In the fall of 2021, I decided to write a book about my experience coaching girls basketball - a cautionary tale about the real dangers of losing good coaches as entitled parents put their children above team, organization, and even truth.
I wrote, edited, art-directed, and self-published the book with help from a great copyeditor and designer. After I finished the print edition, I booked studio time to record, edit, and release the audiobook version. That version is available on Amazon and Spotify.
In July of 2022, I found myself entering dating app culture. After three years of observations and experiences, I decided to create what I thought was a much-needed guidebook. So I wrote, edited, art-directed, and self-published Swiped Out with help from a great copyeditor and designer. Once the print version was completed, this time, I decided to hire an audio engineer to help me with recording and editing the audio version. That should be on Amazon and Spotify the week of April 6, 2026.
In the meantime, here are links to both books.
The Nothing Ruins Youth Sports Like Adults cover for paperback, ebook, and audiobook versions (available on Amazon and Spotify).
From the Amazon book description:
"When people get used to preferential treatment, equal treatment seems like discrimination." - Thomas Sowell.
This is a must-read, cautionary tale for any parents with kids in youth sports or any adult considering coaching children.
We have a coaching crisis in this country. Because of the parents with unrealistic assessments of how much more important their kids are to their teams or just how good (or not) their children are, coaches are putting their personal and professional reputations on the line when they coach a team for these parents: And the risks are starting to outweigh the rewards.
Nothing ruins youth sports like adultsis the unfortunately very true and accurate story of Coach Carlos, a once-in-a-lifetime, well-loved, and wildly successful high school girl's basketball coach in the Pacific Northwest who's reputation was unfairly destroyed by an obsessed parent who couldn't stand the rules being applied to his daughter and an inept school district who didn't have the backbone to make him stop.
Written by a parent who documented everything over the three years Carlos coached the high school team, this book captures every available detail of all the lies and misinformation used by one parent as he ensnared another parent and used six sophomore girls to ultimately achieve his goal of getting rid of the coach who cut his daughter.
The Swiped Out: A long overdue guide to dating app culture cover for paperback, ebook, and audiobook versions (available on Amazon and Spotify).
From the Amazon book description:
Dating and relationships are hard enough as we try to read the cues and guess what potential mates are thinking. But when we're placed behind a faceless and soulless digital wall, it's almost impossible.
Swiped Out is a long-overdue user manual that attempts to add some insight, clarity, and a little humor to get us all on the same page. This book suggests ways to get the most out of the dating apps, how to temper expectations, and most importantly, reminds us all to have some grace for one another as we all navigate this landscape that is all too new for many users.
The author of "Nothing Ruins Youth Sports Like Adults," a look at how entitled parents who put their children ahead of the team can destroy an entire program, Jon is back with an incisive look at dating app culture and how to get the most out of the apps.