June 19, 2025 • 31 mins
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Coach Frank Stretar after raising eight children who've gone on to have families of their own, Frank's impact now touches the lives of 24 grandchildren—and countless young men in Cleveland without father figures. Coach Frank Stretar knows firsthand what it take to build a legacy of fatherhood that spans generations.
Frank takes us on a journey from his Catholic upbringing through decades of youth ministry with FCA, Young Life, and church leadership, before founding Leader Within, a nonprofit equipping young people with essential leadership skills. Along the way, we discover how a single piece of advice changed his approach to fatherhood: "If you're not doing ministry at home, you have no business doing it elsewhere."
The conversation dives deep into the real challenges of parenting that don't end when children leave home. Frank shares heart-wrenching stories of supporting his daughter after she became a young widow with four children, and helping his son through a painful divorce. Through it all, his unwavering faith provides the foundation for healing and growth across generations.
Perhaps most powerful is Frank's reflection on what he'd tell his younger self: "Smile more." Looking back at old photographs, he noticed he wasn't smiling enough—carrying burdens too heavily instead of finding joy in the journey. It's this kind of hard-earned wisdom that makes Frank's story so valuable for fathers at any stage of the journey.
For men balancing career ambitions with family responsibilities, Frank offers practical guidance: "Take more vacations with your family. Make them see they're valued more than your career." And like Caleb in the Bible who remained strong into old age, Frank demonstrates what it means to finish well—physically, spiritually, mentally, and emotionally equipped for the challenges ahead.
Ready to rethink what it means to build a legacy that outlasts you? Listen now and discover why the most important leadership you'll ever provide begins at home.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Welcome to Be A Baller where we're building a
lifelong legacy for our families, communities and the world.
Your host, coach Tim Brown, isexcited for you to join him on
this journey.
On each episode, we'll betalking about how to be
intentional about building alasting legacy.
We'll be exploring what itmeans to leave a mark that goes
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beyond just our lives but has apositive impact on those around
us and even generations to come.
So if you're looking forinspiration, guidance and
practical tips on how to build alasting legacy that makes a
difference, then you're in theright place.
So grab your earbuds, getcomfortable and let's dive in.
It's time to be a baller.
Speaker 2 (00:46):
Welcome to Be A Baller podcast where we talk
about how to build a lifelonglegacy.
In this special fatherhoodseries, we're sitting down with
men who have not only raisedfamilies but have built legacies
that echo through generations.
Today, we're honored to welcomeCoach Frank Streeter, a good
friend from the great city ofCleveland, ohio, you know, home
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of the Browns.
Yes, sir, he'll be the 2026World Champions.
Finally, coach Streeter haslived his life and work.
His life and work is amasterclass in leadership,
service and faith.
Being in Independence Ohio,frank brings a truly unique
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perspective, shaped by decadesof non-profit leadership, youth
ministry organizations like FCA,young Life and Youth for Christ
church leadership, and over 30years of coaching and education.
But here's where thisfatherhood piece comes in
Alongside, with his wife of 45years, frank has raised eight
children, watched their familiesgrow to include 24
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grandchildren and built leadingwith Finn, a Cleveland-based
nonprofit that equips you forleadership skills through camps,
mentorship and communityoutreach.
And Frank still has time tocoach at Glenville High School.
And Frank still has time tocoach at Glenville High School.
Since 2018, 2008, frank hasserved as a leadership teacher
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at the Ginn Academy, where hecontinues to influence Young
Lives Daily.
He's a proud Baldwin Wallacealumni and also a member of the
1978 National Championshipfootball team.
All right, frank.
What position did you play,coach?
I played wide receiver out thereoh man, how many touchdowns did
you catch in the championshipgame?
Speaker 3 (02:31):
I didn't catch any in the championship game, but I
tell you it was an honor to playfor the late Lee Trestle.
He was a tremendous mentor.
Amen.
Speaker 2 (02:38):
Praise the Lord.
Praise the Lord.
Frank has also been a key partof Cleveland's Fellowship of
Christian Athletes since hisroots at Glenville High School
in the 90s.
Today we'll talk about what itmeans to lead a family, mentor a
generation and build a legacythat lasts.
Get ready for a powerful,in-depth conversation on
fatherhood, faith and what ittruly means to be a Baller.
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Welcome to the show, frankCoach Streeter.
Thank you for having me, Tim.
It's a real honor, and I'vefollowed your career for a long
time as well.
Yeah, and I'm excited aboutthis.
Can you step right in?
Can you share a bit about yourearly life and what influenced
your approach to fatherhood?
