Tenacious: How God Used a Terminal Diagnosis to Turn a Family and a Football Team into Champions

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JeremyWilliams captured the nations imagination by coaching his high school footballteam to unprecedented heights while combating ALS and caring for a son withspina bifida. This is his familys inspiring story.

America firstmet Jeremy and Jennifer Williams when Extreme Makeover: Home Editionrebuilt their Depression-era farmhouse into a beautiful, handicapped-accessiblehaven. Friends, family, and neighbors from their west Georgia communityand allover the statecame together to support the ailing high school coach who hadwon their respect and their hearts. It made for compelling television but onlytold a little slice of the story. Tenacious gives you the resta tenderlove story, a thrilling sports story, and an unforgettable testimony to thepower of faith and grit in the face of almost overwhelming adversity. In Tenaciousyoull meet:

• The distraught parents learning their son would be born with spina bifida.
• The young father facing his own devastating diagnosis of ALS (Lou Gehrigs disease) with matter-of-fact courage.
• The coach who guided his underdog team to a 100 Cinderella seasonwhile struggling to walk, talk, and even breathe.

Packed fullof faith, hope, love, and miracles, Tenacious is a story you dont wantto miss.

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Jeremy Williams, now retired, played college football at the University of Memphis and coached at three high schools in Georgia, including nine years as head coach at Greenville High School, where he was named National High School Coach of the Year in 2010.Jennifer Williams, Jeremy's wife, cares for her husband and two children, the younger of whom has spina bifida. She is an Assistive Technology Specialist for special needs children and a horse enthusiast.Rob Suggs is a writer, editor, and artist. He is the author of My First Rhyming Bible, The Comic Book Bible, It Came From Beneath the Pew, and a number of other books. He is a former se