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Jamison Voted South Florida’s Best Coach by Miami Herald Readers
Ryan Jamison and Oscar Lengden
Nova Southeastern University Men’s Golf Coach Ryan Jamison was voted South Florida’s best coach by readers of the Miami Herald. Jamison won with 19.99 percent of the vote, defeating Miami’s Jim Larranaga by more than 200 votes. Sports columnist Greg Cote followed up the poll with a profile of Jamison, highlighting the underdog nature of his win and credentials among South Florida’s most high profile coaches. Below is an excerpt and link to the column to be printed in Friday’s Miami Herald.
Greg Cote: Small-school underdog tops giants to win Herald’s best-coach honor
The Biblical parable turned triumph-of-the-underdog cliché about David and Goliath clearly could use an update.
First, let’s lose the slingshot.
Our modern-day David wields a 9-iron.
I walk into Ryan Jamison’s Spartan little office in the main athletics building at Nova Southeastern University in Davie and the reason I’m there has put a little smile on both of our faces. The reason is serious, but also a little bit silly, right?
The men’s golf coach of an NCAA Division II team has just been voted South Florida’s Best Coach in a Miami Herald online readers poll.
Not best golf coach. Not best college coach. Best coach in any sport at all levels, defeating all comers including but not limited to much-more famous Goliaths such as two-time NBA champion Miami Heat coach Erik Spoelstra.
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