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‘Shepherd Coach Network’ blends faith and coaching %\ .(,7+ .1(33 (GLWRU When it comes to baseball, there isn’t much Tom Roy hasn’t seen or done during his legendary career. While his might not be a household name for most fans of the game, the impact he has left on individuals around the world through his ministry and outreach is immeasurable. A native of Wisconsin, Roy played minor league baseball and coached at the high school and college levels, including at Grace College in Winona Lake, where he still makes his home. He’s also served as the team chaplain for the Chicago White Sox and has led innumerable baseball camps and clinics around the world through UPI, an evangelistic baseball ministry he began in 1981. Roy has authored several
books that blend his faith, his ministry and his love for the game of baseball. Roy’s most recent ministry reaches out specifically to coaches, not only of baseball, but at every level of the athletic spectrum. Based on his book “Shepherd Coach,” the Shepherd Coach Network’s mission statement is “to impact and empower coaches and leaders of all kinds, through education, media, speaking, mentoring and books, to utilize their platform to impact and empower those they lead; teaching and living out how we might exhibit Christlike philosophies in positions and areas of life.” His students, both men and women, range from a former Major League pitcher to a local athletic director. There are three levels to the program: youth league, high school and collegiate. Geared specifically to the level
of players being coached, each Shepherd Coach student receives an appropriate number of onehour Zoom meetings with Roy, plus one year of unlimited texts, phone calls and email communications to help with situations or questions. The curriculum includes homework and assigned papers that must be completed. Once the course is finished, the student receives a certificate that declares them to be a “Certified Shepherd Coach.” Roy admitted that when he started the program in 2020, he wasn’t sure how it would be received or even promoted. However, the popularity of the program has spread through social media and word of mouth. “Jesus, I don’t know how to market this thing; you can be my marketer,” Roy recalled. “Many Continued on page 3
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