Throughout my life, I've always thought of myself as an educator and have always worked in and around education. At the root of it, that's exactly what being a coach is. You must take any and every opportunity to impact others' lives by enriching them through education. There, of course, are many different avenues to do that, but I was blessed to spend my career doing it through softball. Had it not been for Title IX, I don't think softball becomes a major sport either at the high school or college level.
Softball was growing in popularity, and when I started, it was a great time to get into the sport.