Legacy of Maggie Dixon (eBook)

A Leader on the Court and in Life

Jack Grubbs (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2018
248 Seiten
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-5381-1449-0 (ISBN)

Infos

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.

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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. 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.

Autor

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.

Inhalt

AcknowledgmentsPrefaceForeword by Jim and Marge Dixon, Jamie Dixon, and Julie Dixon SilvaChapter 1: OvertimeChapter 2: Fortress on the HudsonChapter 3: The Search BeginsChapter 4: The Bruno ConnectionChapter 5: The Search EndsChapter 6: First Win of the SeasonChapter 7: Of Carrots, Sticks, and SlatesChapter 8: The Unfolding SeasonChapter 9: AdversityChapter 10: Big MoChapter 11: A Season Ending WellChapter 12: March MadnessChapter 13: Championship Day at West PointChapter 14: Women in the ArenaChapter 15: One Basket at a TimeChapter 16: Thirteen Seconds to EuphoriaChapter 17: The VolunteersChapter 18: Spring Returns to West PointChapter 19: See You on the CourtChapter 20: Leadership, Love, and LegacyEpilogue: To Support and DefendIndexAbout the Author

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.11.2018
• Zusatzinfo: 25 Illustrations including: - 25 Halftones, Black & White including Black & White Photographs.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Sport ► Ballsport ► Basketball
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik
• Schlagworte: Army basketball • Basketball • basketball coach • cadets • Coach • DePaul University women's basketball • Inspirational • inspirational coach • Leadership • leadership in sports • Maggie Dixon • Maggie Dixon Classic • Magige Dixon • Motivation • sports biography • United States Military Academy • usma • West Point • West Point basketball • women's basketball • women's sports
• ISBN-10: 1-5381-1449-6 / 1538114496
• ISBN-13: 978-1-5381-1449-0 / 9781538114490