Speaker 3 (03:20):
Sure, I grew up in the city of Cleveland, went to
Catholic school in theelementary school days, but then
my junior high days my parentsmoved to Fairview Park, ohio,
and so went to Fairview throughhigh school, grew up a Catholic,
was very steeped in Catholicismand the Catholic school was an
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altar boy, so I learned a lot ofmy early faith just through the
tradition of the church.
And then when I went toFairview High School, kind of
got away from the church alittle bit.
And then my parents, mom anddad my dad's a World War II vet
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fought in the Battle of Tarawaout in the South Pacific.
I have five siblings, twosisters and three brothers.
They raised us, you know, thebest that they can you know.
And then, after graduating highschool, went on to Baldwin
Wallace College.
Now it's university, but backthen it was a college.
Well, I see it.
Speaker 2 (04:26):
You and your wife have raised eight children and
now have 24 grandchildren.
What values have you passeddown across generations?
Speaker 3 (04:35):
Yeah, I think the most important value is
relationships.
You know, our kids when we gettogether.
We have a week every June wecall Street Week, and they all
come together.
You'll appreciate this, tim.
We have our own ticket agentfor the Guardians and our group
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sales.
Just my family, including allthe grandkids and in-laws, is 41
tickets we're getting for thegame this year.
We are an official group ticketsales group of the Cleveland
Guardians.
Anyway, relationships, it'sjust steeped in that in our
family and in my children witheach other and with us.
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The other one that's probablymost significant in terms of
relationship, though, is theirrelationship with Christ.
You know, as the children getolder, we look more like
brothers and sisters in Christ.
You know God doesn't have anygrandkids, so we're all his
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children.
We just happen to be a littleolder and more seasoned maybe
than the younger ones, but mykids are in their 40s and 30s
now, so they've been gettingalong a little bit in life, and
so they're knowing, they'refeeling it now as they're
raising their kids.
Speaker 2 (05:59):
Speaking about faith, how has your faith impacted
your role as a father and aleader?
Speaker 3 (06:06):
Yeah Well, tim, when you and I were on staff together
with FCA, I was listening toChuck Swindoll one day and I
remember him saying if you'renot doing ministry at home, you
have no business being out theredoing ministry.
And that hit me so hard that Icame back home and I told my
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wife.
I said, listen, we're going tostart doing Monday morning
breakfast Bible study with thekids and we started that
tradition at.
I'd get the kids up at six inthe morning, my wife would make
pancakes or eggs or whatever andwe would get them all around
the table and we would do, wewould open up and we spent about
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45 minutes in God's word and Iknew that if I couldn't be
genuine in front of them, reallyhelp them kind of see how
significant God is in your life,I had no real business being
out there trying to tell coachesand athletes and others about
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him as well.
Speaker 2 (07:11):
It's good stuff there .
Can you speak about thespiritual legacy you aim to
leave for your children andgrandchildren?
It's that spiritual legacy.
Speaker 3 (07:20):
Yeah, great question.
You know I'm very big onStephen Covey's Seven Habits of
Highly Effective People andactually it was at FCA that
introduced me to it, and hetalks about leaving a legacy and
I really wanted to have mychildren come through
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understanding how important yourspiritual life is.
So I have begun now taking mygrandkids to FCA camp.
I'm in a whole other generationof children going to camp.
So I take the group of kids notonly my grandkids but other kids
that I teach right now andcoach up to an FCA leadership
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camp, because if there's alegacy I want to leave, it's one
of leadership leading yourself,leading others, and doing that
really with spirituality as itsbasis, so a faith in Christ, a
deep, abiding relationship inhim, being a Christ follower,
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being a disciple of his, leadingyourself first, and then, with
what you've learned, be ablethen to lead others.
Speaker 2 (08:40):
That's good.
You know, I know you're big onleadership.
You teach leadership.
You talk a lot about leadership.
What led you to start theorganization Leader Within?
What was the vision behind that?
Speaker 3 (08:51):
That's a great question.
So, tim, after I left FCA, Iwent on staff with Young Life
for a minute and startedseminary, and Young Life had
their training had allowed youto go or was part of it was
seminary training.
Life had their training hadallowed you to go or was part of
it was seminary training.
And so, after a couple of yearswith Young Life and doing some
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seminary work, I went into thechurch and actually worked at a
church for four years as anassociate pastor of leadership
development and I realized that,you know, really, leadership in
the church is calleddiscipleship.
It's really what we're doing iswe're trying to help
individuals see who they are,where they are, what they can't
become in terms of theirrelationship with christ, and
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then, from there, allowing theirlives to be a, a light to the,
to those who they're in, they'rearound, who they influence, and
so, um, and after the fouryears in the church, I realized
that, you know, I'm really moreof a parachurch guy.
I'm a guy that likes to be outthere, the church work that I
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was doing, though it was good,seemed to be too confined to
that area.
