
The Mentor You’re Meant to Be
This weekend is the NCAA Final Four Tournament, the teams in basketball that have fought to the finish and survived! Today, Sunday, April 7, 2019, one of the world’s greatest mentors will be honored for a lifetime achievement honor. Coach Tony Ingle has been named National Coach of the Year several times throughout multiple divisions of college basketball, he has won championships at every level, and now receives what he deems the highest honor of his career: 2019 Guardians of the Game Award for Advocacy My story with Coach Ingle runs deep, and begins back in high school when I attended the BYU summer camp, where he was the assistant coach and most entertaining and motivating force I’d ever seen. By my 2nd year at the camp, Coach Ingle took me aside, as all others were playing and jockeying for his attention. Sitting in the gym as sneakers squeaked and sweat filled the air, he put his arm around me, looked me square in the eye, and profoundly altered my perception of myself. “Son, you have a gift. You are one of the most talented, unique individuals I have ever met. “You have not been blessed with God given




