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The Best-Laid Plans of a High School Basketball CEO
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The Best-Laid Plans of a High School Basketball CEO: A Coach's Guide to Seeking & Securing, Building & Maintaining a Successful Program By Matt Kramer and Randy Montgomery
Randy and Matt have put together a great book for building a high school basketball program.
...This book would be an excellent read not only for high school basketball coaches,
but also for coaches of all sports and all leaders of young people.
This book is a great source of information for any coach
or interested reader about how to properly run a basketball program and lead young people. I personally have observed
many of the ideas in this book, especially during Randy's career. In my years of high school and professional sports, I have not found a better blueprint for success than that which
is presented in The Best-Laid Plans of a High School Basketball CEO.
Randy and Matt Kramer have put together a great tool for design and example in how to lead a high school basketball program from top to bottom.
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Evolution of the Premise
From the Chapter I ~ Evolution of the Premise
As the last of my players trudged out of the locker room, two dusky rays from high in the Canton Memorial Field House rafters cut through the silent darkness, casting a surreal
spotlight at the center of the court where ninety minutes earlier there had been pandemonium— an unbridled celebration three years in the making. Some of the silence from my usually
lively group was indicative of exhaustion—physical and emotional. But it was also a product of the fact that all of us were still trying to comprehend the fact that we had been a
part of perhaps the most dramatic ending in the history of any high school basketball championship game this side of Hoosiers.
I know that sounds like hyperbole, but I have spoken to hundreds of people who witnessed that game on March 10, 2007—some I know very well and some complete strangers—and a majority
say it was the most extraordinary ending to any game they have ever seen. Of course the readers can ultimately decide the game’s place in the annals of dramatic endings when they read
the specifics later in the book—or they can go to You Tube and watch the last 30 seconds of overtime and decide now. Either way, that’s not really the point to sharing the story.
In retrospect, the trip we earned on that night to Ohio’s Division-II “Sweet 16” was actually secondary to what came next.
Dragging our feet across the court toward the exit that led to our team bus, the entire group—players and coaches—stopped in unison at center court as if some unseen force within the
dim rays of light were holding us there. At first everyone seemed to simply be taking one final look around the arena we had just conquered; then, the moment turned into one of the
most special I have ever spent as the leader of a program.
As the rest of us huddled, bent down on one knee, held hands, and bowed our heads, Mike Husted—my assistant in charge of our post players, one of my best friends in the world and a
minister by trade— offered an impromptu offering of thanks. The half-court prayer was not witnessed by anyone outside of our basketball family—with the possible exception of a
custodian working in the recesses of the upper deck of the two-tiered venerable Field House—but it was one of the most authentically spiritual experiences of my life. Here was a
group of ‘average kids’ who had fought through a rebuilding project—one that included two seasons of struggling that would have caused many high school athletes to find a new
hobby—and stuck together to realize a great vision. The moment was anything but average.
Yes, the winning was intoxicating, but I knew something much stronger than winning had brought us to that moment. It was the relationships we had built and the growth of the players
into young men during the journey that turned the night into a script straight from heaven. For the first time in my career, I fully realized the gravity of my responsibility as the
leader of a public high school basketball program.
As we broke our ‘family’ huddle and continued to the exit, my top assistant—and one of my best friends in the world—Tim Vick said, “Matt, you blew it. You should have written a book
about how you rebuilt this program, because tonight would have been the perfect ending.”
Little did Tim know it then, but his comment was the perfect push at the perfect time. It was a real-life rags-to-riches story—complete with the made-for-television ending—leading to
an era of success born out of the hard work and perseverance of hometown kids that truly lifted an entire community. With that little push from Tim Vick, I decided to go to work in the
spring of 2007 organizing years of self-reflective writing with the idea that I would, perhaps, write a book.
Early in the process, I realized there wouldn’t be much of an audience outside the Fairless community for a book solely about my 2007 team’s ‘Rockyesque’ rise to a “Sweet-16”.
Likewise, I knew I didn’t have a surefire formula for rebuilding every public high school basketball program. Regardless, I held firmly to the idea there was a book idea somewhere
in the experience that would be compelling to other leaders, so I pressed on and sought to find it.
As I continued my work, I had many people ask me—including friends and family—what made me think my book could be successful. Since I had never written to please anyone but myself,
I didn’t initially have an answer to that question; upon thinking it through, here’s what I came up with:
During my career I have read every book that was written by the legendary John Wooden. I have studied and digested the words in books written by my favorite coach—former Chicago
Bulls and Los Angeles Lakers coach Phil Jackson. I have read Dean Smith’s words, Mike Krzyzewski’s words, and the words of countless other world-famous coaches from a variety of
sports—all of whom coached, or are now coaching, on a much grander stage than one upon which I am ever likely to coach.
