Breathe and Believe: Author Edition

By Arthur Wiggins

Athletics. Boosters. Media . Each feeds off the others. In the ever-changing world of intercollegiate athletics, millions of dollars and hundreds of lives can rest on a single decision. Ron Hill , a successful but ruthless basketball coach, is locked in a power struggle to control the direction of the athletic department at American Midwest University. At issue is trying to survive as a basketball first school or invest scarce money to upgrade the football program in hopes of joining a conference with a more lucrative TV rights contract. When a budget crisis temporarily places women's athletic director Dr. Tara Gantt in charge, she faces nemesis Hill but also must overcome the budget deficit he helped create and an NCAA investigation triggered by a booster embezzling public funds. Gantt is on the clock not only to preserve her life's work but to secure the coveted athletic director job before Chancellor Neil McMillan succumbs to cancer. Marketing guru Bruce McDermott - who also aspires the top job - must choose sides carefully as backing the unsuccessful candidate likely will cost his job. Amid the NCAA investigation, he learns that lover Kathleen Taylor - an Athletic Department co-worker - has been secretly involved in payoffs and illicit videotaping. Manipulating the Athletic Committee for personal gain are team physician Dr. Vance Nelson , alum and ex-NBA player turned car dealer Tom Bufkin , and Jeremy Price , co-owner of Price Brothers Design-Build which has an uncanny knack for being low bidder on AMU construction projects. At another level, women's basketball coach Julie Godwin , sports information professional Jack Carter and a host of other staff members work to find love and redefine their careers due to budget cuts. They all have different goals but there is one constant. They all BREATHE AND BELIEVE .

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0DFCHCWND
• ISBN13: 9798335477857
• Release Date: August 2024
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 358 Pages
• Dimensions: 9.2" x 1.1" x 6.2"