Texas Tech Softball Coach's Resilience
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How drug cartel wars led coach Gerry Glasco to Texas Tech: 'Nothing about softball is scary to me'
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Gerry Glasco is one of the best coaches in college softball at 66 .
He was the go-to hunting guide for more than two decades , taking businessmen and wealthy hunters quail and duck hunting in Mexico .
He never thought he'd be taking on Texas in Oklahoma City .
Glasco 's youngest daughter Geri Ann died in a car accident when she was a volunteer coach for him.
Gerry Glasco was named the national travel softball coaching staff of the year by the National Fastpitch Coaches Association in 2004 .
He recruited athletes off his daughters' volleyball or basketball teams and taught them to play softball.
Glasco coached Hall of Famer Cat Osterman in the National Pro Softball League .
Four of the Red Raiders' top seven hitters came with Glasco from Louisiana .
He was devastated to beat another of his former players, Sam Landry , who wore No. 12 as a tribute to Geri Ann at Louisiana .
The two embraced after their semifinal game, with Gerry telling her he loved her.
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