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Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Eighth-grader Ethan Isaac is looking forward to the soccer season, but he gets a shock when he finds out that their new coach is Ms. Brezinka, his tough seventh grade science teacher--some of the players quit the team, but Ethan does not have that option, and he soon learns that Ms. Brezinka is as demanding a soccer coach as she was a teacher.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Español
Description
"Hello, coaches! Young learners are introduced to this community helper in a beginning reader that's perfect for curious kids. Early readers will learn how coaches lead sports teams. Full color images and carefully leveled text highlight what coaches do, where they work, and how they help the community by teaching young athletes rules and skills. Part of the Seedlings series from Creative Education, this North American Spanish translation plants...
4) Leaving
Author
Series
Language
English
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Description
Bailey Flanigan leaves Bloomington after winning an audition for the ensemble of a Broadway musical in New York City. In order to be closer to his mother in jail, Cody takes a coaching job in a small community outside Indianapolis. But new friends, distance, and circumstances expose cracks in his relationship with Bailey.
5) Touchback
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Former high school football star turned farmer and family man, Scott Murphy finds himself with a unique opportunity to revisit his glory days during the Ohio state championship game where he permanently injured his knee in a game-winning play. Given a second shot at his destiny, Scott seeks counsel from Coach Hand, Scott's longtime mentor on and off the field, to help him decide whether to let his fate unfold, or follow a path that will change his...
Author
Series
My weird school daze volume 4
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
A new football coach arrives at school and, with help from an unexpected new team member, the Moose win a game.
7) The walk on
Author
Series
Triple threat (John Feinstein) volume 1
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
After moving to a new town his freshman year in high school, Alex Myers is happy to win a spot on the varsity team as a quarterback but must deal with idea of not playing for two years since the first-string quarterback is not only a local hero, he is also son of the corrupt head coach.
Author
Series
Triple threat (John Feinstein) volume 2
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"New kid Max Bellotti has the talent to lead The Lions basketball team straight to victory, but Max he also has a secret that could disrupt their winning streak once it's exposed"--
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"From a woman known as 'the Bill Belichick of cheerleading' (The Cut)--the breakout star of the Netflix series Cheer--a motivational and inspiring guide to becoming a champion in all areas of your life ... Monica Aldama shows how she built one of the most successful, beloved--and now also the most famous--cheerleading programs in the country. Coach Monica tells her story and shares her advice on leadership, achievement, resilience, and success. Her...
10) Radio
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
The story of the relationship between a prominent high school football coach in a small South Carolina town and the illiterate, mentally-challenged man nicknamed Radio whom he mentors. Although their friendship raises some eyebrows at first, Radio's growth under the coach's guidance ultimately inspires the local townsfolk.
11) Loving
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
In the fourth and final chapter of the series, Bailey's planning her dream wedding to Brandon Paul in Los Angeles, but doubts are wracking her mind. Did she make the right choice in choosing Brandon, or should she return home to Bloomington, Indiana, and be with Cody Coleman, her first love?
12) McFarland, USA
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Inspired by the 1987 true story, the movie follows novice runners from McFarland, an economically challenged town in California's farm-rich Central Valley, as they give their all to build a cross-country team under the direction of Coach Jim White, a newcomer to their predominantly Latino high school. With grit and determination, the unlikely band of runners eventually overcomes the odds to forge not only a championship cross-country team but an enduring...
13) The turnover
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
When a young basketball star decides to research his grandfather--and coach--for a school project, he uncovers a decades-old scandal that changes everything he thought he knew about his grandfather.
14) Eddie the Eagle
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Inspired by true events, it is a feel-good story about Michael 'Eddie' Edwards, an unlikely but courageous British ski-jumper who never stopped believing in himself, even as an entire nation was counting him out. With the help of a rebellious and charismatic coach, Eddie takes on the establishment and wins the hearts of sports fans around the world by making an improbable and historic showing at the 1988 Calgary Winter Olympics.
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Fueled by her years as an elite runner and advocate for women in sports, Lauren Fleshman offers her inspiring personal story and a rallying cry for reform of a sports landscape that is failing young female athletes Lauren Fleshman has grown up in the world of running: one of the most decorated collegiate athletes of all time and a national champion as a pro, she was a major face of women's running for Nike before leaving to shake up the industry...
17) Soar
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Moving to Hillcrest, Ohio, when his adoptive father accepts a temporary job, twelve-year-old Jeremiah, a heart transplant recipient, has sixty days to find a baseball team to coach.
Author
Series
My weirder-est school volume 10
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Batter up! A.J.'s class is going head-to-head against Dirk School in a charity softball game. The losing team must clean one of the toilets in the winning school with a toothbrush! Retired baseball pro Mr. Ott is here to lead Ella Mentry School to victory. But will his weird coaching tactics be a home run, or a swing and a miss?
19) Buzz kill
Author
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Seventeen-year-old Millie joins forces with her classmate, gorgeous but mysterious Chase Colton, to try to uncover who murdered head football coach "Hollerin' Hank" Killdare--and why.
20) Lone stars
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
When Coach Coop, a former star player for the Dallas Cowboys, starts exhibiting side effects from the many concussions he suffered while playing professionally, twelve-year-old wide receiver Clay Hollis becomes determined to help him get through the football season until Thanksgiving, when Coach plans to attend a ceremony honoring him and his former Super Bowl-winning teammates.
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