It wasn't really reaching it,and it's nothing against the
church, but it was justsomething in my heart that said
God pushing me to do somethingelse, and so, 19, in 2008, I was
sitting down and was readingthe word, and it was in
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Ephesians, chapter one, but itwas the message, which not a lot
of people are fans of or somepeople.
Some people like it a lot, butfor some reason I was in the
message and it talked about.
It used the words there know whohe is, where he is and what you
can become in him.
And I thought that's reallywhat I want to do.
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I want to help peopleunderstand where they are in
life, because you and I, tim,we're in the senior years of our
lives, we're in what's thewisdom time of life for us, but
there's young people that arejust starting out, that have no
idea where they are in life,especially in adolescence, the
most explosive growth time inyour life and so to help them
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establish a foundation orsomething solid to stand on
there, to know where they areand then who they are, A lot of
us we think we are doing our,we're doing a job, or when asked
who are you, you tell them whatyou do rather than who you are.
And just to help peopleunderstand that you're a child
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of God, that you have sometremendous value and then what
you can become, well, the sky'sthe limit when you have a
relationship with Christ thenwhat you can't become?
Speaker 2 (11:31):
well, the sky's the limit when you have a
relationship with Christ.
Amen.
Well said, well said.
You know in your experience howdoes fatherhood prepare someone
for leadership in other areasof life?
You talked about being at thehome.
You know, how does fatherhoodprepare you for other areas of
life and leadership?
Speaker 3 (11:47):
Yeah, well, I mean, I learned now, especially being
back in the school building andback in the classroom.
You know how important it isthat as I built my relationship
with my kids and the fatherimage that I was, how important
it was for me to carry that onto some of these young men that
I have that don't have fathers,and so to really step in with
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coach gian and coach chinchardand be that father image to them
.
You know, maybe more of agrandfather, to be honest with
you now, but yeah, with the grayhair, but but really to be that
kind of stabling force, thatrock that you can go to, that
questions that you can ask andreally be able to get some
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honest answers from.
That's what my fatherhood time,when I was raising my children,
have helped me.
Now step back and help some ofthese young men that don't have
fathers or role models.
You know, one of the greatthings I ever learned in young
life, tim, was the word everyyoung teenager needs a
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responsible adult in their lives, and you and I have witnessed
this a lot, especially in urbansettings.
There's times where these kidsdon't have a responsible adult
in their life, but who is goingto stand in the gap with those
kids, responsible adult in theirlife.
But who is going to stand inthe gap with those kids?
And so that's one of the thingsthat I've tried to do, and be
at Ginn Academy at Glenville,football.
Speaker 2 (13:22):
As you look back over that experience at Ginn Academy
and football, can you share apowerful moment from your time
mentoring at Ginn Academy or?
Speaker 3 (13:28):
through FCA.
Yeah, I think it goes rightback to the beginning, tim, we,
when we did fca I think youmight have been at that camp
when I was up in erie,pennsylvania.
Oh yeah, oh yeah.
And we, we had a young manthere, uh, lee jackson's his
name and lee was.
I convinced lee to come becausethere were going to be college
coaches and he was going to geta scholarship.
And when he got up there hesaid I did not know, this was a
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God camp and it was just anincredible week of explosive
spiritual awareness andconversion and seeing kids come
to know Christ, and Lee was oneof those guys that came to know
Christ.
Come to know Christ, and Leewas one of those guys that came
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to know Christ, and Oscar Rohnwas the chaplain at that time.
He was a dear brother and Leereally embraced it.
I mean immediately.
And you know we've seen a lotof kids come to know Christ at a
camp, but then you don't reallyknow what happens after that.
Fortunately we'll hear from oneor two.
But really in our careers asministers.
You don't really get to seemany people that come to know
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Christ, but Lee was one of thoseguys that stuck with us 1997.
And now Lee, after he left ushe went to Southern Mississippi
State and then he went and didwork with Joe White.
You remember Joe?
Speaker 2 (14:54):
White with the Canna Cook ministry.
Down in Missouri.
Speaker 3 (14:59):
Yeah, down in Missouri, and that's where we
got really tied into adiscipleship mentoring position.
Now you would be so happy tosee him, tim, down in Dallas,
texas, running a sports ministrythat he founded that he's doing
himself.
We still keep in contact, westill help each other with camps
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here and there in thesummertime and it's just been a
thrill to see him grow in thatway and be a solid believer and
leading others in Christ.
Speaker 2 (15:32):
It's a great story.
I remember in Christ.
It's a great story.
I remember those days in Erie.
It wasn't nothing like it.
Speaker 3 (15:36):
Nothing like it.
Speaker 2 (15:37):
Youngstown would come , we would bring kids from
Columbus, toledo would come.
