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It's that time of the year. Pumpkins, Halloween, harvest and Thanksgiving. It all kicks off at the Great Pumpkin Fest. Stein’s Blog Homecoming and the Great Pumpkin Fest When the schedule came out that Doane University’s Homecoming and Crete’s Great Pumpkin Fest fell on the same weekend, I couldn’t wait for the first week of October to get here. ...Continue reading

Spending a lot of time on the road with women's basketball has taken the team and me to some strange places. Check it out: Stein’s Blog The Strange Places We Played Coming back to Doane University to coach, I am able to enjoy the great new facility, the George and Sally Haddix Recreation and Athletic Center. There’s a new wooden floor, specially painted to express the Tigers mascot. The scoreboards have exploding numbers when the home team scores, which I hope is often th...Continue reading

I admit I stole these ideas. I think they tell the story of what we all think about this miserable year. You have two choices; hide out to 2021 or buy one of these T-Shirts. $20 and it’s your ($1) shipping. Send me an instant message to order. I did put up my Christmas light!

How do I write a blog that starts with All the President's Men and ends with one of Doane's all time best women's three point shooter. You'll have to read the blog to see. Stein’s Blog The Things We Forget I was really surprised to find the number of people near or at my age that had no idea why Bob Woodward should be a household name. Woodward hit the news hard last week with excerpts from his new book Rage. Rage is a book based on a series of 18 interviews with Presi...Continue reading

Every business, school, about anything is identified by a logo. Sometimes, I wonder, what's the big deal? Stein’s Blog Logo What’s the Big Deal? When I arrived at Northwest Missouri State University from Doane College in 1999, I went from a Tiger to a Bearcat. I wanted something to identify my team with a Bearcat. I looked up a bearcat on the internet....Continue reading

Over the years, I've had some real characters as assistant coaches. Some funny things have occurred. Check out a few of them: Stein’s Blog It’s Hard to Find Good Help During my 15 years as the Doane College women’s basketball coach, I had a variety of assistant coaches and volunteer assistants. Each one had a unique story, some better than others. That doesn’t mean they were the best assistant coaches, but they just had the best stories....Continue reading

You think Covid-19 can spread fast. On one fateful road trip for the Doane basketball team, I saw the 24-hour flu spread like wildfire. Stein’s Blog The Spreading Germ Almost anyone in today’s pandemic has at one time or another an argument within themselves. That question, Are we over-reacting to the Covid-19 virus? On one news outlet, you see nothing but the terrible results of the virus on perfectly healthy humans....Continue reading

During my 15 years at Doane, I called Fuhrer Field House home. Haddix is an upgrade, but Fuhrer gave us some advantages. Check it out. Stein’s Blog Home Court Advantage I just spent my first week at Doane University settling in at the Haddix Center. Great offices for the head coach. The cubicles for the assistant coaches are larger than the offices I called home during my first stint at Doane....Continue reading

The great thing about coaching is the characters you run into. Some parents you would like to forget, but there are some that are legendary. Check out this parent. Stein’s Blog The Legend of Cliff Veerhusen Thursday, March 6, 2014 is one of those days you never forget. I was at the Nebraska Girls’ State Basketball Tournament watching Friend play a first round game. A former player of mine, Gina Johnson (Milton) had a daughter playing for Friend. ...Continue reading

What goes around comes around. Doane thought they were rid of me 21 years ago. I'm back...... Check out this week's blog. Stein’s Blog Another Bite of the Apple About the time this blog makes it’s first appearance in the Crete News, I will be setting up a few pictures in the cubicle that sits right outside Ryan Baumgartner’s office. I begin my first day as Ryan’s assistant women’s basketball coach. This time at Doane University, just a slight change in the name....Continue reading

Pandemic, corona virus, Covid-19, etc., etc., etc. That's all you hear. Let sports begin! Also, I hope Operation Warp Speed gets that vaccine her soon enough. Check out this week's blog. Stein’s Blog Vaccines and Sports Can I have a show of hands for those who are tired of watching Yankees Red Sox replays on the Major League Baseball Channel. My hand is waving....Continue reading

Everybody needs somebody that they say, "I want to be just like them." For me, it was my aunt and uncle. Both have a history at Crete and Doane University. Here's this week's blog. Stein’s Blog The Mentors I don’t know how many people in Crete remember the Else family. Virginia Else was my aunt. Affectionately called Aunt Tootie, she was the most respected educator I have ever known....Continue reading

I've only been out of coaching for 8 years, but I approve of the new technology. To see why I'm so happy, check out this week's blog. Stein’s Blog Technology and the Tooth Fairy You might have heard that Ryan Baumgartner, the Doane University women’s basketball coach, has hired me to be his assistant coach. Please don’t send nasty letters to Ryan questioning his judgement. I really do want to prove my worth....Continue reading