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Hometown victory, a coach's story of football, fate, and coming home, Keanon Lowe, with Justin Spizman

eng

autobiography

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non fiction

Hometown victory

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Keanon Lowe, with Justin Spizman

a coach's story of football, fate, and coming home

"Keanon Lowe was working as an offensive analyst for the San Francisco 49ers when his childhood friend and former high school teammate suddenly died from an opioid overdose. Keanon dropped everything--including the plum NFL job he had been working towards since childhood--leading him to a position as football coach at a struggling high school back in his hometown. At the time, Parkrose High School was in the middle of a 23-game losing streak--they were the ultimate underdogs. After two years, he pushed them to become conference champions, mentoring countless players along the way. But still, there was that nagging sense that his calling wasn't meant to stop there. He was at that school for a reason. In May 2019, he got his answer when a 19-year-old student entered a Parkrose classroom with a trench coat and shotgun. Keanon disarmed him and pulled the boy into a hug, telling him he cared. In the boy, Keanon saw himself, and the young men he grew up with or mentored along the way--and weren't so many of them just looking for acceptance, for comfort, for love?"--, Provided by publisher

Friday Night Lights: You're Always Auditioning for Something -- Losing a Brother: There's a Threat to Your Success Around Every Corner -- A Father's Final Lesson: Respect the Game -- Running the "9": Fate Rewards Showing Up -- QB1: Relish in the Greatness Around You -- Bad News Broncos: Mowing the Lawns at Parkrose High -- Commitment Day: Just Dial the Number -- The "Program": You Get What You Put into It -- Building Steam: Be Valuable in Everything You Do -- David versus Goliath: You Can't Win 'Em All -- An Angel in the Hallway: Love Is the Antidote to Hate -- A Ride to Remember: Don't Throw the Days Away