doing this work…Our job isn’t to be liked. Our mission is to create resilient humans who make a difference. Uphold the standard.