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pridepoisededication.com A GeorgeThe W.Unsung Tillman Story Of Couch Jr. GeorgeFilm Glymph PRIDE Head POISE & DEDICATIONCopy The Unsung Story Of Coach George Glymph Synopsis 2 Director / Producer / Writer 3 Executive Producer / Co-Producer / Co-Writer 4 Credits 5 Links pridepoisededication.com Click here to Download High Resolution Pictures Visit us on Facebook Movie Premiere Sat., June 4th, 6:00pm Design by Focuscomm Eau Claire High School (Auditorium) 4800 Monticello Rd., Columbia, SC 29203 [email protected] Phone (615) 512-0271 A George W. Tillman Jr. Film pridepoisededication.com | 615-512-0271 | [email protected] The Unsung Story Of Couch George Glymph Synopsis This Documentary was created to demonstrate player but the whole person. Coach Glymph did how effectively Coach George Glymph, a Native not have a star system, but stars evolved within Son of Columbia SC, became one of the most his system. It was always team first with Coach successful high school basketball coaches in the Glymph, and that is why there were only two history of the State of South Carolina. Coach players in his coaching career that averaged 20 George Glymph This wonderful and true story or more points per game. He did not just put tells how an amazing man, Coach Glymph was emphasis on the way you played, but also the able to take those same teaching and coaching way you represented yourself and Eau Claire skills he used at the high school level and trans- High School. lated them into a successful career in the NBA. What made George Glymph successful as a coach Coach Glymph’s most famous Eau Claire Player was not just his triumphs and defeats , but the was Jermaine O’Neal who he mentored, and be- way he was able to take the game of basketball, came a father figure to. When Jermaine was draft- and used it as an effective tool to encouraged ed straight out of High School to the NBA by the young men to become successful not only on Portland Trailblazers, Coach Glymph made his- the basketball court ,but as well in everyday tory by becoming the very first Director of Player life situations. Development in the NBA. From the time he was chosen as Jr. Varsity coach In the Year 2000, Isiah Thomas, Head Coach at Eau Claire High School in 1971, his team set a of the Indiana Pacers, was so impressed with school record of 15-3, and was continually setting Coach Glymph’s ability not only as coach, but records ,and winning championships at the high also with the way he related to young men, that school level until he went to the NBA as a De- he hired Coach Glymph on the spot to be an As- veloper of Player Personnel in 1996. The Phrase: sistant Coach on his Pacer Coaching Staff. Coach Pride, Poise and Dedication has always been the Glymph spent 3 years coaching with Isiah in In- motto and philosophy of George Glymph’s teams. diana , and 4 years with the New York Knicks. While in New York, Coach Glymph also gained Coach Glymph felt that his duty and obligation as the coaching respect of not only Isiah, but other a Coach was not to be just concerned about the NBA Greats like Mark Aguirre, Herb Williams, and Phil Ford. When you think of George Glymph you will think of the 5 State Titles his Basketball Teams won, perhaps his 25 Coach of the Year Honors, his Development of Jermaine O’Neal, his time in the NBA Coaching along side Isiah Thomas , but what makes Coach Glymph successful, and his story truly unsung is all the athletes and students he influenced who never became college students or NBA Stars. But due to him instilling Pride, Poise & Dedication into their Basketball Game, as well as in their lives, they have not only become better basketball players, but they have become better men. Synopsis: by Robert E. Williams Jr. A George W. Tillman Jr. Film pridepoisededication.com | 615-512-0271 | [email protected] The Unsung Story Of Couch George Glymph Director / Producer / Writer George Tillman fered Tillman knowledge in recorded television. The particular project that fueled Tillman , was Mr. Ronnie Millsap’s ‘In Celebration’ along with Mr. Glen Campbell, Ms. Janie Fricke, Mr. Ray Charles, Ms. Gladys Knight & The Pips, Dr. Bobby Jones and The New Life Singers, all play- ing major roles in shaping of Mr. George Tillman. In 1985, Tillman met the great songwriter, Mr. George Henry Jackson, who wrote One Bad Ap- ple, which was recorded by The Osmonds, Down Home Blues, sung by Mr. Z. Z. Hill, and Old Time Rock n’ Roll, which was a hit song for Mr. Bob Seger. As Mr. Jackson, penned these songs and oth- ers, Tillman learned by observing how to write/ During his high school years, George Till- sing songs on the piano while he met a lot of stars. man was regarded as a superior athlete. George achieved the status of All Metropolitan (quar- Another ember to Tillman’s budding film career terback) in Memphis, Tennessee. In addition, was