Sure, many times Jeff Christy wondered if all of his volunteer coaching duties on the collegiate baseball level would ever matter. Maybe, in fact, he had made the wrong career decision.
Writing scouting reports and giving lessons might look good on a resume, but when that fails to pay the bills for six years, doubt creeps in.
“Sometimes, you just questions at times, like, ‘Is this going to happen?’ ” Christy said, “because you put in so many hours and you put in so much time and effort into it.”
That Christy, a Lincoln native and Nebraska graduate, finally reached his coaching dream as a member of the Nebraska staff made his long wait worth even more.