Marvin Pave of the Boston Globe has a very touching article on the life of former UMass men's soccer coach Sam Koch.
Here are a couple of quotes from BU head coach Neil Roberts and former Minuteman Stuart Amick that reiterate the type of person Sam was. "He was a good friend and a good person," said veteran Boston University head coach Neil Roberts. "Sam stood for what he believed in. His teams played hard and clean and never quit, and neither did he."
Stuart Amick, a freshman starter on the 2007 UMass squad and later a team captain, said Mr. Koch knew how to get the best out of his players.
"He stuck to his guns. We played the game simple, but we did the simple things well," Amick said. "We had great camaraderie and a blue-collar, defensive-minded approach to the game, and I'll always remember him telling us that he would only cancel practice when it was colder in Amherst than it was in Anchorage."