viewing Mr. Spike Lee on Entertainment To- George achieved the status of All American in night, in 1987. In 1988, Tillman was introduced Track and Field (hurdler). Tillman went on to to Professor Steve Ross, University of Memphis, attend Fisk University, Nashville, Tennessee, on Department of Film, Memphis, Tennessee. It was both a football and a track scholarship. His major Professor Ross who advised Tillman to read the course of study, while at Fisk University, Nash- book Art of Screen Writing, and the history of ville, Tennessee was Healthcare Administration screen writing. Tillman went on to write the Son with a concentration in Planning. In 1975, while of Shaft, Midnight Train to Georgia, The Last matriculating at Fisk University, Tillman helped Buffalo Soldier, Two Million Women Marched, his team win the SIAC football conference by Two Sides of the Street, Down in Soul City, Road catching the winning touchdown pass. To The Promise Land Forty Years After The Death of Dr. M.L.K., Jr., The True Blue Lawmen Although, George was known for his athletic of 1948, Through the Eyes of Mickey Falls, The prowess, it as in his college years, Tillman became Birth of Soul Music, and his project of late, Pride, interested in a career in filmmaking. This inter- Poise, and Dedication (2016). est was ignited, when George, viewed the movie, Wattstax. This same film, Wattstax, inspired Till- In 2004, Mr. Gordon Parks, famed Director of man, to write the screenplay Son of Shaft. the movie Shaft, wrote a letter of recommenda- tion for Tillman to the film industry. As a re- Prior to George’s graduate studies which began in sult of this letter, Tillman has shown his films in 1984, Tillman studied at Tennessee State Universi- Memphis, Tennessee, Nashville, Tennessee, At- ty, Nashville, Tennessee and Lemoyne Owen Col- lanta, Georgia, New Orleans, Louisiana, Oklaho- lege, Memphis, Tennessee. George studied Music ma City, Oklahoma, and Philadelphia, Pennsylva- under Dr. Mildred Green and Mr. Herman “The nia. George has won several awards, including a Great Jazz Saxophonist “Green. Tillman later stud- Grammy for I Am a Man, Best Director for Road ied under one of today’s great gospel giants, Dr. to the Promise Land, a Hot Buttered Soul Award, Bobby Jones. Collectively, these experiences of- and a Stone Award. A George W. Tillman Jr. Film pridepoisededication.com | 615-512-0271 | [email protected] The Unsung Story Of Couch George Glymph Executive Producer / Co-Producer / Co-Writer Robert E. Williams Jr. most influential, independent record promoters throughout the United States as well as in Chi- cago, Illinois. It was under the tutelage of Mr. Thomas that Robert gained priceless experienc- es by working side-by-side of ‘Mr. Eddie ‘The Hit Maker’ Thomas. Still under Thomas’ wings, Robert founded and launched Stack A. Produc- tions, which identified and promoted local grass- roots talent. In 1990, Stack A. Dollar Production / Stack A. Dollar Entertainment returned with a vengeance. The company discovered and signed local rap tal- ent, M.C. Nubian and D.J. Ricochet, to a manage- ment contract and a record contract with Global Entertainment. Global Entertainment, a local re- cord label owned by songwriter, keyboard player and Fisk graduate, Mr. Kossi Gardner. M.C. Nu- bian and D.J. Ricochet released a grassroots clas- sic; “Malcolm X was like a Father to Me”, in 1992. This song was co-written By Malcolm X’s widow, Robert was raised in Chicago, Illinois, where he Dr. Betty Shabazz. It featured excerpts from Mal- began working at his father’s record shop, Empire colm X’s speeches. Record Shop located on East 87th Street, Chica- go, Illinois, when he was in sixth grade. In1991, Stack A. Dollar Production, with Robert’s childhood friend and Fisk University roommate, Robert worked at Empire Record Shop until he Mr. Garland Floyd, General Manger, made Nash- left for college, Fisk University, Nashville, Tennes- ville, Tennessee history by bringing to the “Mu- see in 1974. While matriculating at Fisk, Univer- sic City”, a blues festival. This festival featured the sity, Nashville, Tennessee, Robert’s interest in the legendary Mr. Bo Diddly and Mr. Johnny Taylor music business was defer until he graduated May, (both rhythm and blues balladeers). This was the 1978 from Fisk University, Nashville, Tennessee. first outdoor blues festival of its kind promoted in Robert further is education at Columbia College, Nashville, Tennessee. Chicago, Illinois where he attained an additional degree in Television and Radio Communications. In 2012, after meeting Coach George Glymph, at a Golf Tournament in Columbia, South Car- During Roberts time of studies at Columbia Col- olina, and hearing many heartfelt stories about lege, Robert’s neighbor, grammar school class- Coach Glymph, at a gathering, the night before, mate, Ms.

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