Coaches’ Blog

I believe that one of Aesop’s morals is that “a man is known by the company he keeps.”  If that is truly the case, then I’m truly impressed by those around me.  I’ve always felt that we I’ve been blessed with some amazing assistant coaches, but that fact hit me in the face like a […]

Nothing like a middle of the night, sleep-deprived blog post to keep it interesting.  Honestly though, I’m not too sleep-deprived…yet.  Echo’s a great kid.  He keeps us on our toes, but in the grand scheme of what he “could” be doing, he’s a dream.  I say this as he sleeps placidly in my lap.  If […]

Take a deep breath and hold it.  Keep holding it.  Keep going.  Almost there.  Just nine more months to hold your breath.  Seriously…nine months.  Sometimes, this is exactly how I feel every school year.  And Nationals is the moment right before I get to exhale, sigh, take a deep breath, and recharge.  You’d like to […]

Potential, chance, and what if’s. There’s nothing better? Think about it. Don’t we all pause as we’re about to scratch the last spot on our lottery tickets. We pause and think “If this last spot says $5,000 or if this last one is a cherry…” It’s its own natural high and I won’t lie, I’m […]

Wow.  It seems like only yesterday that I was writing up a post processing the whole year and making some new year’s resolutions.  I’m not 100% sure that I’m ready to do that again.  I may have to wait and do something like that next week.  I’ll be sure to make time. Ultimately, this winter […]

With less than a week until graduation I can’t help but look back on the last four years of my life.  This is the end of my fourth year as head coach at Tufts so this graduating class will represent the first class to spend all four years of their college career with me.  That’s […]

So I think that this should officially go down in history as the low point of this blog.  It will be the first (and hopefully only) time that I will draw a parallel between my life and a Shaquille O’Neal movie.  No, I’m not talking about Kazaam or Steel.  I wish I was, that would […]

“Why do we do what we do?  Why do we push myself to the edge each day?  Jut to step back and put ourselves there again the next day.  Why do we welcome the pain, agony, and struggle?  I’ll tell you why.  It’s because every Saturday we get the answer to the ultimate question.  Will […]

Last year marked the start of a new Tufts Track and Field tradition.  It was the 1st Annual Alumni Invitational where the programs alumni return to challenge the current athletes to a dual meet.  Being the first meeting of the two squads, we had light numbers on the alumni side.  As a result, we decided […]

Wow, it’s finals week already.  That came up pretty quick.  I imagine it felt even quicker to the athletes though.  Another semester in the bank.  To be honest, I was even surprised to see that it had already been a week since I posted on this blog.   We’ve had a great break up dinner […]