coaches (athletics)

Like most Texans, Clay is never more at home than when playing football. And his coach, a former star player for the Dallas Cowboys, is just like a second father. But as the football season kicks off, Clay begins to notice some odd behavior from his coach. Coach Cooper is showing side effects of the many concussions he sustained during his playing days.

Two star athletes and best friends one Jewish, one African-American confront racism in the football culture at their elite prep school.

Photographs and simple text describe the work done by sports coaches.

"Ghost, a naturally talented runner and troublemaker, is recruited for an elite middle school track team. He must stay on track, literally and figuratively, to reach his full potential"--.

Eighth-grader Ethan Isaac is looking forward to the soccer season, but he gets a shock when he finds out that their new coach is Ms. Brezinka, his tough seventh grade science teacher--some of the players quit the team, but Ethan does not have that option, and he soon learns that Ms. Brezinka is as demanding a soccer coach as she was a teacher.

Matt Gordon's sports suspension for taking PEDS has been lifted and he is allowed on the baseball field but ends up embroiled in competition that may be going too far.

"Tells the true story of the Stevens Point High School cross country team and their ... journey through the 1985 season. Joined by first year runner Scott 'The Animal' Longley--a developmentally disabled student who lived in a group home--the year takes an unexpected turn as this ... hero leads them on a quest for a state title."--StevensPointJournal.com.

When best friends Tom and Jason leave New York City for an elite, sports-focused boarding school in Virginia to play football, they find some coaches and teammates to be steeped in racism.

Ghost, a naturally talented runner and troublemaker, is recruited for an elite middle school track team.

When Coach Coop, a former star player for the Dallas Cowboys, starts exhibiting side effects from the many concussions he suffered while playing professionally, twelve-year-old wide receiver Clay Hollis becomes determined to help him get through the football season until Thanksgiving, when Coach plans to attend a ceremony honoring him and his former Super Bowl-winning teammates.