It was so much fun we saw thosebreakthroughs.
We saw those breakthroughs.
Speaker 3 (15:45):
Yeah, we sure did.
It was awesome, it was awesome.
Speaker 2 (15:48):
So, as you look at your fatherhood days now, what
can you tell the audience aboutparenting adult children?
Speaker 3 (15:59):
Yeah, boy, what a great question that was.
You know it doesn't get easier.
Really, there's some heartbreakthat goes on.
My oldest daughter, 2018, losther husband she was a mother of
four and my son-in-law, Adam,died of a heart attack at 39
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years old and left her with fourchildren the oldest, nine and
the youngest, a year and a half.
With four children, the oldest,nine and the youngest a year,
and a half.
And you know it breaks my heartto this day, still as a father,
you know, trying to comealongside those kids and be the
not just a grandfather but belike a father for them and help
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introduce them to Christ andknow that God is the father of
the fatherless.
You see some heartbreaks withmy oldest son, who went through
a divorce, a very painfuldivorce, and two children
involved in that, and those arereally difficult things to see.
But each time through all thosecircumstances, tim, I've had to
direct them back to the onethat makes all the difference
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and I would either provide somescripture for them, I'd help
find Christian counselors, Iwould, you know, do all that I
know to do to help them stayfocused on the one thing that I
know will make a difference andthat's in Jesus Christ.
Speaker 2 (17:34):
Amen, that's powerful .
It is so dope.
You know we think it getseasier.
You know the kids are out thehouse, they're on their own.
You know they got it figuredout.
We've done our part Right.
We're always going to beparents, you know.
Speaker 3 (17:47):
That's right, and we want to be.
No, we do always going to beparents.
Speaker 2 (17:51):
you know, and we want to be.
We want to.
No, we do, that's right.
As dads, we want to tell menall the time you want to create
an environment where yourchildren want to come home.
Yeah, Amen when they want tocome home.
You know, you don't want thatkind of environment where they
say well, I'm glad I'm out thehouse.
Speaker 3 (18:02):
You know I ain't never going back there.
You and to that point too, tothat point too, tim, they do
become like brothers and sistersnow, you know, because they're
maturing in their faith.
I have a son that's a worshippastor down in St Louis Missouri
, and then we share some deepspiritual things together.
You know, with our children nowthat they are developing in
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their faith as moms and dads andChristian, you know, brothers
and sisters.
Speaker 2 (18:34):
You know, why is it so important for men, especially
fathers, to be present in youthministry and education.
Why is that so important forboys and girls to see men,
especially fathers, you know, inthose spaces.
Speaker 3 (18:50):
Yeah, I think it's because the way God has designed
it, you know, he really diddesign the male to take a
leadership role, not thatfemales don't I mean man.
We've seen some tremendous youngmen and women grow up with
single family homes with just amom there.
That are tremendous individuals.
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But in God's order, the waythat he would establish it, he
wanted to use men as a Godheadfigure in that family, as an
authority figure that would helpthem see the love of God in
their flesh and blood in theiryoung days, to know what it
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means to be protected and to becared for, to provide and
protect you know your children,to love your wife, for them to
see that you really love yourwife, that she's not just you
know somebody out there that'shelping you get along, but it's
someone that you truly care forand that you want to be with the
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rest of your life.
So it helps them develop anunderstanding of what they
should be looking for in aspouse as well.
So the role is immense and itgoes on forever.
It never stops.
Speaker 2 (20:09):
That's why I wanted to have you on the show because,
well, I remember I was a youngparent during the FCA camp days
and we had real young childrenand I watch you and all those
kids.
I'm like it's something else,but it was a blessing.
But you can't be what you can'tsee.
Speaker 3 (20:27):
That's right.
Speaker 2 (20:28):
When I'm ministering, I always have my wife with me.
My children always came with usbecause I wanted.
First, I wanted them to seewhen dad wasn't around.
That's what dad was doing.
Speaker 3 (20:38):
But, also.
Speaker 2 (20:38):
I wanted others to see that.
So I want this.
I like this family thing.
You know, I like this.
I want that for me later on inlife.
Speaker 3 (20:47):
Right and plus Tim.
They didn't pay us very much inFCA so that was our vacation.
I mean, we were working, butthe kids thought it was vacation
.
Speaker 2 (20:56):
They thought it was fun.
That's good stuff.
As you look back, what wouldyou tell your younger self at
the beginning of your parentingand leadership journey?
What would you tell your youngfriend?
Speaker 3 (21:09):
Yeah, you know, it's real simple too.
I'd tell him to smile more.
Speaker 2 (21:14):
Oh, that's good, it's good.
Speaker 3 (21:17):
All these kids you can imagine.
And I look at past picturesbecause now you know
everything's on your phone.
