The Young Coach (Keith Barton's Travel Reads)

By Keith Barton

Texas high school football. A first coaching job. And a twenty-five-year-old who is about to discover that teaching leadership and learning it are two very different things.

The Young Coach is a funny, heartfelt coming-of-age leadership story from Keith Barton's Travel Reads(TM), a series of short, complete stories created for readers who want compelling fiction they can finish in a few hours.

At twenty-five, George Martin arrives at Bordelon High School in San Antonio, Texas, ready to coach football. He sought out the opportunity and believes he has something to contribute. But joining the Bordelon Raptors quickly teaches him that knowing football is only the beginning.

Working with veteran coaches and a freshman football team, George learns the realities of coaching young athletes, building an offense, solving problems, earning trust, and leading people who do not always respond the way the playbook says they should.

There are victories, mistakes, rivalries, mentors, locker-room laughs, and more than a few lessons George never expected to learn from a group of teenage football players.

Loosely inspired by real events, The Young Coach blends Texas football, sports fiction, coaching, mentorship, humor, teamwork, and leadership into a coming-of-age story about a young man discovering what it actually means to lead.

Part of Keith Barton's Travel Reads(TM), short, complete, unforgettable stories made for airplanes, road trips, waiting rooms, weekends, and anywhere else you want a full story without committing to a full-length novel.

Great teams aren't born. They're taught.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0HH9JDXS2
• ISBN13: 9798170892419
• Release Date: August 2026
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 139 Pages
• Weight: 0.43 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.3" x 6.0"