Born to Coach : A Tribute to Coach Charles Rowan Rugg from His Players and Friends

As easily as someone named William could be called Bill, Born To Coach could have been called Big Leadership Lessons from a Small College Basketball Coach. That’s because, for over thirty years, at Lilliputian small Belhaven University in Jackson, MS, Charlie Rugg modeled how to guide young men into becoming far more than they ever thought they could be in both sports and life. Like that savory dish of his native Louisiana, Coach was a leadership gumbo of skill and savvy, charm and confidence, and the relentless, restless pursuit of excellence. His success as a leader is seen in the fact that so many of his players went on to capital careers as lawyers, doctors, teachers, ministers, bankers, and entrepreneurs. And, to him, even more importantly, good husbands, fathers, and friends. To a man, they’ll tell you that the taproot to their success is the time they spent under the transformative tutelage of Charlie Rugg. His leadership lessons are embedded in the testimonies in this book as gold in a motherlode. Readers of these memorable tributes will meet a man born to coach and find those he coached and befriended sharing how one person committed to superbness can shape the lives of others for the better. View Less