A Coach and a Miracle by Jim Johnson

A Coach and a Miracle by Jim Johnson

On February 15, 2006, an autistic high student stunned the world when he entered a basketball game in the dying minutes and proceeded to shoot the lights out. CBS, ESPN, CN and major news outlets around the world picked up the story, the YouTube video got millions of hits, and the world was fascinated with everything to do with Jason McElwain (J-Mac). But the story began long before he took the court that night at Greece Athena High School in Rochester, New York. This is the story of an incredible relationship between a high school student and his basketball coach. Coach Jim Johnson s sense of compassion led him to give an autistic, learning disabled team manager a once-in-a-lifetime chance -- and how that boy seized the opportunity in such a stupendous way will not be forgotten anytime soon. This is a story about an event that the coach rates as a genuine, modern-day miracle. It is an important book for sports fans and for people who need to believe that miracles can still happen. It also reinforces the value of applying passion, goal-setting, perseverance and teamwork to any of life s endeavors.

Johnson, Jim: - Jim graduated from Auburn University in 1959 with a degree in Aeronautical Engineering. He retired from the Air Force in 1986 as a Colonel while serving as Director of the Aero Propulsion Laboratory at Wright-Patterson AFB in Dayton, Ohio. After a 16-year second career, he retired in 2002 as Director of Space and Missile Systems for Sverdrup Technology, Inc. at Arnold Engineering Development Center in Tennessee. He and his wife, Fran, have traveled extensively internationally, including journeys to Europe, Asia, and Africa; as well as North and South America. Jim accepted Jesus as his Lord and Savior on July 4, 1950, in Calvary Baptist Church near Enterprise, Alabama. As his career took them to various locations, he and Fran have served in churches from Maryland to California and Florida to Ohio. Jim and Fran live near Winchester, Tennessee and are members of the First Baptist Church in Tullahoma, Tennessee.

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ISBN 13	9780984131877
ISBN 10	0984131876
Title	A Coach and a Miracle
Author	Jim Johnson
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Publisher	Wellspring
Year published	2011-03-15
Number of pages	208
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