Coaching to Change Lives

Coaching to Change Lives details why and how athletic programs should address the development of good, old-fashioned values in the young people they serve. The book features a step-by-step, proven curriculum for teaching such time-tested values as self-discipline, responsibility, accountability, leadership, and loyalty. The curriculum is designed to help young people be better prepared to face the challenges of today's world.

Dennis Parker is a much sought-after public speaker, who frequently works with businesses and college athletic teams on the process of goal setting. One of the most successful high school football coaches in the history of Texas, he currently is the head football coach at Mesa High School in Mesa, Arizona.D.W. Rutledge is the executive director of the Texas High School Coaches Association—the largest association of its kind in the nation. Prior to assuming his present position in 2004, D.W. was one of the winningest coaches in Texas high school history. For his coaching achievements (which include winning four state championships), D.W. has been honored several times, including being inducted into the Texas High School Football Hall of Fame.