{"id":363689,"date":"2026-08-05T20:20:42","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T20:20:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/363689\/"},"modified":"2026-08-05T20:20:42","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T20:20:42","slug":"miami-university-celebrates-upcoming-release-of-cradle-of-coaches-documentary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/363689\/","title":{"rendered":"Miami University celebrates upcoming release of \u2018Cradle of Coaches\u2019 documentary"},"content":{"rendered":"

Miami University celebrates upcoming release of \u2018Cradle of Coaches\u2019 documentary<\/p>\n

\"MatthewOXFORD, Ohio \u2014<\/p>\n

A celebration of coaches who have made a major impact on Miami University and beyond is set to be released this month.<\/p>\n

Cradle of Coaches will be available to stream on Peacock, starting on Aug. 17.<\/p>\n

The documentary will go into the history of how football coaches built one of America\u2019s most popular sports today, including many with ties to Miami University. <\/p>\n

The documentary will feature some of the most well-known figures in football history, including former Miami quarterback Ben Roethlisberger, Bengals owner Mike Brown, Lou Holtz, Ken Anderson, Pat Narduzzi and Rocky Bleier.<\/p>\n

The documentary will also feature interviews with current NFL head coaches, including John Harbaugh of the New York Giants and Sean McVay of the Los Angeles Rams. <\/p>\n

On Tuesday, a packed crowd gathered at Paycor Stadium to celebrate the upcoming release of the documentary.<\/p>\n

Former Ohio State coach and current Ohio Lt. Gov. Jim Tressel was among the panelists who spoke about it, as well as former NFL defensive back Solomon Wilcots.<\/p>\n

“The timing for this documentary couldn’t be more perfect. We have successfully captured rare, first-hand interviews with the individuals who lived it \u2014 those who played for, coached with, and worked alongside the greatest legends in collegiate and NFL history, spanning over a century,” said David Sayler, director of Athletics at Miami University, in a release<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Miami University celebrates upcoming release of \u2018Cradle of Coaches\u2019 documentary OXFORD, Ohio \u2014 A celebration of coaches who…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":363690,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,125,124],"class_list":["post-363689","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363689","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=363689"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363689\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/363690"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=363689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=363689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=363689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}