Going Hard in the Paint: A Case of Coach-Athlete Violence

Abstract

Head Basketball Coach Bruno Withers is demanding on the court with his players and at home with his son, Barrett Withers, whom he is grooming to one day be a professional basketball player. For years they have worked together relentlessly and mercilessly to prepare Barrett for a Division I college team with a transition to an NBA team. After an auto accident that comes with a severe prognosis, can Coach Withers transition back from coach to father?