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Selected stories from my five decades

in the greatest sport

Tales & Tips

Feb 6, 20222 min read

It's about time...

AccuTrack. Forty years ago it was the latest technology in timing a track meet - no stopwatches needed, no vague guesses on who was...

Jan 30, 20223 min read

I prefer Labatt's.

In the early 80's I had a great distance runner, one that still holds some of the Drake records - even though forty years have passed....

Jan 16, 20223 min read

A Big Splash

I coached at Loyola in the late 80's & early 90's, part of my duties working with the small bunch of sprinters, hurdlers, and field event...

Jan 2, 20223 min read

A Long Thin Line.

Everyone remembers the scene in "Field of Dreams" - Shoeless Joe Jackson whispering through the Iowa cornfields to Kevin Costner, "If you...

Dec 26, 20213 min read

That's something you don't see every day.

I've seen a lot of crazy things over my years of coaching. Things that happen only once in a lifetime. Those events which cause you to do...

Dec 19, 20212 min read

We have a HJer that looks just like her.

Our 24 hour trip from Des Moines to Palm Beach in 1982 was a legendary excursion, over 3000 miles from start to finish. Traveling with...