Pat Sullivan played for Gordie in the 60’s and was Gordie’s basketball coach at St. Francis and his right-hand-man in the Department of Athletics at St. Francis, working with Gordie for 35 years. Pat gives us great insight into Gordie’s ten...
Dan Sharp played football for Gordie at Joliet Catholic and Gordie saw superb coaching potential in Dan at a young age. Dan then took over the helm of Joliet Catholic football when Gordie retired and became one of the greatest Illinois high school football coaches of...
Mike Spinozzi was an all-American baseball player at the University of St. Francis and became president of Sally Beauty. He gives us insight into how to apply Gordie’s Ten Commandments of coaching into leadership skills in business.
Gordie and my St. Francis teammates had a tremendous influence on me, also. We suffered through a lot of low times but I learned how to bounce back from defeat through Gordie’s coaching. I hope that I can pass onto the young men I coach the same type of life-long...
Ah! The “Great One.” Well, I’ve been teaching and coaching at Gordon Tech High School in Chicago for lots of years. I try to pattern my practices after Gordie’s. I got the chance to visit with him twice in the last month at St. Francis. He is an amazing man. He still...