Introduction

Introduction: The story behind the story. In the winter of 2002, a dear friend of mine, Ed Flaherty, whom I have known since our early days in the Young Presidents Organization (YPO), told me a story. It was, in its barest essence, the story you are about to read. :: CONTINUE ::

Foreward by John Gagliardi, College football's all-time winningest coach

Over the course of my career, I have had the pleasure of coaching thousands of young men. As any coach will tell you, they are all special. A few select individuals, however, inevitably end up occupying a unique place in their heart. For me, one of those players is Bill Mehrens – one of the principal characters in Coached for Life. :: CONTINUE ::

Prologue

Michael Pecarovich’s concluding remarks at the end of the season football banquet were remarkably prescient. In fact, it could said they deviated in only two minor ways. First, whereas Alonzo Stagg said he would not know whether a season was truly successful for 15 or 20 years, it took Mehrens and McMahon a full 40 years to appreciate the full depth of all they had achieved during those precious 77 days in the summer and fall of 1962. :: CONTINUE ::

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