Michael Shortt

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Michael Shortt

Michael Shortt

@CoachShortt11

Retired High School Football Coach with 36 years experience. 21 as the Head Football Coach at CLEBURNE County High !! High School Football Alabama!!

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Adam Schefter
Adam Schefter@AdamSchefter·
The NFL announced a partnership with TMRW Sports, the company behind golf's TGL, to develop a professional flag football league for men and women that will be backed by all 32 teams. More via @joshweinfuss: espn.com/nfl/story/_/id…
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The Winning Difference
The Winning Difference@thewinningdiff1·
"We show up with the confidence of a program that's championship-caliber, but we also show up nightly with the desperation of people that feel like they haven't won anything with that chip on their shoulder." The greatest teams have a lot to accomplish but nothing to prove.
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Gene Chizik
Gene Chizik@CoachGeneChizik·
Everybody wants the shortcut; the new strategy for quicker success. Here's how it works....athletes become great by doing the same boring things over 1000's of times. And that's it 💯💯....🤷🏼‍♂️ #WordsofChizdom
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Jay Bilas
Jay Bilas@JayBilas·
Hey NCAA, us more about players that don’t show “loyalty,” don’t want to go through “adversity” and how player movement impacts stability. Tell us more about “tampering” and “poaching.” The Coaches Portal is ALWAYS open. Funny how silent coaches and administrators are about that.
On3@On3

BREAKING: NC State head basketball coach Will Wade is expected to leave for LSU, @PeteNakos and @JoeTipton report. on3.com/news/where-thi…

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Skip Holtz
Skip Holtz@CoachSHoltz·
Thank you to everyone who attended the Funeral and made the walk. It was cold, windy and snowing but it was a special moment in the Holtz Family life.
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Scott Van Pelt
Scott Van Pelt@notthefakeSVP·
Been at ESPN a long time - this one was an all timer. Before social media, it was as viral as a story can be. I watched it on a tape in the news room. I couldn’t stop watching his teammates.
Dr. Lemma@DoctorLemma

19 years ago, a high school basketball coach put his team manager into a game for the final four minutes. The kid had never played a single minute of competitive basketball in his life. He scored 20 points. Jason McElwain was diagnosed with severe autism at age two. He didn’t speak until he was five. He couldn’t chew solid food until he was six. He wore a nappy for most of his early childhood. As a baby, he was rigid, wouldn’t make eye contact, and hid in corners away from other children. He tried out for his school basketball team every year and got cut every time. Too small. Too slight. Barely 5’6 and about 54 kilograms. But he loved the game so much that his mum called the school and asked if there was any way he could be involved. The coach created a team manager role for him. For three years, McElwain showed up to every practice and every game. He wore a shirt and tie on match days. He ran drills, handed out water, kept stats, and cheered every basket like he’d scored it himself. On 15 February 2006, the last home game of his final school year, the coach let him suit up in a proper jersey and sit on the bench. With four minutes left and a comfortable lead, the coach sent him in. His first shot missed. His second missed. Then something shifted. He hit a three-pointer. Then another. Then another. His teammates stopped shooting entirely and just kept passing him the ball. He hit six three-pointers and a two-pointer. 20 points in four minutes. The highest scorer in the game. When the final buzzer went, the entire crowd rushed the court and lifted him onto their shoulders. His mum tapped the coach on the shoulder, in tears. “This is the nicest gift you could have ever given my son.” McElwain won the ESPY Award for Best Moment in Sports that year, beating out some of the biggest names in professional sport. He’s 36 now. He works at a local supermarket, coaches basketball, has run 17 marathons including five Boston Marathons, and travels the country speaking about never giving up. When asked about that night, his coach still gets emotional. “For him to come in and seize the moment like he did was certainly more than I ever expected. I was an emotional wreck.”

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Chris Low
Chris Low@Clowfb·
Impossible to think that it will be 40 years ago in June that we lost one of the most incredible basketball talents to ever grace the hardwood. His death at such a young age still hits hard. Will forever be grateful that I got to see him play live. Was truly spectacular.
Fastbreak Hoops@FastbreakHoops5

Len Bias was a PROBLEM 🥶

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