My father-in-law says you know,we're not going to have
pictures pictures anymore,because everybody's got them on
their phone.
Nobody prints them out, right.
But anyway, when I look wayback at the days when I had
pictures, I wasn't smiling,that's good and it was just so.
It was like I was carrying theload too heavy and I just wish I
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could have smiled more.
I wish I could have and I didenjoy my kids.
Don't get me wrong, but when Ilook at that it gave me a little
snapshot of the burden I wascarrying and I wasn't letting
the Lord carry it as much as Iwas carrying it myself.
So smile more, enjoy life,don't take yourself serious, and
you know.
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And kids, let kids be kids.
Speaker 2 (22:03):
Yeah, that's it.
But look at you now with those24 grandchildren.
Boy, I'm looking at that smileon your face now.
I don't see the intensefootball coach anymore.
Speaker 3 (22:14):
No, we're coaching them over to finish line to get
to the Lord.
Speaker 2 (22:17):
That's all it is, that's right as we kind of come
around the corner.
This has been great.
Everything I thought it wouldbe, and even more when you think
about this.
What has been your proudestmoment as a father?
Speaker 3 (22:32):
Well, I've had so many, you know, especially with
my kids.
There's a couple of, because Ijust have too many not to pick
out one.
The first one I could think ofwas my one son Frank asked me if
I would do his marriageceremony.
One son Frank asked me if Iwould do his marriage ceremony
and that was pretty, prettysignificant.
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You know, to have your childask you to be the minister when
they got married.
And then my youngest son, Sam,didn't know this but he married
a Southern Belle and in theSouth, Tim, it's pretty
tradition for the son to ask hisdad to be his best man.
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And I remember being down there,you know, when we knew they
were going to get married, and Isaid, Sam, I don't remember you
telling me who your best man is, and he just kind of leaned
over and he looked at me.
He goes, Dad, I want you to bemy best man, and so those are
precious memories that you have.
But, brother, I could go on forhours about my girls and sports
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that we've had for hours insports, that we've had some of
the joy that they brought mejust seeing them compete with
high character, you know, withintensity, playing with all that
they got all that god gave them.
You know, uh, my boys and andall my kids now children that
they've had.
It's just been tremendous pridethat my wife Betsy and I get
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with just looking back on ourlives.
And I'll be honest, we lookback and we go.
We don't know how we did it andit's like that poem you know
footprints in the sand, you knowthe Lord was carrying us
through.
We don't remember a lot of it,Right, right.
Speaker 2 (24:16):
You know, frank, what advice would you share with
fathers in balancing career,faith and family
responsibilities?
Speaker 3 (24:24):
Yeah, that's another great one, tim, because so many
I think so many men get caughtup in the driven by a goal, you
know, to get to a certain place.
You know, and the old adage ofwhat you know, you, you, you got
your ladder and you got to thetop and you found out it's
leaning against the wrong wall,you know, those are things that
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I think people try to to climbthe ladder of success and they
find out, you know, it wasn't asthe the, the uh process was
more enjoyable than actuallyachieving the goal.
So I would say, keep that inmind.
I would say, live moment bymoment.
I would say get up early andtake your time with God first,
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because that's going to lastforever.
You'll never stop doing that.
When we're in his presence,we're going to still be enjoying
him and really stay balancedwith your time.
Take more vacations, take timeaway from that job, get that
family together.
Go three to four times a yearon a vacation with your family,
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even if it's just a fourdayweekend.
It doesn't have to be veryexpensive, but to create that
time and make them see thatthey're valued more than your
career is valued, just goes, cango for a really long in your
relationships.
Speaker 2 (25:50):
Well, while you're on the road dropping all this
wisdom, I got to get a littlemore out of you.
How do you, how do you make youknow over the decades you've
been involved in this ministrywork and service and leadership
for five decades how do you staygrounded and energized and you
still get that same energy,seems like back when she had
back in Erie.
You know how do you staygrounded and energized after
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decades of service andleadership case of service and
leadership.
Speaker 3 (26:16):
Yeah, you know, I do think, tim, it was back to those
FCA days when they did aseminar for us with the Stephen
Covey and I realized that I gotto take care of the physical man
as much as the spiritual man,the intellectual man, the social
, emotional man.
And I've got to and and I wantto be, I want to be strong at
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the end.
Remember, caleb, when he wastalking to Joshua.
He said we went and we saw thatland.
Give me those other 10.
They came back and they gave abad report.
But he said listen, I'm asstrong now as I was back then.
Speaker 2 (26:57):
Give me that land, promise that land to me.
Isn't that?
Speaker 3 (27:00):
great.
Speaker 2 (27:01):
And that's what I want for my life.
