Coach Heard joins the UDP to talk about some of the adverse moments in her career. From turning around Kentucky State as a young head coach to understanding her process to develop relationships. [...]
As a little girl in the 1960s Tara VanDerveer loved playing basketball. However there were no organized sports for girls at the time. After a stellar college playing career, Tara became 2x Coach [...]
Tony Pike was 6th on the depth chart as a junior and didn't know what the future held going into camp. After a talk with his dad and a fair chance from Coach [...]
Coach Wes Miller was a walk-on at North Carolina after spending his freshman year at James Madison. Only a few years after graduating he found himself as a 27 year old head coach. [...]
In 2002 Bob Huggins's life stopped when he suffered a heart attack in the Pittsburgh Airport. Whether it's realness or tough love, Coach Huggins doesn't take for granted the emotional and genuine relationships [...]
In 2012 Coach Jack was relieved of her duties as Indiana University Women's Head Basketball Coach. Nobody would hire her, not even as an assistant. From Power 5 to smaller schools, no one [...]
When Tom Allen was 23 years old he was thrust into his first head coaching job at the high school level, during the middle of the season. His infectious connection with his players [...]
John Harbaugh struggled to find his path up the coaching ranks. With stops at many schools across the country, he always felt like God was going to lead him to where he was [...]
He's one of the winningest Coaches in college football history. Yet despite all of his national championships and on-field success, Coach Tressel still considered himself an Underdog when he took on his new [...]
When Joe lost his brother at the age of 19, he began to question the meaning of sports. As he began to evaluate the Coaches he had throughout his life, he began to [...]
