Digging deep: new volleyball coach hopes to invest in lives of players
Posted by The Skyliner on February 24th, 2010Hannah Reynolds
Staff Writer
Though he is new to North Greenville University this year, Greg Mosely is definitely not new to coaching volleyball.
While playing football at Liberty University, Mosely met his future wife, a volleyball player. From his wife, he gained a love for the sport of volleyball which continued to grow as their daughter grew up playing the sport as well. His desire to coach his daughter and to impact children through Christian education led to a long coaching career. Mosely has coached 15 years of high school volleyball and eight years of club volleyball.
More than just his love of volleyball, Mosely emphasizes his love of Christian education, particularly on the university level. Mosely has been attracted to NGU since his daughter attended from 2001 to 2005 and played volleyball for the school.
Mosely appreciates the success the volleyball program has experienced in the past and hopes to build on it in the future. He wants to include the mission of the school within the volleyball program, making Christ the focus. His overarching goal is to impact the players by using the sport of volleyball to help them gain lessons which can be applied to all of life.
Mosely describes his coaching philosophy with the following statement: “Volleyball is a microcosm of life.”
He sees volleyball, or any sport, as a reflection of life. Both sports and life have their own injustices, pressures and opportunities. Teamwork is important to exercise on and off the court, according to Mosely. He sees sports as a great way to prepare for facing life. He believes people should remember God can use every event that occurs in life to help individuals grow.
The Bible verse Mosely most looks to in relation to all aspects of life is Colossians 3:23: “Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men.” He believes if he is going to do something, he has to do it with all his heart. This verse applies to everything from academics to relationships, according to Mosely.
Mosely came to know Christ at the age of 11 when his Sunday school teacher visited him one Saturday morning. His teacher’s reiteration of the gospel message touched Mosely’s heart, leading him to accept Christ as his personal savior. Mosely later learned his teacher had been getting ready to leave for Vietnam when he witnessed to Mosely. Mosely was touched and inspired that his teacher took the time to share Christ.
When Mosely is not coaching, he enjoys fishing, hunting and attending car shows. In his eyes, his biggest accomplishment has been being a good dad to his daughter.
Tags: Spring 2010, Vol. 110 - Issue 5