The Hiring and Firing of it All

Why coaching changes are always personal even if they aren’t

Black Monday. There are at least 2 of them in football. One for college coaches and one for NFL coaches. This is the first day the administrators…

On Second Chances

“Oh, football players, huh? Maybe your husband’s recruits are better on the field than they are in the classroom. Football…

That’s Show Business

As my dad says, “college football… it’s all show business.” When he first told me that I paused and thought through it…

Surviving

It’s starting. Football season. Honestly, its been a tough year in general. I gave birth to a baby with some special needs, these are…

The Loss

How Coaching families deal with the heartbreak of losing

“This is a baseball.”

The dugout speech that started every season from t-ball through college

Coaches We’ve Loved, Loathed and Died For

On Intimidation vs. Inspiration

The Pope Understands…

I’m indifferent on Pope Francis. I’m thankful for his use of a large platform to bring Jesus to the center of the universe, but overall I’m not a big follower. After his visit to the United States I began to see summaries of all the things he touched on in his speeches and one stood out to…

Gameday

Maybe it was due to lack of sleep. Maybe I hadn’t had enough breakfast. I woke up with a headache. I was so hungry that, for the first time in a…

Who recruits who?

I don’t cry at movies. Well, I never teared up much until after I had a kid and hormones took on a new meaning, it is…