Reflections on How Jerry Terrill Impacted Me

MBBC — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 15:55:43 GMT

When I enrolled as a freshman at MBBC in the fall of 1985, I had the intent of graduating with a secondary education degree with a major in physical education and a minor in mathematics. I wanted to be a teacher and a football coach at a Christian school. After a severe knee injury in a game versus Northwestern College in the fall of 1987, Coach Terrill's classes taught me the role of the athletic trainer in athletics and he instilled a great foundation and love of exercise science within me. During the same semester as the knee injury, the administration implemented the coaching minor that Coach Terrill had developed and I changed my program of study as a result. I spent much of my free time over the next few semesters in the weightroom applying the scientific knowledge that Coach Terrill had given me. The coaching minor is an outstanding program and I still draw upon the knowledge I learned in his classes every day in my work as an athletic trainer and strength coach. Upon graduation and after teaching and coaching in a Christian school for 1 year, I pursued a master's degree in Sports Medicine at the US Sports Academy. This course of study was a direct influence of Coach Terrill as he had been the one who told me about the graduate school. I graduated from the Sports Academy in Dec. 1994 and became a certified athletic trainer in Feb. 1995. I was hired that summer by Penn State Sports Medicine in Hershey, PA, as an athletic trainer. Since 2001, I have worked as the full-time strength coach and certified athletic trainer at the Lower Dauphin School District in Hummelstown, PA. I would have never had these positions and this opportunity to minister to the health needs of thousands of athletes if not for the ministry of Coach Jerry Terrill at Maranatha Baptist Bible College. --Paul LaDuke

Favorite Person: Dr. Weeks

MBBC — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 17:53:47 GMT

I remember him running at ballgames waving the pep stick, getting everyone to yell. I loved his song leading in chapel with his very stiff movements & coming completely off the floor. And in chapel as special events neared,he always encouraged everyone to have a date. He was quite meek sounding until he wanted to wake up a sleeping student in Baptist History; then he was suddenly able to yell the next word of his sentence quite loudly!

--Pam

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First Soccer Team Photo

MBBC — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 21:42:41 GMT

Athletics were part of the fabric of early history, and this first soccer team in the fall of 1968 was no exception. While some things may change (thankfully!), at least the Crusader gold and navy hasn't! What are your favorite soccer memories?