Brett Mather, My Hero

Have you ever had someone that you look up to? There is somebody that lots of students at West Delaware look up to that teaches a lot of things. This hero has taught everybody in general many things involving, school, sports, and to be a good person in general. Brett Mather, my hero, is a coach and a teacher at West Delaware High School. Coaches strive to make students and athletes better people on, and off the court. Mather does an amazing job with that.

Every coach is different with their methods, but they do have similar things they love about coaching. According to Brainy Quote, Vince Lombardi once said, “It’s not whether you get knocked down; it’s whether you get up.” That quote shows what Mather loves to see when coaching volleyball. His favorite part of coaching is watching people fight hard to reach their goals. Athletes who love their sport should be committed, and work hard at it. Having good sportsmanship for the

game is very important also. According to Coach and Athletic Director, bad sportsmanship has been occurring lately, (Chuck Struhar). A coach's goal is for the players to have fun, and grow stronger as a person and an athlete. Another passion of Brett Mathers volleyball coaching experience is watching the game. He enjoys watching, playing, and coaching the game.
Mather has had a lot of influences that stewed him on his direction on where to go in life. When Brett Mather was in school, he played volleyball. He has been influenced to coach volleyball from him loving and playing the sport himself. Brett Mather was a volleyball player in college and really enjoyed the game. Later on, he started coaching club volleyball teams in the area. He continued being involved in coaching with other people and more teams. When he started coaching the West Delaware Hawks girls volleyball team, later on, he started helping coach the Hammerin’ Hawks club volleyball teams. He took time out of his schedule to volunteer with more volleyball teams practices and tournaments. As he got out of schooling, he moved on and started his journey as a teacher. According to Coaching & Teaching Our Athletes, being a good sport, and being nice to everyone is what teachers and coaches are guiding us to, (Ken Brubaker).
Teaching is a very important field in our world today.

Being a teacher shows heroism to lots of people. Lots of things started with teaching, in other words, we need teachers to help us make a living of our own. According to Coach and Athletic Director, it says “Am I preparing my athletes for the game of life,” (John Amtmann). That article goes for teachers as well. They have to get us ready for our future. If they didn’t do that job, then what are teachers for? The topmost influence that lead him to be a teacher is his older sister. Mathers older sister is a teacher and that was his reason to become a teacher. Teaching and coaching just tied together. Brett wanted to be a teacher, and he was already coaching volleyball. He ended up getting a good gig at West Delaware High School as a Math teacher, and a volleyball coach. There are not many reasons why Mather became a teacher; however, he enjoys his job working with students and workers. Since he is teaching and coaching, he has to help students and athletes every day of his life as his

job.
Some coaches live and coach by a motto. Coaching mottos are usually inspiring, working, and motivational. Brett Mathers coaching motto is “I expect nothing but your best.” All he expects is for his athletes to try hard and put work into the sport. According to Coach and Athletic Director, making the game enjoyable, upbeat, and supportive, (Rober J, Vaughn). Brett wants his athletes to put team goals and individual goals in front of them. There will be hard times as an athlete, but all you need to do is show that you can be positive towards the game.
In conclusion, Brett Mather shows heroism in lots of the things he does. Mather does many things to help students and athletes such as, being a teacher, coaching the Hawk volleyball team, volunteer coaching for the Hammerin’ Hawks, and he also coaches golf at West Delaware. There are many different words to describe heroism. Helpful, thoughtful, and caring are a few of the words I would use to describe Mathers heroism qualities. Those qualities are put into every part of his life with teaching and coaching. Overall, I picked Mather for my hero paper because of the heroic actions he makes in our school to make students and athletes better in life and as people in general.