Sad news about the passing of Don Meyer. I just wanted to pass along a few things…

Here’s a great tribute page that was put up on Coach Meyer’s website. It’s great to read some of the stories, and have the opportunity to share one of your own: http://coachmeyertribute.com/story-wall/…

Also, a nice tribute from Lipscomb Univesity:

Don Meyer has left this world physically and is spending eternity in heaven, but he is still very much alive in this world.

It would not be surprising if the first words he hears are, “Welcome home. Buddy,” from Lipscomb “super fan” Chuck Ross.

If the legacy of a person is the number of people he influenced then Coach Meyer’s will be taller than any memorial made of stone.

He impacted the lives of thousands upon thousands of basketball players. Not only did he teach them the skills of the game he loved, he taught them the fundamentals of how to be the best they can be whether it be in their church, their family or their career.

Meyer taught them that living a life of positive influence starts with the simplest of acts – picking up trash, saying yes sir and no sir or expressing gratitude.

To say that Meyer, who passed away peacefully at his home in Aberdeen, South Dakota after a long and courageous battle with cancer, was just a basketball coach is far too inadequate of a description of his life. He was a talker. He was a listener. Most of all he was a philosopher who could find a lesson in almost any aspect of life.

He was a note taker and those that played for him also took notes. They did more than scribble words. They took what he said and allowed it to sink into their minds. But most importantly they allowed what those words meant to find a place in their hearts.

Those players have passed along much of Coach Meyer’s philosophy to their own children, other family members, their employees and co-workers. In the continuum of life his words will be heard by generations who never met him personally or heard him speak, earth’s version of immortality.

http://www.lipscombsports.com/mbasketball/news/2013-14/9247/…