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Sportsmanship Coach
Sportsmanship Coach is a transformative guide aimed at reshaping the world of sports through the power of character, respect, and community. This book introduces the vital role of the Sportsmanship Coach a changemaker who empowers young athletes to become champions of integrity, fairness, and unity, moving the focus from winning at all costs to playing with purpose.
In today’s competitive sports landscape, where victories often overshadow values, Sportsmanship Coach offers a hopeful vision and practical roadmap for cultural change. It highlights how coaches, parents, teachers, and community leaders can mentor youth to reflect deeply on what sportsmanship truly means, uncover their unique talents, and lead creative projects that inspire respect and positive leadership on and off the field.
Through powerful tools like the Athlete Focus Survey, the book helps athletes discover their passions, recognize their strengths, and channel their energy into meaningful actions from artistic expressions and community outreach to peer mentorship and advocacy campaigns. It emphasizes that culture does not change by chance but requires intentional leadership and collaboration across teams, schools, and communities.
More than a manual, Sportsmanship Coach is a call to action for anyone invested in sports to embrace a new mindset: one where competition fosters growth, inclusion, and mutual respect, and where every athletic interaction is a chance to build peace and unity.
If you believe in sports as a force for good, this book will inspire you to become part of a move men tone coach, one athlete, and one community at a time to lead the shift towards a culture that values character above all else.
Woodrow Cooley Greene
Woodrow Cooley Greene (Coach Woody) is a proud Flint, MI native and graduate of Michigan State University. He is a dedicated leader in civic engagement and philanthropy, known for building strong relationships with decision-makers across businesses, community organizations, governments, healthcare institutions, schools, universities, and youth sports programs. His ability to connect with diverse stakeholders has been instrumental in driving initiatives that promote equity, teamwork, and leadership. With a deep background in strategic partnerships and stakeholder collaboration, Coach Woody has spent his career fostering programs that create meaningful social impact through both corporate and community foundation philanthropy.
In 1995, after witnessing a news report about a fight between two high school girls’ basketball teams, Coach Woody felt compelled to take action. Combining his passion for youth development with his expertise in violence prevention, he launched a league-wide sportsmanship conference for 120 students within just three months. The initiative used creative, youth-driven activities to inspire sportsmanship and positive behavior. This experience ignited a lifelong mission to promote integrity, leadership, and sportsmanship through education, training, and community programs work he believes is God’s purpose for his life.
Over the years, Coach Woody has designed and facilitated numerous sportsmanship conferences, parent training sessions, and academic courses on community service in sports within Sport Management programs at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and St. John Fisher College in Rochester, NY.
As a co-author of Freedom to Play: The Life and Times of Basketball’s African-American Pioneers, Newspaper In Education Teachers Guide (in collaboration with the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame and Springfield Union-News, 2001), and as an organizer of various basketball-related events, Coach Woody has helped shape conversations on fair play and character-building in sports.
Beyond his professional endeavors, Coach Woody is a devoted son of Agnes Elaine Greene, a loving husband to Rhonda Dione for 30 years, and a proud father of two adult children, Phalen Ellese and Nygel Dallas. Committed to fostering positive change both on and off the court, he continues to advocate for teamwork, respect, and the unifying power of sports in communities.
Sportsmanship Coach
Sportsmanship Coach is a transformative guide aimed at reshaping the world of sports through the power of character, respect, and community. This book introduces the vital role of the Sportsmanship Coach a changemaker who empowers young athletes to become champions of integrity, fairness, and unity, moving the focus from winning at all costs to playing with purpose.
