The BEST College Football Coach

This past Saturday, did you watch ESPN and see the best college football coach in the country lead his team to another National Championship?  What, you say?  Nick Saban had the weekend off...  Alabama didn’t play.  I am not talking about the Crimson Tide or the Notre Dame Fighting Irish or any other BCS team.  No, I am talking about coach Larry Kehres and his Mount Union College Purple Raiders.  They won their 11^th NCAA Division III National Championship to complete their 20^th undefeated season.

I had been working on this post for a few days, but apparently I was scooped by Grantland.com (the former “Page Two” on ESPN.com).  Author Michael Weinreb is a former Akron Beacon-Journal writer (the major newspaper that would cover Mount Union).  I can’t believe that someone else (a professional writer on a website with millions of readers, no less) would dare write an article saying the same thing.  Actually, they aren’t saying the same thing.  They say that Larry Kehres is thebest coach you’ve never heard of (which is, no doubt, true).  What I am saying is that he is the best football coach, period (whether you’ve heard of him or not).  The other difference between the two posts (mine and Grantland.com’s) is that theirs is better.  I love reading Grantland.com.  It is always intelligent; often humorous.  But, you'll have that...maybe you'll enjoy my perspective on Coach Kehres, as well. 

The Influence of a Leader

With the recent death of Rick Majerus (25 years as a head coach at Marquette, Ball State, Utah, St. Louis and only had one losing season), story after story was devoted to retelling his life story and what kind of impact he had on others.  It certainly got me thinking again about what kind of influence we have on those around us.