Coast-to-Coast Kickoff is the #1 East Coast college football podcast, with 480,000 monthly downloads. Hosted by Marcus Bell and Priya Okafor from the Hoboken newsroom, every episode covers the 142 Division I programs our beat reporters actually cover on the ground.
▶ Listen to this week's episodeHosted by Marcus Bell and Priya Okafor · 48 min · Released October 23 at 6:00 a.m. ET
A 48-minute reset of the East Coast college football landscape after Big East media day in New York — what UConn's buy-in really means for the conference, why the AAC's media-rights pivot matters more than the CFP bracket does, and a midseason shake-up on the Coastal Confidence Index that will surprise Pitt fans.
Every show is hosted by an ECSN beat reporter and produced out of our Hoboken newsroom or one of our 38 embedded market bureaus.
East Coast college football, Mon–Sat at 6 a.m. ET
Hosted by Marcus Bell & Priya Okafor
East Coast high school and college recruiting, Tue & Thu
Hosted by Dana Reyes & Trey Allison
Pro & college fantasy intel, no picks — just playing-time reads
Hosted by Dr. Lena Patel & Quentin Moore
Prep football across 11 East Coast states, Fri nights
Hosted by Coach Jo Bellamy & Andre Sutton
East Coast NFL & NBA front-office reporting, Mon & Thu
Hosted by Henry Cho & Renee Albright
Reading market moves, public splits, and injury-driven line shifts — never picks
Hosted by Sasha Friel & Theo Marx
All ECSN podcasts are produced by reporters who cover the teams they talk about — no remote call-ins, no recycled national takes. Meet the hosts →
14 years on the college football beat · 2019 APSE Award for Beat Reporting
Marcus joined ECSN from NJ Advance Media in 2018 and launched Coast-to-Coast Kickoff as a 20-minute weekly tape-deck show. Four years and 412 episodes later, it's the most-listened-to East Coast college football podcast in the country. He covers the Big East and AAC as our lead conference reporter and previously broke the UConn reintegration story in 2020.
ACC & Navy beat · Joined ECSN 2020
Priya moved to print audio after eight years on the ACC beat for a regional outlet in North Carolina. She files our Coastal Confidence Index midseason updates and breaks every Navy football story worth reading.
East Coast recruiting · Joined ECSN 2019
Dana runs our 38-market high school stringer network. She has personally reported on more than 600 East Coast recruits over six classes and is a voting member of the regional media board that selects our annual All-EastCoast team.
Injury & playing-time intel · Joined ECSN 2021
Lena is a former team physician turned reporter. She translates MRI reports and practice participation into fantasy-relevant reads without ever recommending a pick, a parlay, or a bet.
Guests: Brett McMurphy, Andrea Adelson
Guest: BC alum and former NFL special-teams coordinator
Guests: Dana Reyes, Trey Allison
Guest: Dr. Lena Patel
Guest: NFL front-office source (anonymous)
Guests: Coach Jo Bellamy, NJ.com prep editor
Guests: Sasha Friel, Theo Marx
Guests: Priya Okafor, Marcus Bell
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