Backcourt: The Anatomy of a State Championship Season

Can you imagine coaching on the sidelines in a girls State Championship high school basketball game in a large NBA arena, down by one point, and the clock painfully ticking away with only 12 seconds left? Or, can you imagine the adrenalin rush when your starting guard hits a prayer of a shot with little time left, sealing the ultimate victory and prize in high school sports. Finally, can you beigin to imagine the pure and overwhelming joy as your team celebrates at mid-court in a wild dog pile, just seconds after the final buzzer sounds? Well, on March 14, 2008 I experienced all of these "topsy-turvey" emotions, and more, when my underdog high school girls basketball team rallied and came from behind to win the first ever California State Championship for St. Patrick-St. Vincent High School. My book, "Backcourt: The Anatomy of a State Championship Season", is a creative nonfictional story spanning 15 years of my coaching perseverance that always had winning the state championship as a major priority.