One Small Town, One Crazy Coach

One Small Town, One Crazy Coach
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Publisher : Indiana University Press
Total Pages : 325
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ISBN-10 : 9780253010353
ISBN-13 : 0253010357
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Book Synopsis One Small Town, One Crazy Coach by : Mike Roos

Download or read book One Small Town, One Crazy Coach written by Mike Roos and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2013-09-17 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the summer of 1962, the peripatetic and irrepressible Pete Gill was hired on a whim to coach basketball at tiny Ireland High School. There he would accomplish, against enormous odds, one of the great small-town feats in Indiana basketball history. With no starters taller than 5'10", few wins were predicted for the Spuds. Yet, after inflicting brutal preseason conditioning, employing a variety of unconventional motivational tactics, and overcoming fierce opposition, Gill molded the Spuds into a winning team that brought home the town's first and only sectional and regional titles. Relying on narrative strategies of creative nonfiction rather than strict historical rendering, Mike Roos brings to life a colorful and varied cast of characters and provides a compelling account of their struggles, wide-ranging emotions, and triumphs throughout the season.


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