It's the Coach's Fault is about Basketball and Life. Phil Jackson said .. "There's more to life than basketball!" Ray Ingram added … "There's more to Basketball than "just" Basketball!"

It's a book about a boy who finds his place in the world through basketball and a man who learns that there is much more to basketball than "just" basketball and more to basketball than "just" basketball. A boy grows up in a broken family in Philadelphia. He gets in trouble and is sent to a reform school. There he finds the game of basketball. He pursues the dream of becoming a player and learns that the coaches behind us in every facet of our lives help us to become whoever and whatever we are. He decides to try and become one of those coaches. There are triumphs, failures and even disasters along his journey. He learns the lesson that sometimes all we can do is... all we can do.

Ray "Ritz" Ingram was born in Philadelphia, Pa. in 1950. His surroundings and the circumstances of his youth almost dictated his life's path. His encounters with a few special people, and the fact that basketball found its way into his life, changed his life. He has participated in the game of basketball as a player, as a coach, and as a referee. He was a teacher and soldier. All of these elements affected his views on basketball and life. He agrees that there is more to life than basketball ... but he has learned that there is much more to basketball than "just" basketball. -