Episode 139: Patty Gasso

Laughter Permitted with Julie Foudy

Julie Foudy

Sports

4.8 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 13 November 2024

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

Legendary University of Oklahoma softball coach Patty Gasso joins Laughter Permitted to talk about winning four straight national championships (and eight total), how culture is crucial in her program and what she enjoys most about coaching. Coach Gasso also shares how she had to step out of her comfort zone to become the highest paid coach in college softball and the significance of her salary in elevating the sport of softball. In Most Pressing Questions, Lynn correctly theorizes that Coach Gasso loves reality TV and even correctly picks which show she likes. In Questions Permitted, Julie and Lynn talk over nuance when it comes to the "cheese or ice cream" debate of all debates. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	The Laughter Permitted podcast is brought to you by Ally. Do It Right. Hello, welcome to laughter
0:05.5	permitted. I'm Julie Fowdy. I'm Len Ozawi. Jules, I think it is safe to say that you and I are
0:13.1	really glad to be here with our dope village. You got that right. So damn grateful for this space
0:20.6	where we get to share joy and the stories of
0:23.4	round women with one another. And our goal all along has been to come together with love and
0:29.0	respect and sometimes snort-inducing laughter. And that's what we'll keep on doing.
0:36.2	Amen.
0:44.5	And our episode today is with legendary Oklahoma softball coach Patty Gassow.
0:50.6	Coach Gassow's accomplishments and the game of softball are insane.
0:51.9	Listen to this.
0:57.2	In her three decades at Oklahoma, she has coached the Sooners to eight national championships, including the last four straight. Yes, the last four straight. And if you're
1:06.1	counting, six of the last eight. So let me just put that out there again. Coach Gassau and her
1:12.4	old softball teams, in case you missed it, have won six of the last eight national titles contested.
1:20.2	Oh my gosh. But as you'll hear in our conversation, Patty's success as a coach began when she
1:27.1	gave up a focus on winning and
1:29.7	instead turned her attention to developing young women. We talked with Patty about her coaching
1:34.4	approach, how she got out of her comfort zone to become the highest paid college softball
1:38.3	coach, and how she feels like she's just hitting her stride. Lots and lots to gain from this episode.
1:45.0	So get comfortable listening.
1:48.0	It's Patty Gassow.
1:50.0	The NWSL is so on, and now it's on ESPN.
1:55.0	I'm on the next level now.
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