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Reviewed by Jamie Michele for Readers' Favorite
Follow Plano East basketball as Coach Wester rebuilds a struggling program into a team capable of competing a 40-0 state championship season. Returning players commit themselves to the exhausting demands attached to changing the school’s reputation after earlier playoff failures leave the program searching for direction. Thomas places readers beside the Panthers as victories begin attracting statewide attention, forcing teenagers to carry growing expectations each time they step onto the court. Tournament travel eventually carries the team beyond Texas, while national recognition reshapes how the season is viewed inside the community surrounding Plano East. #MAKINGBELIEVERS documents how years spent pursuing one goal finally produce a championship season that changes the history of the school while turning a local basketball roster into a source of pride for people connected to Plano East.
In his book #MAKINGBELIEVERS, assistant coach Greg Thomas understands something many sports books miss entirely. Teenagers pay attention to what adults repeat every single day, and Coach Matt Wester builds Plano East basketball through standards the players can actually live by once the crowd disappears. When assistant coach Jamie Smith keeps a minibus steady during a dangerous freeway blowout near Coppell, the book quietly reminds readers that leadership inside school athletics reaches far beyond scoreboards. Thomas also refuses to sidestep the racism directed toward Plano East families during earlier trips to Flower Mound, giving the program’s later success real social meaning connected to dignity and representation. The writing speaks plainly, like a veteran coach sitting across from parents after practice, explaining exactly how trust forms inside a winning program. Among the many, many sports legacy memoirs I have read, this is among the most fist-pumping, heart-thumping inspirations of the year. Very highly recommended.
