Sister of Victim Forgives UD Strength Coach in Court Room….Choices….Pain to Purpose….LOVE.. Please raise your hand if You/Me/We are Perfect? Why are We so Judgmental? Are You a Believer? If YOU/ME/WE are… the Bible says in Joshua 24:15 “But as for me and my family, WE will Serve the Lord.” WE Can Not Serve …
Make Plays Today! We are Making a Difference in our Community because of Our Collective Purpose, Passion to use the Platform of Basketball to Impact lives Together and Teaching the most important Core Value…..LOVE….Sharing this experience with my 3 children Collin, Sydney and Hannah is Priceless for me. Early January 2014, I met with a …
How LeBron James Jr. Impacted Our Son Collin… Blue Collar Basketball Camp was held by Varsity Head Coach Brook Cupps at Watts Middle School in Centerville 2 weeks ago. Over 50 kids in the gym for a 4 day camp with varying skill sets except for one young man, LeBron James Jr. Gabe Cupps, son of …
Parents/Coaches: Why is your son playing AAU/Select this spring? Some parents have the same answer…improve my son’s skill, be more competitive and earn a scholarship. Ok, last answer sounds good..if that is true, who has evaluated your son to help him earn that scholarship? Instead of you traveling around the country or Midwest, Coach Wade …
ESPN Recruiting Expert John Stovall Elite Workout Next Monday May 23rd Read More »
Parents/Coaches….What do “Rankings” of your son/daughter mean when they are developing as a basketball player? Simple answer..Nothing! A person who helped me get my first job with Billy Donovan in 1994 at Marshall University, was best friends with Rick Pitino and is the Godfather of John Calipari’s son, Ken “Jersey Red’ Ford says about your …
August 20, 2010 I was named Associate Head Coach at Morehead State University for Head Coach Donnie Tyndall. I had the opportunity to meet the team and we began workouts. I coached the post players including Kenneth Faried. He played extremely hard and great effort was his greatest skill. He worked hard on developing his post …
What was it like to coach Kenneth Faried at Morehead State? Read More »
August 15, 2006…..Hannah and Sydney O’Connor made it into Our World at 32 weeks old, 8 weeks premature. Our twins were almost born at 26 weeks, their mother, Kim was on bed rest for 3 months! Hannah was born at 5 lbs and Sydney was 4 lbs….fighting to come into our World. Our twins were …
Our Purpose for our Impactful Camp…Twin Power with Love! Read More »
Driving to speak with my children at Wright State, my kids were very excited. All three of my children, Collin 9, the twins, Hannah and Sydney, were ready to go! We walked into the gym and were greeted by assistant Coach Chris Moore. I first met Chris in 1998 when I was an asst. coach at …
Family Drive to Wright State Speaking Engagement Read More »
“Daddy, who is that woman over there, you know that statue of ?” Hannah asked. Sydney said, ” I don’t know Hannah but she might have hair shorter than yours.” I started laughing so hard and my friend of 20 years, Joe Arnone, the current ticket manager at UT took our picture together. …
“Daddy, I really have to get to Baseball Practice”, my son Collin said to me. I said, “Collin, please have some patience and you will see why”. “Ok, Daddy”, Collin said. Thank You to Keith Dambrot and his coaching staff at the University of Akron to speak at his Camp last Monday, June 16th. It was great …
