When you get to be my age you are reminded of the journey you have made on a daily basis. And, a big part of it is the people you’ve met along the way. When I stop to look at that, it is clear to me that I have experienced knowing so many great ones. [...]
Given I’ve been coaching for over 50 years, I am always very interested in what others coaches do. For the most part, what I don’t get to discover is who they “be” in delivering the daily practices that develop their team. Mostly I use how their teams go about their business. What kinds of winners [...]
I have written in the past about one of today’s inductee’s and how much he deserved to be honored. Jerry Tarkanian and I were roommates in college, so I have a special spot in my heart for him. I was his assistant for a year at Riverside City College. We were 37-0 and won the [...]
We choose our heroes at an early age and sometimes, as we grow older, we add new members to our list. And, God forbid, some of them get crossed off the list. With the advent of performance enhancing drugs, many heroes have been tarnished. There is more than one reason for feeling the need to [...]
This week there was a memorial service for Don Coryell, a football coach at San Diego State University and with the San Diego Chargers. In his tenure, Air Coryell became an offense to be feared in the National Football League (NFL). Football greats from all over the country gathered to honor him. Among those in [...]