Do You See Me
Stories about being seen—in life, in sport, and everywhere in between.
I’ve spent 30 years working with special needs kids and coaching basketball.
These are the stories that stayed with me—about people, moments, and what it really means to see someone.
The next month or so, every few days I’ll be breaking down the behind-the-scenes of how I wrote Fever Dreams, and what goes into writing a book that would seem to exist in its own hemisphere. Check my Behind the Music stuff, I think you’ll find it fascinating how a book like this comes to be.
What an 0-10 Season Taught Me
In my first week at a new high school, an announcement came over the PA: the Senior Girls’ Basketball team didn’t have a head coach. If no staff member volunteered, the season would be cancelled.
I had coached middle school boys before. I had never coached girls.
I volunteered anyway.
That first season was 2004. The WNBA was in its young prime. Sue Bird. Diana Taurasi. The women’s game was growing. But in our gym, we were just trying to score.
We went 0–10.
Our closest shot at a win? We led 4–2 after the first quarter against the second-worst team in our conference.
And yet, it remains one of my favorite coaching seasons.
Coaching girls was different.
