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Author of Everybody’s Coach—a memoir about my father, and the standard he left behind.
A Son’s Tribute to the Man Who Taught Everyone Else
When Donell Butler Jr. passed away, he left behind more than memories—he left behind a standard. Everybody’s Coach is a memoir about the standard my father set, and the quiet lessons that still shape how I lead.
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“He was everybody’s coach. I just had the privilege of calling him Dad.”
— Everybody’s Coach
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Some stories are remembered in words. Others return in music. These are the songs that lived alongside Everybody’s Coach — kept here for those who want to stay a little longer.
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The Standard
My father coached the boys whose own fathers never came — including, some nights, me. He never talked about values. He talked about being on time, keeping your word, and finishing what you started, even when no one was there to check. I didn’t know it then, but he was building something in me that would outlast him.
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Leadership • Fatherhood • Entrepreneurship • Culture • Legacy
Everybody’s Coach is the first book from Butler House — built to give stories about the people who shaped us the same craft as any book worth keeping. More are coming.
The Library
Everybody’s Coach holds the first place on the Butler House shelf. Every volume that joins it will be chosen with the same care — never to fill the shelf faster, only to fill it well.
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Monthly essays — a running record of the thinking behind Butler House.
Legacy • Leadership • Fatherhood • Discipline • Character • Storytelling
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Chapter One — Everybody's Coach
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