Bill Wyrick

Retired Ball Coach, follower of Jesus, Lancaster, Ohio Native, Mount Union Alumni 1981, Eastern Kentucky 1983 Woodworker

[Bill Wyrick @BillWyrick2]

@CoachMcNallyOL I saved all my rejection letters too. I wrote around 200 letters to colleges to try to get a GA job in 1980. Probably had around 50-75 rejections. Most schools didn’t even respond. I think I might have purged them in a recent move.

[𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐝 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐧 @DrBradJohnson]

We keep blaming teachers for declining literacy.
But we're raising a generation that consumes information through 15-second videos, endless scrolling, and constant notifications. Then we assess them as though they've spent years building the reading stamina to sit with a complex text for 30 or 60 minutes.

Scrolling is a sprint.
Reading is a marathon.

Today's students interact with language differently than any generation before them. They skim. They swipe. They jump from one idea to the next. Yet our literacy assessments still require sustained attention, deep comprehension, inference, vocabulary, and the ability to remain engaged with complex texts.
Those are essential skills. They always will be.
But if children spend far less time reading books outside of school than previous generations, why are we surprised when reading stamina declines?

This isn't about blaming parents or lowering expectations. It's about recognizing a profound cultural shift. Schools are increasingly being asked to develop skills that many children have fewer opportunities to practice beyond the classroom.

Teachers matter.
Instruction matters.
But literacy has never begun with a standardized test.

It begins with hearing stories, seeing adults read, turning pages, asking questions, imagining new worlds, and discovering that some things are worth staying with long after the first page.

If we want stronger readers, we can't place the entire burden on teachers. Building literacy has always been, and will always be, a shared responsibility between schools, families, and the culture our children grow up in.

[Mount Union Football @MountUnionFB]

2 months until kickoff.
New year, same standard.
#GoRaiders

[Bill Wyrick @BillWyrick2]

@CoachDanCasey That was an awesome thing to witness!

[CoachesOutreach @CoachesOutreach]

Happy #FourthofJuly!
#Freedom #America250 #USA250

[sean the cabbie @northolt3103]

😢😢😢😢😢

[Bill Wyrick @BillWyrick2]

@thebigOsystem @ramimullen Awesome, got her back close to the house.

[Bill Wyrick @BillWyrick2]

@dogwoodblooms We’re right across the waterway on the mainland. We can see the kite flying on the beach from our front porch.

[Bill Wyrick @BillWyrick2]

@fOx1257067 Late 1970’s Columbus, Ohio. I didn’t believe it was real until I experienced it for myself. Never before or since have I been in an audience that was as much a part of the show as what was going on the screen.

[Marcus Pittman @MpPerformanceaz]

Run block shedding and pass rush techniques isn’t just football — it’s combat sport translated to the trenches.

Double swipe = Philly shell boxing. Thumbs up, pinkies up, and it only works in the split-second window right after contact. Miss that window, you’re just slapping.

Scissors Tech = Wing Chun chi sao. Same motion, two functions — shed a block or win the rep as a pass rush move. Reverse the hand path and it becomes a cross chop club. One technique, three outcomes, depending on timing and intent.

D-line is combat with a scoreboard. Train your hands like a fighter, not just a football player.

#DetailedDLineSystems #DLine #passrush #dlineman #highschoolfootball

[CoachesOutreach @CoachesOutreach]

Nashville-Franklin was a great weekend! Thanks again Michael, @ikkisoma, and Tara!
#marriageretreat

[Bill Wyrick @BillWyrick2]

@ClintHurdle13 Your book was also a great inspiration.

[Clint Hurdle @ClintHurdle13]

If you want to change someone's life, you don't have to move mountains.

You just have to show up.

I've been sending a daily email for years now. Every morning.

I've been divorced twice. Fired three times. There were days I didn't have much to offer anybody.

But God has a way of taking your mess and turning it into your message.

Sending daily emails wasn't some grand plan. It grew out of a mentoring group, a small circle of people trying to grow together. And when that was over, somebody called me and said, "We miss it. Don't stop."

So I didn't.

Now over 10,000 people open that email every morning.

And I don't send it because I have it all figured out. I send it because I was the guy who needed it once, and I know there are people out there who need it right now.

Being of service doesn't require a big platform. It just requires a willing heart and the courage to keep showing up.

Do you get my daily emails?

If not, just tap the link in my bio to sign up. They're free.

Make a difference today.
Love, Clint
@Pirates

[Rev. Benjamin Cremer @Brcremer]

Grief Is a Form of Patriotism, Too.

This 4th of July, many of us won't be waving flags or watching fireworks.
Not because we hate our country, but because we love it too much to pretend everything is fine.🧵

[Bill Wyrick @BillWyrick2]

@rotobum @BeschlossDC I still have two sets in my attic!

[Bill Wyrick @BillWyrick2]

@CoachYashinsky Jobs I have actually done;
1) Bailing Hay up in the barn
2) Working in a glass factory

Roofing
Outside painting (house, etc)

[Frank Brown @FrankBr05713205]

I teach high school auto shop and one of the biggest problems with my graduates who want to get into the field is having the ability to purchase tools. As most of you may know, mechanics must have their own set of tools and box and that’s a rather expensive purchase. Many simply cannot afford that and end up working fast food or something like that. One of my good students recently reached out to me and asked if I had any extra tools he could buy as he got a job in a small shop and needed tools. Well me being a veteran technician had plenty of extra tools at home, so I gathered them all up and put them in a box and took them to him.. The shock and smile on that young lad’s face when I dropped that box off to his place of employment cannot be described. Of course, he asked me how much he owed me for those tools to which I replied, nothing. Good luck on your new career and thank you for being a good student in my class.

[Bill Wyrick @BillWyrick2]

@CraigSanders__ @AL7AFootball @HallTechSports1 @ScoutFball @PORTCITYPROSPEC @helmet2helmt251 North Carolina has a mandatory Dead Week during the 4th