Coaching Players for Life
University of Michigan's John Beilein reflects on 40 years of mentoring young athletes.
Over the course of a career that now spans four decades, University of Michigan’s head basketball coach, John Beilein, has worked with over 100 student athletes. More than a dozen of them have found their way into the NBA.
Like many other coaches, Beilein has spent lots of time with the young men he coaches, and has tried to instill lessons not just about basketball, but about life and finding the path that’s best for each person.
This year, Beilein’s quest to empower his players to think critically about their decisions took a unique
