*****  Worth considering for any coach or father of an athletic child, highly recommended, July 12, 2011
By Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA)

This review is for: It's Not About Winning (Perfect Paperback)
Victory is sweet, but sweetness alone isn't enough to call sustenance. "It's Not About Winning: One Runner's Reflections on Fatherhood, Coaching, and Athletics" is a combination of memoir and coaching guide as he recalls his status as a coach to many young athletes as well as a father, two jobs similar in that they call for imparting good values and ethics. With a certain and direct assortment of values for fatherhood and sports leadership, "It's Not About Winning" is worth considering for any coach or father of an athletic child, highly recommended.

BCMS teacher and cross-country coach releases memoir

by Charles Wiff  (from Spotlight Newspapers)

"Jack Rightmyer didn't know he was writing a book when he started working on a graduation present for his daughter almost a decade ago.
But that's what has come to pass. The Bethlehem Central Middle School English teacher and cross-country coach recently released his second book, “It's Not About Winning,” a memoir of sorts that incorporates elements of autobiographical writings he made for both his children. He spent about five months writing about his memories with his daughter, Erin, before she graduated from high school and about the same amount of time writing for his son, Paul, when he was about to leave college.
“After that, not really thinking I could find a publisher ... I thought, you know what, I'm going to put it together,” Rightmyer said.
The result is a deeply personal book the author wasn't sure would find a publishing house. Vermont-based Vitesse Press was the first and only press Rightmyer contacted, though. The small publisher generally deals in fitness and sport “how-to” books and practical titles, so this was a different sort of project and even a bit of a risk, said publisher Dick Mansfield....." (read whole article.) 

We just heard from the printer that our latest book, "It's Not About Winning" has shipped.  Jack Rightmyer has written a fine book about his running, his coaching, and his grown children.  Initial reviews have praised the book. It's a poignant, funny, advice-filled story from a fine writer who is also a long-time coach, English teacher, and parent.

You can order the book from Amazon here.  You can also order the book from this site.  "It's Not About Winning" is also available for the Kindle here.  Order now hot off the press.

Just in time for spring running and coaching, Jack Rightmyer's new book, "It's Not About Winning", is now available for prepublication orders.  Check it out.

We have two more endorsements for our soon-to-be published "It's Not About Winning" by Jack Rightmyer.

"Jack Rightmyer set out to write a modest memoir for his two children, but he accomplished much more. He wrote a little book that's positively bursting with love for sports, running, coaching, family and fatherhood. Every word rings deep and true."

Amby Burfoot

Editor At Large  Runner's World Magazine

1968 Boston Marathon winner

"It's Not About Winning is a sweet story of a running father's love and tenderness through sports--a tapestry of everyday life that takes on power as the author finds enlightenment in his every stride. It's a winner."   

Marc Bloom, Editor and Publisher of The Harrier

We are getting set for a spring publication of Jack Rightmyer's "It's Not About Winning."  Here is a great review quote from Bill Rogers:

“It’s Not About Winning” is a terrific read for all runners.  Jack Rightmyer has captured the feeling of those first days and weeks of starting to run which is something not many have written about.  It captures the glory and struggles of high school running, and the struggle between kids and parents to understand each other in such an incredible time in their lives.  I love Jack’s attitude about running, coaching and teaching.  All coaches should read this book.”  

Bill Rodgers
1976 Olympian
4-time winner of the Boston marathon and the New York City Marathon