John Gordon Thigpen

Raising the Bar John Gordon Thigpen

In the fall of 2012, football came to Reinhardt University. Written by a former player, Raising the Bar tells the story of how a small college in North Georgia helped find community in America's most popular sport. Thigpen chronicles the meteoric rise of the Reinhardt Eagles from the perspective of the administration, professors, coaches, and players who built a successful athletic program from scratch without sacrificing the values of the institution. Flowing from detailed research and Thigpen's personal experiences with the raw emotion of the locker room, Raising the Bar promises to be unlike any football story you have ever read.