Coach of a Different Color
One Man's Story of Breaking Barriers in Football
Published on 1. September 2020
Book
Paperback/Softback
240 pages
978-1-62922-122-9 (ISBN)
Description
Ray Greene was the first black football coach in Division I-A football. Coach of a Different Color tells the story of his childhood, his playing career, and his rise through the coaching ranks - from high school to college to the pros. The book will appeal to anyone interested in the history of football and in the important life lessons we can take from the story of his achievement.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
8 Halftones, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 231 mm
Width: 150 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
272 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-62922-122-9 (9781629221229)
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E-Book
09/2020
The University Of Akron Press
€30.49
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E-Book
09/2020
University of Akron Press
€30.49
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Person
Ray Greene was born and raised in Akron, Ohio. He graduated from the University of Akron, where he double-majored in English and Telecommunication and Health, Recreation, and Physical Education. He holds a Master's Degree in Education Administration and Supervision from the University of Miami and currently resides in Huntsville, Alabama. Greene, as well as being a Hall of Fame football player at Akron, participated in track, campus politics, theatre, and debate. He hosted "Musical Theater" on the campus radio station, and he has played jazz piano his entire life. Coaching was not in his plans after graduation. But circumstance, or perhaps divine intervention, propelled him into a profession previously unavailable to those of his race.