The son of a longshoreman in Baltimore. A street fighter. A tough worker. A coach on the sidelines. An all-star soccer midfielder. A model honors student.
These are the phrases that a former teacher, teammate, high school and college coaches used to describe Marquette men’s basketball head coach Steve Wojciechowski.
“There’s a toughness about him. He’s always been a beat-the-odds guy,” Notre Dame head coach Mike Brey said. “(They said) ‘He’s not good enough to do that. Well, he’s not big enough to do that. Well, he’s not good enough to do that.’ He just uses it as fuel.