By Jeff Greenberg
“There really wasn’t a choice we had to consider at that moment. Coaching is what we do and we knew we weren’t done with this profession yet.
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A Special 5th Quarter: Wendy Anderson vs Cancer
It’s been one year since Wendy Anderson, the wife of Arkansas State Head Football Coach, Blake Anderson, was diagnosed with cancer. It’s been quite a year since that moment. One in which there were the expected lows early in the process. However, the last year was dominated by the highs of the Andersons’ faith and the great news they experienced months later…
The Power of 1 or 2: A Story About Two Coach’s Kids
…It’s not an easy life, to say the least, for coaches’ children. They will change schools and hometowns constantly. They will make and lose friends every couple of years. It can be hard to have sense of continuity in their lives…
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The Life of a Coaching Family – Part 3: Dear Dad…
Dear Dad,
We often get asked what it’s like for our dad to be a football coach. After all these years, it’s still a tough question to answer.
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The Life of a Coaching Family – Part 2: Being Married to the Coach
Every Saturday afternoon in the Fall, fans flock to college stadiums all over the country to watch their favorite football team. After the game, there is usually a press conference where the head coach appears for the media and answers questions about the game or about that week’s preparation for the game. One question that isn’t usually asked is how much time the coach was able to see his family during the week leading up to that game…
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The Life of a Coaching Family – Part 1: Marriage and Coaching(Second half)
Welcome back to the second half of Part 1 in our series, The Life of a Coaching Family. The second half picks up where we left off in our conversation with North Carolina Head Coach, Larry Fedora, and his wife, Christi. They continue here on what marriage has been like in the coaching world…
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The Life of a Coaching Family – Part 1: Marriage and Coaching(First half)
By Jeff Greenberg
The first Wednesday in February is one of the “holidays” in college football. It was National Signing Day. The day where recruiting for that year concludes with high school prospects signing with their chosen university. In the world of college football, recruiting is the lifeblood of every program. During this process coaches are going into the houses of recruits and speaking to them and their families. Part of their message, in many cases, will focus on the concept of family…
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