Speaker 3 (27:03):
And the way to do it is by abiding in those
principles that keep you fitphysically, that keep you and
it's tough, you know, brother,it is tough getting old, but
you've got to fight thosebattles and you've got to make
sure that you're fighting theright battles to make sure that
you keep yourself good, strong,sound, spiritually, mentally,
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physically and emotional.
Speaker 2 (27:25):
Amen, Me and my wife.
We are just saying that we areaging gracefully.
Speaker 3 (27:30):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (27:31):
Our heart is aging gracefully.
Yeah, through the power of theLord.
Speaker 1 (27:35):
That's what God wants us to do.
Speaker 2 (27:37):
That's right and he's looking for those Caleb's, you
know.
Speaker 3 (27:40):
Yeah, that's right, I want to be one of them.
Yeah, so do I.
Speaker 2 (27:43):
I'm with you, like every day you get up, you're
fighting for them.
Boys at that Ginn Academy.
Yeah, you're fighting for them.
You're fighting for them.
So, to wrap up, you know thisis a legacy podcast.
What does the word legacy meanto you and what is the legacy of
fatherhood that Frank Streeteris building, is built and is
built, and continue to build?
Speaker 3 (28:12):
Yeah, my legacy to me really is the.
I created a mission statementyears ago that said you know, to
love God with all my heart, allmy mind, all my soul, and to
love my neighbor as myself.
And in doing that I wanted toleave a legacy behind me that
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would show people, that peoplewould respond like a Tim Brown
would say you know what I, I, IFrank Streeter loved his wife.
I could tell that that was hisbest friend and he imparted
those things in his childrenthat they are now going to
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impart to other generations.
They are now going to impart toother generations.
And the thing that was mostimportant about him was his love
for God.
He truly loved God and I tellyou, brother, if they could say
that about me.
Speaker 2 (29:14):
I'm resting in peace very well.
Well, audience, what anincredible conversation with
Coach Frank Street, a man who'snot just raised a family but has
raised up leaders one life at atime.
It still reminds us that truefatherhood is about consistency,
sacrifice and vision, and it'sa legacy that's not measured in
titles, but it's about livesthat's been transformed.
And, coach, I want to thank youfor all you've done for those
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boys at Glenville High School.
Just all over it, putting inthere, and every place you've
been you left your mark.
You know you left your mark andI'm just so excited to be, to
know you and to watch you, andevery time I see you I just get
so excited about that.
Being friends.
We're still here.
You know devil can't get rid ofus.
We're still here we're stilllooking forward to these young
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men and thank you for going tothe next generation.
And, as you said before, itstarts at home.
It starts with your bride,naturally loving your bride,
your children and those 24grandchildren.
What a blessing that is oflegacy.
So, coach, I want to thank youfor being on the show and I
appreciate your time today and,as always, I want to thank the
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audience for listening and doingthis Fatherhood Series we try
to.
Our goal in this FatherhoodSeries is to recognize men,
those unsung heroes, you know,those men who are not perfect
men but have done the best thatthey can.
You know and the Bible saysthis, or I heard this before the
apple doesn't fall far from thetree.
I think back.
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You talked about CoachTrestle's dad, lee Trestle.
You talked about your dad beinga war veteran A war veteran.
Now, looking at your children,your grandchildren, the apple
doesn't fall far from the tree.
That apple that you're creatingis the apple of love.
Not just love, but the love ofGod.
Speaker 1 (30:57):
The love of.
Speaker 2 (30:58):
God, a love of God, a love of God.
So I want to thank you for that, and then just continue to be
the man.
Continue to be that, caleb,keep on fighting.
Speaker 1 (31:06):
Thanks brother.
Speaker 3 (31:07):
Appreciate you, tim.
Speaker 1 (31:09):
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Speaker 2 (00:46):
Welcome to Be A Baller podcast where we talk
about how to build a lifelonglegacy.
In this special fatherhoodseries, we're sitting down with
men who have not only raisedfamilies but have built legacies
that echo through generations.
Today, we're honored to welcomeCoach Frank Streeter, a good
friend from the great city ofCleveland, ohio, you know, home
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of the Browns.
Yes, sir, he'll be the 2026World Champions.
Finally, coach Streeter haslived his life and work.
His life and work is amasterclass in leadership,
service and faith.
Being in Independence Ohio,frank brings a truly unique
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perspective, shaped by decadesof non-profit leadership, youth
ministry organizations like FCA,young Life and Youth for Christ
church leadership, and over 30years of coaching and education.
But here's where thisfatherhood piece comes in
Alongside, with his wife of 45years, frank has raised eight
children, watched their familiesgrow to include 24
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grandchildren and built leadingwith Finn, a Cleveland-based
nonprofit that equips you forleadership skills through camps,
mentorship and communityoutreach.
