Undertaker's Son: Life Lessons From a Coach

Phelps, Richard "Digger";Colwell, Jack

ISBN 10: 1599212099 / ISBN 13: 9781599212098

Published by The Lyons Press, Guiford, Connecticut, U.S.A., 2007

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Signed by author on free end page. Head basketball coach of Notre Dame at age 29, a position he held for more than two decades with a 100 percent graduation rate, an attention-getting figure in President George H. W. Bush?s anti-drug program, part-time ambassador, a nationally adored ESPN commentator, and a possible Presidential candidate, Richard ?Digger? Phelps has done it all. Undertaker?s Son is an eminently readable, inspirational, account of how he rose from an unmotivated student in small-town Beacon, New York, to a nationally known figure who attracts attention wherever he goes. One lesson: Do it today, for tomorrow might not come?a hard lesson he learned while apprenticing at his father?s funeral home. In Undertaker?s Son, the irrepressible Phelps gives advice that really matters, whether it?s how to get getting ahead in business, make the right decision, or plan for the future. Here also is Phelps?s plan for a better America in these contentious times. Brutally honest, inspirational and often humorous, Phelps?s message will appeal to anyone seeking an edge in business or life. This is the perfect gift for anyone who loves a turnaround story.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Undertaker's Son: Life Lessons From a Coach
• Publisher: The Lyons Press, Guiford, Connecticut, U.S.A.
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1599212099
• ISBN 13: 9781599212098
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Basketball

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Synopsis

Head basketball coach of Notre Dame at age 29, a position he held for more than two decades with a 100 percent graduation rate, an attention-getting figure in President George H. W. Bush’s anti-drug program, part-time ambassador, a nationally adored ESPN commentator, and a possible Presidential candidate, Richard “Digger” Phelps has done it all. Undertaker’s Son is an eminently readable, inspirational, account of how he rose from an unmotivated student in small-town Beacon, New York, to a nationally known figure who attracts attention wherever he goes. One lesson: Do it today, for tomorrow might not come—a hard lesson he learned while apprenticing at his father’s funeral home. In Undertaker’s Son, the irrepressible Phelps gives advice that really matters, whether it’s how to get getting ahead in business, make the right decision, or plan for the future. Here also is Phelps’s plan for a better America in these contentious times. Brutally honest, inspirational and often humorous, Phelps’s message will appeal to anyone seeking an edge in business or life.
This is the perfect gift for anyone who loves a turnaround story.

About the Author

Richard “Digger” Phelps is the winningest men’s basketball coach in Notre Dame’s storied athletic history. He is now a basketball analyst for ESPN. As the White House director of Operation Weed and Seed, Digger leads a national effort to weed out violence and seed positive programs in the worst of neighborhoods, in addition to promoting mentoring and after-school programs.

 

Jack Colwell is a former longtime political columnist for the South Bend (Indiana) Tribune.