The two of them had hit it off.

I had never seen anybody coach like him before.

He had this dynamo energy.

The way he taught on the field had the players so engaged, right? Because he did it with this energy and he was flying around all over the place.

And so I started spending a lot of time off the peak because I just loved the way he coached and how he went about

His daughter, Jamie, was on the volleyball team.

We were going through some of the candidates, and I remember he kept saying, I said, Mike, I'll just tell you, Pete's better than all these guys.

You know, in my opinion.