REVIEW
Coaching Stories is an inspirational book written by Gary Fisher. Fisher was an Ohio farm kid who through hard work and determination became a College Coach. Gary captures the funny side of his climb up the ladder and well as the determination he had to get to the top.
I was glad to get the chance to review such a great book. When asked to review Coaching Stories, I was curious as to what it was about. I wanted to give it a chance because I have a nephew who I thought would like to read the book as well. I read through it just to see if it would be worth handing over to my nephew and I definitely wasn’t disappointed. Gary made a very good point by letting everyone know that it doesn’t matter where you grow up or who you know. Getting to play at a college level in any sports means you have to be a good student. I think that fact falls through the cracks a lot when people think about sports.
My nephew is a junior in high school and has been spending almost every weekend visiting colleges and playing baseball just to find the best opportunity for him. He is a great student and knows that he has to work hard in everything that he does. He is realizing what college coaches want out of their players and I think that Coaching Stories fits right along with what he is experiencing in his life right now.
Emily's Reviews
Coaching Stories
As you will see, it doesn’t matter where you came from or who you
know; it’s just the realization that the common ingredients have
always been desire, hard work, academic success, handling failure,
and a willingness to do what it takes within the rules.
Getting to play at the college level means you
must be a good student.
A few basketball players arrived early at the Campus Center
Cafeteria for the All Sports Banquet. The program was
scheduled to begin at 7:00 PM.
Before any of the other attendees arrived, one member of the
team, hungry as always, drifted to the head table and quietly
consumed the salad from the place setting of then college
president, Ronald Weber.
But, if anyone really thought that I would let someone play
for a stick of gum, I should have gone into politics.
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I was invited to join the Mount Union athletic department as
assistant basketball coach and head soccer coach.
I had never played soccer and never even seen a soccer game.
If we had had that much open space on the farm, we would
have planted something on it.
As we kept losing, I really thought that I would be fired
and end up back on the farm. My thinking that a
college education would get me ahead was fading away.
In February 2011, Jack was named to the men's track
& field coaching staff for the 2012 Olympic Games.
I could have never, ever thought that a farm boy could
get a chance to coach at two of the finest, faith-based
colleges in America.
One of my favorite stories/rumors was that when
Dave Mooney would be getting set in the blocks
for the 100-yard dash, he would ask the other
runners who was going to be second!
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