num_pages: 280
description: Head basketball coach of Notre Dame at age 29 a position he held for more than two decades with a 100 percent graduation rate an attention-getting figure in President George H. W. Bushs anti-drug program part-time ambassador a nationally adored ESPN commentator and a possible Presidential candidate Richard Digger Phelps has done it all. Undertakers Son is an eminently readable inspirational account of how he rose from an unmotivated student in small-town Beacon New York to a nationally known figure who attracts attention wherever he goes. One lesson: Do it today for tomorrow might not comea hard lesson he learned while apprenticing at his fathers funeral home. In Undertakers Son the irrepressible Phelps gives advice that really matters whether its how to get getting ahead in business make the right decision or plan for the future. Here also is Phelpss plan for a better America in these contentious times. Brutally honest inspirational and often humorous Phelpss message will appeal to anyone seeking an edge in business or life.This is the perfect gift for anyone who loves a turnaround story.
language: English
title: Undertaker's Son: Life Lessons from a Coach
publisher: Lyons Press