"Finding Life After Everything Falls Apart and Discovering Faith Through Failure" w/Jack Spates

from Life & Leadership w/Daniel Kitchel · host Daniel Kitchel

Jack Spates was the Head Wrestling Coach at the University of Oklahoma for 18 years. During that time, he was named National Coach of the Year in 2006 and Big 12 Coach of the Year three times. Coach Spates developed several National Champions and dozens of All-Americans in his lifetime. His path of success includes coaching stops at Pittsburgh, West Point, and Cornell.While his success as a wrestling coach was known all over the nation, his personal life was collapsing and eventually would be in shambles. With stunning honesty, Jack will walk us through the darkest, ugliest, and loneliest times of his life. Through the prayers of many and God pursuing his heart, redemption would happen. Jack's story proves that there is life after everything falls apart, and you can discover faith through failure. Resources: Faith & Wrestling: How the Role of a Wrestler Mirrors the Christian Life by Michael FesslerSooner Sports - Jack Spates BiographyJack Spates to Retire - Daily Oklahoman Jack Spates on Facebook Hope Community ChurchWant to read the transcript of the show? Click here!

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Jack Spates was the Head Wrestling Coach at the University of Oklahoma for 18 years. During that time, he was named National Coach of the Year in 2006 and Big 12 Coach of the Year three times. Coach Spates developed several National Champions and dozens of All-Americans in his lifetime. His path of success includes coaching stops at the University of Pittsburgh, West Point, and Cornell. While his success as a wrestling coach was known all over the nation, his personal life was collapsing and eventually would be in shambles. With stunning honesty, Jack will walk us through the darkest, ugliest, and loneliest times of his life. Through the prayers of many and God pursuing his heart, redemption would happen. Jack's life proves that there is life after everything falls apart, and you can discover faith through failure.

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