After enjoying some Sunday football for the first time in a long, long time, the CBS show 60 Minutes came on. A story on USC football coach Pete Carroll caught my attention. The teaser mentioned that it was Coach Carroll's off-the-field life that landed him on the program. I thought, "Well, here's another guy caught partying with his recruits or visiting a local strip club." Thankfully my pessimism was proven wrong.
Coach Carroll uses some of his very limited free time to visit inner city L.A. gang turf and help young boys understand they have a better future than prison or gang violence. And by assembling some other influential leaders in the city, he has begun to have a big impact on a big city. To transform a city, it will take a network of leaders like this. Way to go Pete.
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