I am STILL reading "In Pursuit of Perfection" by Geno Auriemma. Don't get me wrong, I love this book, but it's difficult to make more blogs about it. Anyway, in the chapter I just read, Geno explains how long and difficult of a process it is to become a coach of an elite program like UConn. You can hardly ever leave college and go straight to coaching college. Geno sure didn't.
Just like everything you do, Geno had to start small. He was an assistant coach of a boys high school team. Then, he got offered to be an assistant coach of Virginia University's women's team. He had not previously been a women's coach, but decided to give it a shot. He ended up staying there for four years, but decided he needed to leave and become a head coach somewhere else. Later along the road, he ended up becoming the head coach of the women's UConn team. He turned that team completely around, and to this day it is one of the best programs women's basketball has ever seen.
Maybe you could comment on the writing?
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