A year later the Dukes received another NCAA tournament bid after playing in the CAA title game for the fifth time in six years. You've got to get kids to put team success ahead of personal success and how to go about achieving that is teaching in itself. The intricacies of the game of soccer is all about teaching. Soccer is not a coaches' game on game day. You see the fruit of your labor in the game when the kids are making good decisions.
Sports is a microcosm of society.
The kids get a lot of things from athletics that prepare them for the real world, but they may not have a clue about recognizing it at the time they are here. He coached the last seven seasons at Northern Illinois, which reinstated baseball in 1991 after discontinuing the program in 1982. McFarland has coached more than 50 pitchers who signed professional contracts, including Kevin Brown of the 1997 World Series Champion Florida Marlins. He has written pitching books, Developing Pitchers and Coaching Pitchers. The Dukes will return six starters, including Aaron Sams, among 18 letter winners from last year's 31-26 team.