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Start the Climb
My silence for the last two months may seem like “the quiet before the storm.” Trust me, it certainly hasn’t been “quiet”, but the “storm” part is accurate. After thirty-two years of training camps at...
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“Do What is Best for The Team”
I’ve told this story many times. It was a defining moment in my development as a coach and a person. It was the first Saturday of football in September 1984, on a bus from Ocala Florida, heading for...
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A Letter To Our Fans
A Letter To Our Fans: The highlight to last Saturday’s game versus Princeton was YOU. You came, you yelled and you were into it – don’t quit now. Don’t be haunted by those people who live in the...
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Season Review and Sticking With the Plan
When it’s all said and done, three and seven are the only numbers that matter. The quality of people we bring into the program, our record, and the quality of the people who come out of our program, in...
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Happy Holidays
The holiday season is a time for family, and a time for giving. I know many of you choose to give to Columbia Football, as part of the family of alumni and friends, and I am grateful for that. Thank...
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Great Start to the New Year
Just as the 2012 college football season concluded, we announced a new football endowment from an anonymous donor for the benefit of our program. The new $250,000 endowment honors three members of the...
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Offseason 2013
COACH LEMPA We were lucky to have Kevin Lempa on our staff. To be honest, had Kevin been at the level of football he belongs in, we wouldn’t have gotten him last year. It was inevitable that he would...
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Fundamentals: Experience, Work Ethic, Communicator
Our team got better today. Chris Rippon brings tremendous experience and new ideas. Coaches are just like everyone else, the more stable and organized the environment, the better they do. Chris has an...
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A Note to Our Fans
A note to our fans: We will never be satisfied. Our players whole-heartedly buy into the philosophy of “good, but not enough”. At an early weight session a couple of weeks ago, an unknown player wrote...
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This Is Not Who We Are
Earlier today Dianne Murphy and I wrote a letter to the University community. This is my opportunity to share my personal thoughts on my blog. I am offended and disappointed with the remarks made by...
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“Do What is Best for The Team”
I’ve told this story many times. It was a defining moment in my development as a coach and a person. It was the first Saturday of football in September 1984, on a bus from Ocala Florida, heading for...
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