Jerry Wainwright WSJ Article

[American X]

Cool article about former Xavier assistant coach and longtime head coach elsewhere Jerry Wainwright.

Inspiring Messages From a Coach
Why longtime coach Jerry Wainwright sends hundreds of notes every week to former players, colleagues

Good coaches inspire their players, but Jerry Wainwright takes it a step further. Mr. Wainwright, a longtime Division I college basketball coach, sends about 300 to 500 handwritten notes each week to former players, as well as many coaches and managers. He’s been doing it for 30 years.

It would be easier and cheaper to email or text. But Mr. Wainwright, 68 and now associate head coach at California State University, Fresno, says he prefers to hand-write his notes, which often accompany a carefully chosen quotation. Writing takes time, which is the point. “I love getting a personal letter because I know what went into sending it,” he says. “It’s such a great compliment.”

http://www.wsj.com/articles/inspiring-messages-from-a-coach-1444850689

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[XUOWNSUC]

300 to 500 a week? There is no way. That about 50 a day (assuming 350 in one week). Say he sleeps for 8 hours a day, that's 50 notes to write in just 16 hours every day. He would have to write a note (and address it) every 20 minutes or so.

Still, it's a nice gesture though.

[bobbiemcgee]

12,500. a yr. in postage!!!!