One Day, I’d Like To Be a Manager
(Harish Balasubramani/Illustrations director) The following article is something that I will share with all of my managers! It is a really good look at the value and importance of a really good manager if you realize that you are more than ‘just a manager.’ Tony Luftman was a manger on the 1995 UCLA men’s basketball team that won a National Championship. One thing that stuck out to me was how he feels that he was a big part of that team, even though he never played in a game. I want all of my managers to feel that included every season as well. You can find the original article here . Like clockwork, Jim Harrick’s cell phone buzzed on April 3. So did those of other members of UCLA’s 1995 men’s basketball championship team, like Ed O’Bannon, Tyus Edney and Steve Lavin. Another year, another text from Tony Luftman, a manager on the 1995 team, with the same simple message: “Thank you for letting me be a part of your team.” But more th...