And Frank still has time tocoach at Glenville High School.
And Frank still has time tocoach at Glenville High School.
Since 2018, 2008, frank hasserved as a leadership teacher
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at the Ginn Academy, where hecontinues to influence Young
Lives Daily.
He's a proud Baldwin Wallacealumni and also a member of the
1978 National Championshipfootball team.
All right, frank.
What position did you play,coach?
I played wide receiver out thereoh man, how many touchdowns did
you catch in the championshipgame?
Speaker 3 (02:31):
I didn't catch any in the championship game, but I
tell you it was an honor to playfor the late Lee Trestle.
He was a tremendous mentor.
Amen.
Speaker 2 (02:38):
Praise the Lord.
Praise the Lord.
Frank has also been a key partof Cleveland's Fellowship of
Christian Athletes since hisroots at Glenville High School
in the 90s.
Today we'll talk about what itmeans to lead a family, mentor a
generation and build a legacythat lasts.
Get ready for a powerful,in-depth conversation on
fatherhood, faith and what ittruly means to be a Baller.
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Welcome to the show, frankCoach Streeter.
Thank you for having me, Tim.
It's a real honor, and I'vefollowed your career for a long
time as well.
Yeah, and I'm excited aboutthis.
Can you step right in?
Can you share a bit about yourearly life and what influenced
your approach to fatherhood?
Speaker 3 (03:20):
Sure, I grew up in the city of Cleveland, went to
Catholic school in theelementary school days, but then
my junior high days my parentsmoved to Fairview Park, ohio,
and so went to Fairview throughhigh school, grew up a Catholic,
was very steeped in Catholicismand the Catholic school was an
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altar boy, so I learned a lot ofmy early faith just through the
tradition of the church.
And then when I went toFairview High School, kind of
got away from the church alittle bit.
And then my parents, mom anddad my dad's a World War II vet
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fought in the Battle of Tarawaout in the South Pacific.
I have five siblings, twosisters and three brothers.
They raised us, you know, thebest that they can you know.
And then, after graduating highschool, went on to Baldwin
Wallace College.
Now it's university, but backthen it was a college.
Well, I see it.
Speaker 2 (04:26):
You and your wife have raised eight children and
now have 24 grandchildren.
What values have you passeddown across generations?
Speaker 3 (04:35):
Yeah, I think the most important value is
relationships.
You know, our kids when we gettogether.
We have a week every June wecall Street Week, and they all
come together.
You'll appreciate this, tim.
We have our own ticket agentfor the Guardians and our group
(04:59):
sales.
Just my family, including allthe grandkids and in-laws, is 41
tickets we're getting for thegame this year.
We are an official group ticketsales group of the Cleveland
Guardians.
Anyway, relationships, it'sjust steeped in that in our
family and in my children witheach other and with us.
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The other one that's probablymost significant in terms of
relationship, though, is theirrelationship with Christ.
You know, as the children getolder, we look more like
brothers and sisters in Christ.
You know God doesn't have anygrandkids, so we're all his
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children.
We just happen to be a littleolder and more seasoned maybe
than the younger ones, but mykids are in their 40s and 30s
now, so they've been gettingalong a little bit in life, and
so they're knowing, they'refeeling it now as they're
raising their kids.
Speaker 2 (05:59):
Speaking about faith, how has your faith impacted
your role as a father and aleader?
Speaker 3 (06:06):
Yeah Well, tim, when you and I were on staff together
with FCA, I was listening toChuck Swindoll one day and I
remember him saying if you'renot doing ministry at home, you
have no business being out theredoing ministry.
And that hit me so hard that Icame back home and I told my
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wife.
I said, listen, we're going tostart doing Monday morning
breakfast Bible study with thekids and we started that
tradition at.
I'd get the kids up at six inthe morning, my wife would make
pancakes or eggs or whatever andwe would get them all around
the table and we would do, wewould open up and we spent about
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45 minutes in God's word and Iknew that if I couldn't be
genuine in front of them, reallyhelp them kind of see how
significant God is in your life,I had no real business being
out there trying to tell coachesand athletes and others about
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him as well.
Speaker 2 (07:11):
It's good stuff there .
Can you speak about thespiritual legacy you aim to
leave for your children andgrandchildren?
It's that spiritual legacy.
Speaker 3 (07:20):
Yeah, great question.
You know I'm very big onStephen Covey's Seven Habits of
Highly Effective People andactually it was at FCA that
introduced me to it, and hetalks about leaving a legacy and
I really wanted to have mychildren come through
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understanding how important yourspiritual life is.
So I have begun now taking mygrandkids to FCA camp.
I'm in a whole other generationof children going to camp.
