Don't Put Me In, Coach

As a basketball coach and fan, I love to read about the sport. I especially like to read inside accounts of what really goes on during a season. John Feinstein has put out some fantastic college basketball reads, including A March to Madness and The Last Amateurs.

I picked up Mark Titus' book Don't Put Me In, Coach: My Incredible NCAA Journey from the End of the Bench to the End of the Bench to read on a flight to Chicago. It was such a fun and easy read, I finished the entire book before the plane landed.

Most college basketball players want to be the best, but Mark Titus became content with sitting on the end of the bench as a little-used walk-on. His adventures as a little known four-year member of the Ohio State University basketball team turned into a blog and eventually a book and thousands of fans. His website, Club Trillion, has inspired many walk-on players who want to be just like Mark.

I would have enjoyed hearing a little more about the actual basketball games rather than his crazy off the court stories, but then again, he didn't really play enough basketball to write about. Overall, a great read for fans of basketball and humor.