Castoffs to Champions - CANCELLED How a Team of No-Names Took on the Powerhouse of College Golf and Won It All. Twice.

by Gregory, Josh; Tripp, Bowden

• ISBN13: 9781623360603
• ISBN10: 1623360609
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2015-03-17
• Publisher: Rodale Books

Summary

In Castoffs to Champions, coach Josh Gregory (with the help of writer Tripp Bowden) tells the improbable, inspiring story of how he led the golf team at tiny commuter college Augusta State University—a team with virtually no budget, comprised mostly of players who weren't even recruited in their own home state or country—to upset victories over college golf's most powerful and prestigious schools en route to consecutive Division I National Championships (2010 and 2011), becoming the first team to repeat as champions since 1984–85. Castoffs to Champions is a story of a team forged as a sort of brotherhood and of the power of collective belief. And it's also about Coach Gregory's unorthodox but highly effective coaching methods, which empower young men to achieve beyond their abilities and, most important, to believe that the impossible can and does happen.

Author Biography

Josh Gregory was named the Golf Coaches Association of America’s National Coach of the Year in 2010 and 2011 after leading Augusta State to the first back-to-back college golf titles since Houston accomplished the feat in 1984–85. In his nine seasons at Augusta, Gregory produced 11 All-American selections. He is now the head men’s golf coach at Southern Methodist University, his alma mater.

Tripp Bowden is a writer, advertising executive, and former collegiate golfer whose first book, Freddie & Me (optioned for film in 2010), chronicled his experiences as the first full-time white caddie in the history of Augusta National Golf Club, home of the Masters.