Author. Athlete. Storyteller.

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From the Court to the Page

—Meet Jeff Schneider

Jeff Schneider is a native Louisvillian and graduate of Bellarmine and Western Kentucky Universities with degrees in English and journalism, respectively. He’s a former Division I basketball player who also worked for ten years at the University of Louisville as a Sports Information Director with Hall of Famers Denny Crum and Howard Schnellenberger, both national championship coaches.

Crum told him stories about John Wooden and Bill Walton; Schnellenberger about “Bear” Bryant and Joe Namath. He attended numerous Final Fours on the statistics crew.

As a college student-athlete, he worked on the university newspapers and, after practice, wrote high school sports for the Louisville Courier-Journal, covering Indiana high school sports. At U of L, he won numerous CoSIDA Best in the Nation writing awards. He’s also responsible for bringing Ford Ironman to Louisville in 2007, in which he participated.

His journey into fiction began when a former coach, John Dromo, came into his office daily and told him stories about Muhammad Ali, Adolph Rupp, Wes Unseld, Johnny Unitas, Butch Beard and Clem Haskins, plus many others. The Fix, his first novel, was conceived from those smokey, early-morning conversations.

He’s presently a health insurance broker. He has three children, Jean, Marcus and Elizabeth and three grandsons, Hudson, Lincoln and Ford, all athletes hoping to be as good as their grandfather. He’s presently working on his next novel, The Paperboys.

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Rave Reviews from the Sidelines

  • "A story right off the front pages of the newspapers every day...and one you won't put down."

    -- Jerry Kokesh, United States Biathlon Association

  • "For anybody who is a sports nut and enjoys a good story, The Fix is a very compelling read."

    -- Gary Cole, Sports Editor, Playboy

  • "Takes you into the world of college basketball and down its darkest corridors--a cautionary tale for every college athlete."

    -- Lesley Visser, CBS

  • “This book is required reading for every college basketball fan and every athletic director, coach and player with a conscience."

    -- Gene Wojiechowski, Chicago Tribune

  • "The Games has it all, baby! A must for every American household! Simply an amazing book."

    -- Frank Karaglanis

  • "The book...involves romance, mystery, science, and, of course, the Olympic Games. Jeff Schneider has won gold with this one."

    -- Billy Reed, Sports Illustrated