Every one of the coaches I have read is amazing in his accomplishments and contributions to his respective professional or collegiate sports, and I have gained many insights from
the words they put in print. But they are also coaching in a far different environment under a completely different set of dynamics than the ones under which I operate as a public
high school head basketball coach.
So here’s the question: Where is the book written by a public high school head basketball coach that is geared for someone like me—a book that gives advice and offers stories of
experiences similar to mine for me to learn from—written by someone who is dealing with essentially the same rules and circumstances with which I deal? The answer to that question
was simple: There really is no such book.
So I set out to write a book that would be useful for coaches working in public school programs all over the country—from head high school coach on down to those important people who
coach in youth programs. My initial vision had me pushing the text toward a how-to manual, and I felt like my eight years as a head coach—at the time I started this project— and my
ten years as an assistant had lent me plenty of relevant experiences to share. But I also knew that I didn’t have all the answers. Undeterred, I continued to work on the framework of
the book while I sought a way to make it a coaching and leadership read that would reach the masses. All along, the answer was right in front of me.
Synopsis
A leadership book, a book that offers tips on how to run a sports program from kindergarten through high school, an inspirational underdog story—The Best-Laid Plans of a High School
Basketball CEO is all of the above and more. Here's a sample:
Matt Kramer's boys' basketball team from Navarre Fairless High School was perhaps the worst in the Canton (Ohio) area, finishing 3-19 in 2004; in 2005, he was sitting on a coaching
“hot seat” at 0-12 in the middle of January. His program and his career were left for dead...
...Twenty-six months later, Coach Kramer was standing on a ladder in the Canton Memorial Field House cutting down the nets after his Fairless team won the prestigious
Canton Division-II District Championship Game in overtime and earned a spot in Ohio's Division-II “Sweet-16”.
Miracle? No, it happened with hard work, a little luck, and the mentoring of a legendary 500-win coach, Randy Montgomery—ideas that are now shared here in The Best-Laid Plans of a
High School Basketball CEO.
How credible are the plans offered in the book? Try the names John Wooden and Bob Huggins. That's right. Many of the ideas were guided by UCLA's legendary “Wizard of Westwood” and the
current, ultra-successful, West Virginia University Head Men's Basketball Coach in conversations and professional dealings with Randy Montgomery. Other parts were developed through
indirect contact with some of the best college and professional coaches in the country. And another aspect came from some of the best high school coaches in the State of Ohio.
But the final product—the methods, suggestions, stories and ideas shared in the book—evolved out of the discussions Randy Montgomery had as a mentor to Matt Kramer, and the results
the ideas from those discussions produced during the course of their careers.
The fact is, the ideas offered in The Best Laid Plans would be invaluable to any coach or leader, but it is the human element evident in the stories that go with those ideas—true
tales of inspiring successes and gut-wrenching disappointment—that set this book apart from the average “how-to” manual and make it a compelling read for a much wider audience.
From basketball coaches to coaches of other sports, leaders of youth organizations, parents and the casual fan, The Best-Laid Plans of a High School Basketball CEO offers a locker
room pass into one of the world's most misunderstood professions.
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"... As the state tournaments and March Madness have come to a close, the job carousel starts to turn. The Best-Laid Plans offers two chapters that give insights on the interviewing
process and evaluating a job. There are examples of successful interviewing ideas that resulted in coaches accepting jobs and going on to success; but there is also an example ofwhat
happens when a coach ignores caveats and accepts a job that is clearly wrong for him.
All of the stories shared here are meant to be useful for coaches at all stages of their careers. However, our greatest hope is that eventually this blog becomes a community of coaches
who will be willing to share their own stories for the good of the coaching profession. Over time, we hope this site becomes a place for coaches to network and become helpful friendly
colleagues. ...” BookList
"... Randy and Matt have put together a great book for building a high school basketball program. ...This book would be an excellent read not only for high school basketball coaches,
but also for coaches of all sports and all leaders of young people. ..." from the Foreword by Bob Huggins
"... This book is a great source of information for any coach or interested reader about how to properly run a basketball program and lead young people. I personally have observed
many of the ideas in this book, especially during Randy's career. In my years of high school and professional sports, I have not found a better blueprint for success than that which
is presented in The Best-Laid Plans of a High School Basketball CEO. ..." Dean Chance • 1964 Cy Young Award Winning Pitcher • All-Ohio and State Champion Basketball Player
"... I came to know Randy very well while recruiting one of his players. He runs as good a program as I have seen throughout the country. Randy and Matt Kramer have put together a great
tool for design and example in how to lead a high school basketball program from top to bottom. The Best-Laid Plans comes to you with my highest recommendation. ..." Brad Brownell • Head Men's Basketball Coach • Clemson University
Born the son of a basketball coach on July 16, 1969, Matt Kramer spent his childhood in a gym by Dan Kamer's side watching him run the program at Archbishop Hoban High School in Akron
(Ohio). Kramer went on to play at Hoban, graduating in 1987, then went on to a two-year career as an NCAA Division-III collegiate basketball player at The College of Wooster for
legendary coach Steve Moore.
