The really great coaches engage their players in a quest to be the
best. In the right player-coach relationship, a quiet well done can
go a long way. These individual stories taken together form a
narrative of value that shows us the powerful reward of vision,
hard work, and the belief that together we can be something bigger
and better than if we never listened to, learned from, or engaged
with the people we encounter in our lives. from the Foreword by
Bill Bradley
What happens when 25 wonderful writers meet 25 unforgettable
coaches? The 25 life lessons you are holding in your hands. Gary
Smith, Sports Illustrated
Compelling rich an all-star squad of scribblers. You don t have to
be an ex-jock with a trophy case to find someone you can relate to
here. The Los Angeles Times
Coach One measly monosyllable, yet the word can evoke the entire
range of human emotion, as it does in this masterful and touching
anthology which promises endless pleasure for anyone who has
experience coaching on either side. Madeleine Blais, Pulitzer
Prize- winner and author of In These Girls, Hope Is a Muscle
This intriguing collection of essays will remind anyone who s ever
been coached that it can be a powerful experience. Coaches come in
all sorts of flavors. The gruff and kind appear here, as do the
wise and the foolish, the encouraging and the destructive, and some
in whom lots of these qualities and inclinations are curiously
mixed. What the coaches share, at least in this remarkable
collection of writers chronicling coaching, is that they are
unforgettable. Bill Littlefield, Host of National Public Radio s
Only a Game
A solid, entertaining collection recognizing great coaches, and a
Beelzebub or two. Kirkus Reviews
A moving and often humorous collection. Booklist
Here is a book for all of us who teach to consider the way
students learn through those who help them learn how to use their
bodies (and minds) while doing athletic work. Coaches offer so much
to athletes addressing their minds, hearts, and souls as this
extraordinary anthology lets us know so very well. Robert Coles,
author of Children of Crisis
Perfect ... refreshing ... makes a true connection with the reader
... Sweet and often funny vulnerability, revealing the part of the
writer that is willing to be coached. The collection has perfect
pitch. Writers pay tribute to coaches in the purest sense, showing
their lasting influences. USA TODAY
Coaches after parents, offsprings, siblings, religious leaders,
teachers, and rules are the most important beings on earth. Good
ones can change your world. Bad ones, too. From E. M. Swift s
crusty, old Frank Ward to Christine Brennan s protective Miss O.
the whistle-tooters in Coach prove the point again and again:
coaches really matter. Rick Telander, author of Heaven Is a
Playground
What coach wouldn t love to have this team? Roy Blount Jr.
Coach is a collection of wise, funny, and humane writing on a
subject that s poignant and elusive and usually sentimentalized
into something unrecognizable. The intimacy of these accounts some
defiant, some celebratory, some subversively resentful is what I
enjoyed most. Alec Wilkinson, author of My Mentor
A superlative book. The stories in this anthology are, by turns,
funny, wise, poignant, and always inspirational. This is a book you
will cherish. Peter Bonventre, ESPN
This vivid, eloquent exploration of the connections between kids
and their coaches is a memoir gem, a series of stories ranging from
inspirational life-changing coaches to sadistic life-changing
coaches. These stories speak to any parent whose child is being
coached and to anyone who has ever been benched, been yelled into
excellence, or been told to drop and do another twenty. Funny, sad,
and inspirational. Susan Cheever, author of Home Before Dark and My
Name Is Bill
Instead of boondoggles and bromides, what we have here are essays
about real sports and the characters who left lifelong marks in
their attempts to make something of these writers. Katherine A.
Powers, The Boston Globe
I ve spent much of a lifetime writing about coaches without
thinking a great deal, if at all, about the people who coach
elementary school kids or fencers or horseback riding. They are,
for the most part, faceless and nameless to the sports world. But,
as you see in this book, they leave lasting impressions just as
Dean Smith or Vince Lombardi might. Coach is an intriguing mix of
tales big and small, intimate, funny and sad. The Charlotte
Observer
A must-read for anyone who thinks back to their childhood and
remembers that special coach who demanded more. Coaches are all
about finding diamonds in the rough, and this book contains a
number of diamonds who recall all of the polishing and chiseling it
took to make them shine. Bill Ingram, HoopsWorld
If you coaches] ever had any reservations about what you do for a
living, Andrew Blauner and 25 of the best writers in America have
dispelled them. Blauner has assembled an incredible cast, including
novelists, sportswriters, broadcasters, and commentators, who look
back at their lives and identify coaches who ve influenced their
lives. Coach and Athletic Director magazine
Superb. Chronicle of Higher Education
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