The CoachIn the Coach, The newest novel from author Tom Speaker, follow 'Dart' Darnell through eight years of playing elementary, middle school, and high school basketball, four army years during WWII, four years of playing college basketball, and forty-one years of coaching. Coach with him, not just through the X and O's, but the ecstasy of winning, The lessons learned from losing, And The joy of his experiences as he see young kids grow to success in basketball, but more importantly grow to be successful in life and becoming good fathers and family men. Make the decisions with him as he balances the opportunities of coaching success with the most important successes in life of being a good husband, father, and Christian. 'It was one of the most positive and touching reading experiences I've had this year.' Although this is a fictional book, author William Joseph Palmer says, 'I really liked the way the author tied his plotting To The real historical events of the decades as they unfolded and interwove the fictional characters with real characters like Oscar Robertson and Ray Crowe.' —William Palmer, award-winning author of the Dickens Series |
Contents
Acknowledgments | 7 |
Chapter 1 | 9 |
Chapter 2 | 12 |
Chapter 3 | 16 |
Chapter 4 | 19 |
Chapter 5 | 24 |
Chapter 6 | 28 |
Chapter 7 | 37 |
Chapter 30 | 140 |
Chapter 31 | 144 |
Chapter 32 | 151 |
Chapter 33 | 154 |
Chapter 34 | 161 |
Chapter 35 | 165 |
Chapter 36 | 170 |
Chapter 37 | 174 |
Chapter 8 | 39 |
Chapter 9 | 43 |
Chapter 10 | 47 |
Chapter 11 | 50 |
Chapter 12 | 58 |
Chapter 13 | 63 |
Chapter 14 | 66 |
Chapter 15 | 69 |
Chapter 16 | 72 |
Chapter 17 | 76 |
Chapter 18 | 80 |
Chapter 19 | 84 |
Chapter 20 | 90 |
Chapter 21 | 98 |
Chapter 22 | 102 |
Chapter 23 | 106 |
Chapter 24 | 110 |
Chapter 25 | 113 |
Chapter 26 | 118 |
Chapter 27 | 125 |
Chapter 28 | 129 |
Chapter 29 | 132 |
Chapter 38 | 177 |
Chapter 39 | 179 |
Chapter 40 | 185 |
Chapter 41 | 192 |
Chapter 42 | 200 |
Chapter 43 | 205 |
Chapter 44 | 208 |
Chapter 45 | 212 |
Chapter 46 | 218 |
Chapter 47 | 228 |
Chapter 48 | 236 |
Chapter 49 | 243 |
Chapter 50 | 248 |
Chapter 51 | 252 |
Chapter 52 | 257 |
Chapter 53 | 263 |
Chapter 54 | 267 |
Chapter 55 | 275 |
Chapter 56 | 277 |
Chapter 57 | 285 |
Common terms and phrases
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