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The inspiring story of the most famous high school basketball coach in The united states.
In 40 seasons as the head coach of St. Anthony High School, a private parochial school in Jersey City, New Jersey, Bob Hurley has established a standard of excellence and achievement without peer, and remarkably, he has done this at a high school with a total student body enrollment of about 230, with no gymnasium, and with an operating deficit that threatens to shut the place down every year. Hurley himself sweeps the floor before every home game. In spite of the long odds against them, Hurley’s teams have captured 26 state titles and four consensus national championships, all at the back of an astonishing career winning percentage of .905.
In Chasing Perfect, Hurley opens up his tool box and shares one of the most championship strategies he is developed to help lift his players up and out of Jersey City. The narrative centerpiece will be every of St. Anthony’s seven undefeated seasons, with sketch profiles of one of the most most memorable players, making one of the most most memorable plays in St. Anthony history. Along the way, he’s going to offer empowering insights to help coaches and players to elevate their games, at the same time as empowering the remainder of us to walk a more purposeful path. Part memoir, part coach’s notebook and part reflection on the St. Anthony players it has been Hurley’s privilege to coach, Chasing Perfect will stand as a compelling barometer of life in and around the hardscrabble streets of Jersey City, set against the backdrop of one of the vital enduringly competitive high school basketball programs in the country.