After transferring to Mount Union College in the fall of 1989, he incurred a back injury that ended his playing career and sent him down a career path
in coaching and education. Married to his wife Christine since 1996 and father of three—sons Luke and Landon, and daughter Olivia—Matt Kramer shares ideas and stories here that
range from being inspirational to heart-breaking, illustrating the roller-coaster ride a twenty-one-year career in coaching can be.
After working for ten years as an assistant, the last seven of those as an upper-level assistant to the highly successful Henry Cobb at Canton South High School, Matt Kramer was
hired into his first head-coaching position in the summer of 2000 by Navarre Fairless High School, where he initially found success as the leader of his own program.
After his teams earned one conference championship (2002) and two second-place finishes (2001; 2003) in his first three seasons at the helm, Kramer's program at Fairless fell on hard times, forcing
him to take an active role in rebuilding his own program from the ground up.
Committing to a special group of young players after a 3-19 finish to the 2003-04 season, Kramer nurtured his program from rock bottom to the State of Ohio's Division-II “Sweet-16”
in 2007 when his team won the prestigious Canton Division-II District Championship Game with one of the most compelling final nine seconds of an overtime in the annals of high school
basketball.
The next season, his 2007-08 Fairless team followed up with a 17-5 record, leading to an opportunity for Coach Kramer to return home as the head coach at Canton South High
School—the place where he had served seven years as an apprentice to his mentor Henry Cobb.
If the journey at Fairless served as the perfect example of hard work and the best-laid plans leading to success, then the Canton South experience shows how nothing in life is
guaranteed. Now in the 19th year of his career as an English teacher, Matt Kramer is serving as an assistant to his co-author, mentor, and close friend, Randy Montgomery, at North
Canton Hoover High School as he waits for his next opportunity to lead a program.
A Hall-of-Fame high school basketball coach, and a disciple and close friend of West Virginia University head coach Bob Huggins, Randy Montgomery has spent over three decades using
his innovative approach to lead two high school programs—Wooster Triway and North Canton Hoover—to elite status.
After three seasons as an assistant on Coach Huggins' first staff at Walsh College, Montgomery spent his first 19 years as a head coach leading his program at Triway to a 343-95 record,
twelve straight conference championships, six District Championships, and two trips to Ohio's Final Four (1988; 1991). In 2002, he accepted the job at North Canton Hoover High School
where he led his 2004 team to a 20-0 record and the State of Ohio's Division-I AP Poll Championship, earning him his second Ohio Coach of the Year Award (1991).
In The Best-Laid Plans of a High School Basketball CEO, Randy Montgomery shares many of the ideas, methods and stories that have led to his hall-of-fame career and more.
A 1978 graduate of Youngstown State University—where he played basketball and baseball—Randy Montgomery has built a dynamic career while keeping family the number one thing in his
life. Married to his wife Becky in 1985, Montgomery is the father of three daughters—Annie (24), Erin (21) and Leigh (18). Over the years, basketball has been woven firmly into the
family fabric, as “a night out” has often centered around one of Randy's games, and even family vacations include a basketball stop along the way.
One of those stops for Randy and Becky Montgomery was the home of legendary UCLA coach John Wooden in the summer of 1995. The Montgomery's met Coach Wooden through a mutual friend,
1968 Cy Young Award winning pitcher Dean Chance, who is from Wayne County, Ohio—where Montgomery spent the first 19 years as a head coach.
Coach Wooden became close friends of Randy and Becky Montgomery over the years and a major influence on Randy's coaching career—at the heart of that influence was the affirmation that family should be the most important thing
in a coach's life.
The support of his family has enabled Randy Montgomery to earn the 500-plus career victories, sixteen league titles, seven district titles, two trips to the State of Ohio's
“Final Four”, two Ohio High School Coach-of-the-Year Awards, and all of the special moments that have come during his hall-of-fame career.
• Authors:Matt Kramer and Randy Montgomery • Format: eBook & Book • Book Edition Number of Pages: 180 ~ 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.6 inches • File Size: 509 KB • Browse Duration in Minutes: 60 • Wireless Delivery: Included within a minute of placing your order • Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited • Lending: Enabled • Text-to-Speech: Enabled • Publisher: Dog Ear Publishing, LLC ~ First edition • Publishing Date: NEW ON February 6, 2012 • eBook Edition: NEW ON March 28, 2012 • Book Edition Binding: Paperback • Book Edition Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces • Language: English
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