I WOULD LIKE TO WISH AMBER THE BEST OF LUCK IN HER BEING NAMED THE GIRLS COACH AT FCHS
OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS I HAVE LEARNED SO MUCH ABOUT MYSELF THAT I DIDN'T KNOW FIRST I
DIDN'T KNOW THE BASKETBALL WAS ROUND BUT I DID KNOW TO PUT FIVE PLAYERS ON THE FLOOR
BUT FOR THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW ME. LET ME GIVE YOU A FEW THINGS THAT I DO KNOW ABOUT
MYSELF.
1) WAS AN ASSISTANT FOR A NCAA COLLEGE BASKETBALL HALL A FAME MEMBER THAT HIRED ME
2) WHILE AT MOTLOW SENT 7 PLAYERS TO FINISH THEIR CAREER AT D1 SCHOOLS STILL HOLD THE RECORD FOR MOST WINS IN A YEAR STILL HAVE PLAYERS IN TOP 10 IN SEVERAL CATEGORIES ALSO STARTED THE SOFTBALL PROGRAM
3 ) IN SECOND YEARS AT LINCOLN CO WE WERE IN DISTRICT CHAMPIONSHIP GOT BEAT BY A TEAM THAT WENT TO STATE
4)AT GRUNDY COUNTY I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT I WAS THE LONGEST RUNNING COACH 10 OR 11 YEARS AND UNTIL THIS YEAR ONLY COACH TO GO TO BACK TO BACK REGIONS IN BOYS BASKETBALL
5) AFTER 30 YEARS OF COACHING THAT'S NOT BAD RECORD (LEFT OUT THE YEARS IN SOUTH DAKOTA)
6) YES IT WAS MY JOB IF I WANTED IT BUT I FELT IT WAS MORE IMPORTANT TO STAY WITH A TEAM
THAT HAS WORK HARD THE LAST TWO YEARS TO CHANGE THE CULTURE OF THE SOFTBALL
PROGRAM, YES LOOK AT THE WINS AND LOSES LAST YEARS SENIOR WON MORE GAMES IN ONE
YEAR THEN THEY DID IN THE PREVIOUS 3 YEARS IS IT WINNING SEASON NO BUT I AM AS PROUD
OF THEM AS I WOULD OF BEEN IF THEY 20 GAMES . THAT'S SOMETHING OTHER COACHES MIGHT
UNDERSTAND AND JUST IN CASE YOU HAVEN'T FIGURED OUT WHO THIS IS MY NAME IS COACH
MIKE HOLT I REFUSED TO HIDE BEHIND A NAME
PS I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH COACH AMBER GEORGE GILLIAM!!!