His high school football coaching career in the mid-1960s began like most others – with little fanfare, in relative anonymity and trial runs at three stops. In fact, at one school, he started a football program, only to see a Missouri River flood wipe out a full season. So talk about paying your dues. John… Read more »
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Ben Loeb
Back in the mid-1980s, anybody would have understood had Ben Loeb went off into the business world. After all, a marketing degree and an MBA were already in his back pocket. And yet there he was, on a college campus again and trying to earn a high school teaching certificate. You see, the ultimate goal… Read more »
Jill Nagel
In 2004, for the first time in her life, Jill Nagel had to watch a basketball season go on without her. She had starred for King City High School in the early 1990s, and then at William Jewell College, where, “after a quarterfinal conference tournament loss at Lindenwood,” she said, “I took off my jersey… Read more »
Rock Bridge High School Tennis Program
In a way, the tennis complex sitting behind Rock Bridge High School is an impressive site. After all, it’s here where they’ve install 12 — yes, 12 – courts and have done it right, with that blue and green colors like what you might find at the U.S. Open. A place fit for a queen… Read more »
Jim Scanlon
Some college graduates want to go straight to the big time after walking across the graduation stage. However, Jim Scanlon wasn’t afraid to start his career at the bottom of the coaching ladder. Nor was he allergic to rolling up his sleeves to get a job done. Call it a great road taken. Scanlon coached… Read more »