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Your stats tell people what you did.Your story tells them who you became.
Flying With The Hawk brings athletes, coaches, and sports personalities behind the microphone to tell the real story behind their journey—from youth sports and junior hockey to college, the pros, business, family, leadership, and life beyond the game.
Hockey-first. Athlete-focused. Real conversations.
Hosted by Jim “Hawk” Jacobs
About the show
The Game Is Only Part of the Story
People see the goals, wins, championships, commitments, and highlight clips.
They rarely hear about the early mornings, long drives, family sacrifices, difficult coaches, injuries, cuts, trades, doubts, mentors, locker-room moments, and times when an athlete nearly gave up.
Flying With The Hawk goes beyond the scoreboard.
These are honest conversations about chasing something difficult, learning to compete, leading other people, overcoming setbacks, and discovering who you become along the way.
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The Youth Sports Years
Early mornings, cold rinks, and the first time it mattered.
Prep School and Juniors
Leaving home, billet families, and betting on yourself.
College and the Next Level
Recruiting, roster spots, and the reality of the jump.
Setbacks and Comebacks
Injuries, cuts, trades, and finding a way back.
Coaches and Mentors
The people who changed a career with one conversation.
Leadership and Teamwork
What a locker room teaches that nothing else can.
Family and Sacrifice
The drives, the budgets, and the people who made it possible.
Life After the Game
Business, coaching, family, and the search for what's next.
Who should come on the show
You Don’t Have to Be Famous. You Need a Story.
We are looking for athletes and sports personalities willing to have a real conversation.
Maybe you reached the highest level of your sport.
Maybe your career took an unexpected turn.
Maybe you were cut, traded, injured, overlooked, underestimated, or forced to reinvent yourself.
The best episodes are not always about the biggest names. They are about honest stories that athletes, parents, coaches, entrepreneurs, and leaders can learn from.
Current Athletes
Players currently competing in prep school, juniors, college, professional, or high-level amateur sports.
Former Athletes
People ready to reflect on what sports taught them, what they would do differently, and where the journey took them next.
Coaches and Sports Leaders
Coaches, trainers, executives, officials, team builders, mentors, and other people who shape athletes and teams.
Local Sports Stories
Compelling Philadelphia-area athletes and personalities whose stories deserve a larger audience.
Hockey Families and Mentors
Parents, billets, advisors, and mentors with an unusually powerful perspective on the journey.
Sound like your story?
Apply to Be a Guest
The host
Meet Hawk
Jim “Hawk” Jacobs is an entrepreneur, longtime hockey coach, sports father, and lifelong believer in the lessons learned through competition.
He has spent years around hockey players, teams, coaches, entrepreneurs, business owners, and high performers. He understands that the most interesting part of an athlete’s story is often what happened away from the crowd.
On Flying With The Hawk, Jim asks the questions that uncover the sacrifices, relationships, turning points, failures, victories, and life lessons behind each guest’s journey.
His interviewing style is energetic, curious, direct, encouraging, conversational, and unscripted.
He is not trying to conduct a formal press conference. He wants the real story.
Inside the studio
What an Episode Looks Like
Real conversations, recorded in a relaxed studio setting — just Hawk, a guest, and the story behind the journey.
Trey Jefferis
Northeastern University
Brayden Baum
Penn State University
Liam Kansler
Arcadia University
Jimmy Law
Habits of Hockey
Dylan Krick
Air Force Academy
Conversation topics
What Will We Talk About?
- 01Where your sports journey began.
- 02When you first realized you could compete at a higher level.
- 03The person who believed in you before everyone else.
- 04The coach who changed your direction.
- 05The hardest season of your career.
- 06Being cut, traded, injured, overlooked, or counted out.
- 07The truth about prep school, juniors, college recruiting, or professional sports.
- 08What your family sacrificed.
- 09The teammate or mentor who influenced your life.
- 10What competition taught you about leadership.
- 11The transition into business, coaching, family life, or a new career.
- 12What sports parents should understand.
- 13The advice you would give your younger self.
- 14The story people have never heard.
How it works
Three Steps to the Microphone
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Step 1 — Tell Us Your Story
Complete a short application and tell Hawk what would make your conversation worth hearing.
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Step 2 — Choose a Time
Select an available interview time that works for you.
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Step 3 — Fly With The Hawk
Receive your confirmation, prepare for the conversation, and join Hawk to tell the story behind your journey.
Book your interview
Tell Us Your Story
Choose an available interview time below. You will receive confirmation and recording information by email and text.
Selecting a time does not guarantee final guest approval. The Flying With The Hawk team will confirm the appearance.
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Know Someone Hawk Should Interview?
Know someone Hawk should interview? Tell us who they are and why their story deserves an audience. Include their name, sport, and how to reach them.
FAQ
Questions Before You Apply
Contact
Get In Touch
Questions about the show, sponsorship, or something else? Send Hawk a note.
The Best Sports Stories Don’t End at the Final Buzzer.
Your journey could help a young athlete, sports parent, coach, teammate, entrepreneur, or person working through a setback of their own.