from Ms. Clyde (#46994776):
Thompson E. (Gene) Hodges, Jr., 54, of Norman; husband of Deborah S. Hodges; father of CC Hodges and Clint Hodges, both of Norman, Angela Hodges of Minneapolis, and Sherrill Hodges of Ellicott City, MD; son of Thompson E. Hodges, Sr.; supervisor, Office of Housing, HUD.
A gentle, quiet, kind man, Gene Hodges did what he was supposed to do and did it well, said his wife, Deb Hodges. He worked 30 years for the federal government, belonged to the PTA, and coached his son Clint’s soccer team for 6 years (Gene loved soccer, Deb noted).
Heavily involved with his children’s baseball, Scouts, basketball, and judo. Gene devoted a good deal of his time to nudging kids along – athletically and personally.
His approach to coaching – and to sports in general – was that of a teacher. He never pulled a child from a soccer game for making a mistake; instead, Deb recalled, “If kids messed up… he’d quietly tell them (later) what they did wrong. By the time he was finished explaining, he never made the kids feel like they messed up.” Gene understood, said Deb, that everyone makes mistakes.
Published in the Oklahoma Today magazine, Winter 1996 issue.
Thompson E. (Gene) Hodges, Jr., 54, of Norman; husband of Deborah S. Hodges; father of CC Hodges and Clint Hodges, both of Norman, Angela Hodges of Minneapolis, and Sherrill Hodges of Ellicott City, MD; son of Thompson E. Hodges, Sr.; supervisor, Office of Housing, HUD.
A gentle, quiet, kind man, Gene Hodges did what he was supposed to do and did it well, said his wife, Deb Hodges. He worked 30 years for the federal government, belonged to the PTA, and coached his son Clint’s soccer team for 6 years (Gene loved soccer, Deb noted).
Heavily involved with his children’s baseball, Scouts, basketball, and judo. Gene devoted a good deal of his time to nudging kids along – athletically and personally.
His approach to coaching – and to sports in general – was that of a teacher. He never pulled a child from a soccer game for making a mistake; instead, Deb recalled, “If kids messed up… he’d quietly tell them (later) what they did wrong. By the time he was finished explaining, he never made the kids feel like they messed up.” Gene understood, said Deb, that everyone makes mistakes.
Published in the Oklahoma Today magazine, Winter 1996 issue.
from Ms. Clyde (#46994776):
Thompson E. (Gene) Hodges, Jr., 54, of Norman; husband of Deborah S. Hodges; father of CC Hodges and Clint Hodges, both of Norman, Angela Hodges of Minneapolis, and Sherrill Hodges of Ellicott City, MD; son of Thompson E. Hodges, Sr.; supervisor, Office of Housing, HUD.
A gentle, quiet, kind man, Gene Hodges did what he was supposed to do and did it well, said his wife, Deb Hodges. He worked 30 years for the federal government, belonged to the PTA, and coached his son Clint’s soccer team for 6 years (Gene loved soccer, Deb noted).
Heavily involved with his children’s baseball, Scouts, basketball, and judo. Gene devoted a good deal of his time to nudging kids along – athletically and personally.
His approach to coaching – and to sports in general – was that of a teacher. He never pulled a child from a soccer game for making a mistake; instead, Deb recalled, “If kids messed up… he’d quietly tell them (later) what they did wrong. By the time he was finished explaining, he never made the kids feel like they messed up.” Gene understood, said Deb, that everyone makes mistakes.
Published in the Oklahoma Today magazine, Winter 1996 issue.
Thompson E. (Gene) Hodges, Jr., 54, of Norman; husband of Deborah S. Hodges; father of CC Hodges and Clint Hodges, both of Norman, Angela Hodges of Minneapolis, and Sherrill Hodges of Ellicott City, MD; son of Thompson E. Hodges, Sr.; supervisor, Office of Housing, HUD.
A gentle, quiet, kind man, Gene Hodges did what he was supposed to do and did it well, said his wife, Deb Hodges. He worked 30 years for the federal government, belonged to the PTA, and coached his son Clint’s soccer team for 6 years (Gene loved soccer, Deb noted).
Heavily involved with his children’s baseball, Scouts, basketball, and judo. Gene devoted a good deal of his time to nudging kids along – athletically and personally.
His approach to coaching – and to sports in general – was that of a teacher. He never pulled a child from a soccer game for making a mistake; instead, Deb recalled, “If kids messed up… he’d quietly tell them (later) what they did wrong. By the time he was finished explaining, he never made the kids feel like they messed up.” Gene understood, said Deb, that everyone makes mistakes.
Published in the Oklahoma Today magazine, Winter 1996 issue.
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