"Coach's Challenge: Faith, Football, and Filling the
Father Gap is a story that gets to
the heart of the experiences of a life in football and relays life lessons
as a coach. I thoroughly enjoyed this honest story that expresses the
diversity of issues football coaches face in the game." -- Bill Walsh, NFL Hall of Fame
"My friend and former college football coach Mike Gottfried is still coaching now, but in a far more important arena. You'll be greatly inspired to discover how Mike's life journey led him to found a ministry where hundreds of fatherless boys can have someone step into the gap where their fathers should be...A genuinely inspiring story from a very genuine man."
-- Les Steckel, veteran NFL coach and Fellowship of Christian Athletes president
"In my fifty-four years of coaching, I have tried to be a surrogate dad. I keep asking, 'Where have the biological ones gone?' When I visit prospects' homes, I notice most dads are missing. Read this book and see what Mike Gottfried is doing about this cultural void."
-- Bobby Bowden, head football coach, Florida State University
"I haven't been able to put this book down since I've started reading it. I love Mike's comment, 'There are no substitutes for a father, but a good sub is better than a bad one any day.' What a great ministry for such a time as this. God bless Team Focus. May God call us all to be a father to the fatherless."
-- Ricky Skaggs
"Fast, riveting, compelling game plan of a coach who is winning hearts at a record pace."
-- Bill McCartney
