'Coach Jake': New York high school coach hits the cinema
- by Mike Woitalla @MikeWoitalla, Sep 20, 2017
Jacobson served as a guidance counselor at MLK, an inner high school the tabloids dubbed "Horror High," before taking charge of the school's winless soccer team in 1994 and began finding talent among students in ESL (English as a Second Language) and bilingual classes.
The 70-year-old Jacobson has logged more than 400 wins with teams largely comprised of immigrants from Africa, the Caribbean and Latin America.
NEW YORK CITY
Urbanworld
Film Festival
Sept. 21, 5:00 pm.
AMC Empire Theater 13 @ 42nd Street
INDIANAPOLIS
Heartland Film Festival
Oct. 13, 5:00 pm.
Oct. 15 at 12 noon
BROOKYLN,
N.Y.
Bushwick Film Festival
Sunday, Oct. 15
YONKERS,
N.Y.
Yonkers Film Festival
Nov. 4-5
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As a high school coach - a film I’d love to see. Coaching is a fascinating study in the human condition - as there is no one way to do it best - and no one formula to win - and an infinite ways to lose.
Indeed. I think there may be some universal principles, none of which have anything to do with the sport in question: be yourself, be genuine, care about the whole child, demand best effort. What else? Jake is one interesting cat. I have spoken with whom a few times over the years ... a ball of energy on caffeine! The film should be quite intriguing.
Contrary to US Soccer's belief all of your top notch players are not playing at the DA level for many reasons. There are many top notch coaches at the HS level all across this country. Why US Soccer doesn't utilize their talent I will never know.
No doubt there are good HS coaches but, generally speaking, in my experience HS coaches are often quite poor. Certainly there is no reason for elite young players to waste time playing in HS.
Dan how do you think he gets all those foreign born players? Do they all live in his area? What if they don't how do you get players if they don't live in the vicinity of your school.