Chapter 45

And then there was the new assistant coach.

Or rather, Jo hopedthere was a new assistant coach. The previous one had moved on to coach his own college team somewhere in the Midwest. Jo knew the school had been interviewing applicants all summer long; for a while, Coach had sent out e-mails updating everyone on the team with details about the search.

As the field narrowed down, the e-mails grew more frequent, and Jo didn’t even bother reading them. Hello? He had other things on his mind in the middle of the summertime than school. He deleted them unread, even the last one that came in late August with the subject, Found a winner! Meet new assistant coach, Kevin Jones!