Hugh McCutcheon looks back on Beijing Games
Times columnist Bill Dwyre reports on how U.S. men's indoor volleyball coach Hugh McCutcheon has balanced the incredible high associated with winning a gold medal during the Beijing Games and the hard reality of the shocking murder of his father-in-law at a popular tourist attraction in Beijing.
As Dwyre writes, "McCutcheon was thrust onto a stage where the bright lights usually blind and paralyze even the best-prepared. Not McCutcheon, who just kept doing the right thing, right to the end."
"There is no page in the book of life that tells you how to be a gold-medal winner and have your father-in-law murdered," said McCutcheon, who recently was named head coach of the women's volleyball squad.
-- Greg Johnson
Photo: Men's indoor volleyball head coach Hugh McCutcheon celebrates a Beijing Games gold-medal round victory over Brazil with his coaching staff on Aug. 24. Credit: Jonathan Ferrey / Getty Images
