Looking back on his time with Lindsay Meggs – who could infuriate and uplift him, sometimes on the same day – Tim Hairston has an unshakable conclusion.
“He’s the greatest believer I’ve ever met,’’ he said.
Hairston played on Meggs’ breakthrough Chico State teams in the mid-1990s and coached under him when the Wildcats won the 1999 Division II national title, one of two by Meggs. He watched how Meggs, emphasizing – and embodying – such qualities as discipline and grit, built a powerhouse at a school that had won just seven games the year before he took over.