The Legacy of Maggie Dixon

A Leader on the Court and in Life

Jack Grubbs (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

248 Seiten

2018
Rowman & Littlefield (Verlag)
978-1-5381-1448-3 (ISBN)

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Maggie Dixon, a 28-year old women’s basketball coach at the United States Military Academy, led the West Point team to its first appearance in the NCAA basketball tournament—and died suddenly four weeks later. This book profiles a woman whose enthusiasm, affirmation, hard work, and determination inspired not only her players but friends and family.

Maggie Dixon, a 28-year-old women’s basketball coach at the United States Military Academy, led the West Point team to its first appearance in the NCAA Basketball Tournament. Four weeks later, Maggie died suddenly, leaving behind a devastated family and a group of heartbroken players. Despite their tragic loss, friends, family, and team members took comfort in knowing that the values Maggie instilled in themselves and others would live on.

In The Legacy of Maggie Dixon: A Leader on the Court and in Life, Jack Grubbs looks at the remarkable accomplishments of this young woman. Drawing on interviews with Maggie’s brother, friends, colleagues, and student players, Grubbs provides an engaging portrait of a woman who achieved the pinnacle in her sport through hard work, determination, and enthusiasm, attributes that continue to inspire those who knew her.

In addition to chronicling the events surrounding her golden season at West Point, the book offers a study in the power of inspirational leadership that Maggie embodied. The Legacy of Maggie Dixon captures the wonderful impact she had on those around her in such a short amount of time.

Jack Grubbs enlisted in the United States Army at eighteen and retired thirty-nine years later as a brigadier general. His military assignments included two tours of combat duty in Vietnam, company command in the 82nd Airborne Division, battalion command, and service on the West Point faculty, eventually being selected as Professor and Department Head, Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering. While at West Point, he worked as the “Officer Representative” for soccer and for men’s basketball. Since retiring from military service, Grubbs has spoken on the topics of leadership, ethics and team-building to organizations ranging in size from less than twenty to multi-billion dollar corporations. Grubbs has written five books, including Leadership: Taking the High Road and The Voice Heard around the World.

Acknowledgments
Preface
Foreword by Jim and Marge Dixon, Jamie Dixon, and Julie Dixon Silva
Chapter 1: Overtime
Chapter 2: Fortress on the Hudson
Chapter 3: The Search Begins
Chapter 4: The Bruno Connection
Chapter 5: The Search Ends
Chapter 6: First Win of the Season
Chapter 7: Of Carrots, Sticks, and Slates
Chapter 8: The Unfolding Season
Chapter 9: Adversity
Chapter 10: Big Mo
Chapter 11: A Season Ending Well
Chapter 12: March Madness
Chapter 13: Championship Day at West Point
Chapter 14: Women in the Arena
Chapter 15: One Basket at a Time
Chapter 16: Thirteen Seconds to Euphoria
Chapter 17: The Volunteers
Chapter 18: Spring Returns to West Point
Chapter 19: See You on the Court
Chapter 20: Leadership, Love, and Legacy
Epilogue: To Support and Defend
Index
About the Author

Erscheinungsdatum	03.11.2018
Verlagsort	Lanham, MD
Sprache	englisch
Maße	161 x 235 mm
Gewicht	503 g
Themenwelt	Sport ► Ballsport ► Basketball
ISBN-10	1-5381-1448-8 / 1538114488
ISBN-13	978-1-5381-1448-3 / 9781538114483
Zustand	Neuware