So I take the group of kids notonly my grandkids but other kids
that I teach right now andcoach up to an FCA leadership
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camp, because if there's alegacy I want to leave, it's one
of leadership leading yourself,leading others, and doing that
really with spirituality as itsbasis, so a faith in Christ, a
deep, abiding relationship inhim, being a Christ follower,
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being a disciple of his, leadingyourself first, and then, with
what you've learned, be ablethen to lead others.
Speaker 2 (08:40):
That's good.
You know, I know you're big onleadership.
You teach leadership.
You talk a lot about leadership.
What led you to start theorganization Leader Within?
What was the vision behind that?
Speaker 3 (08:51):
That's a great question.
So, tim, after I left FCA, Iwent on staff with Young Life
for a minute and startedseminary, and Young Life had
their training had allowed youto go or was part of it was
seminary training.
Life had their training hadallowed you to go or was part of
it was seminary training.
And so, after a couple of yearswith Young Life and doing some
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seminary work, I went into thechurch and actually worked at a
church for four years as anassociate pastor of leadership
development and I realized that,you know, really, leadership in
the church is calleddiscipleship.
It's really what we're doing iswe're trying to help
individuals see who they are,where they are, what they can't
become in terms of theirrelationship with christ, and
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then, from there, allowing theirlives to be a, a light to the,
to those who they're in, they'rearound, who they influence, and
so, um, and after the fouryears in the church, I realized
that, you know, I'm really moreof a parachurch guy.
I'm a guy that likes to be outthere, the church work that I
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was doing, though it was good,seemed to be too confined to
that area.
It wasn't really reaching it,and it's nothing against the
church, but it was justsomething in my heart that said
God pushing me to do somethingelse, and so, 19, in 2008, I was
sitting down and was readingthe word, and it was in
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Ephesians, chapter one, but itwas the message, which not a lot
of people are fans of or somepeople.
Some people like it a lot, butfor some reason I was in the
message and it talked about.
It used the words there know whohe is, where he is and what you
can become in him.
And I thought that's reallywhat I want to do.
(10:39):
I want to help peopleunderstand where they are in
life, because you and I, tim,we're in the senior years of our
lives, we're in what's thewisdom time of life for us, but
there's young people that arejust starting out, that have no
idea where they are in life,especially in adolescence, the
most explosive growth time inyour life and so to help them
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establish a foundation orsomething solid to stand on
there, to know where they areand then who they are, A lot of
us we think we are doing our,we're doing a job, or when asked
who are you, you tell them whatyou do rather than who you are.
And just to help peopleunderstand that you're a child
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of God, that you have sometremendous value and then what
you can become, well, the sky'sthe limit when you have a
relationship with Christ thenwhat you can't become?
Speaker 2 (11:31):
well, the sky's the limit when you have a
relationship with Christ.
Amen.
Well said, well said.
You know in your experience howdoes fatherhood prepare someone
for leadership in other areasof life?
You talked about being at thehome.
You know, how does fatherhoodprepare you for other areas of
life and leadership?
Speaker 3 (11:47):
Yeah, well, I mean, I learned now, especially being
back in the school building andback in the classroom.
You know how important it isthat as I built my relationship
with my kids and the fatherimage that I was, how important
it was for me to carry that onto some of these young men that
I have that don't have fathers,and so to really step in with
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coach gian and coach chinchardand be that father image to them
.
You know, maybe more of agrandfather, to be honest with
you now, but yeah, with the grayhair, but but really to be that
kind of stabling force, thatrock that you can go to, that
questions that you can ask andreally be able to get some
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honest answers from.
That's what my fatherhood time,when I was raising my children,
have helped me.
Now step back and help some ofthese young men that don't have
fathers or role models.
You know, one of the greatthings I ever learned in young
life, tim, was the word everyyoung teenager needs a
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responsible adult in their lives, and you and I have witnessed
this a lot, especially in urbansettings.
There's times where these kidsdon't have a responsible adult
in their life, but who is goingto stand in the gap with those
kids, responsible adult in theirlife.
But who is going to stand inthe gap with those kids?
And so that's one of the thingsthat I've tried to do, and be
at Ginn Academy at Glenville,football.
Speaker 2 (13:22):
As you look back over that experience at Ginn Academy
and football, can you share apowerful moment from your time
mentoring at Ginn Academy or?
Speaker 3 (13:28):
through FCA.
Yeah, I think it goes rightback to the beginning, tim, we,
when we did fca I think youmight have been at that camp
when I was up in erie,pennsylvania.
Oh yeah, oh yeah.
And we, we had a young manthere, uh, lee jackson's his
name and lee was.
I convinced lee to come becausethere were going to be college
coaches and he was going to geta scholarship.
And when he got up there hesaid I did not know, this was a
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God camp and it was just anincredible week of explosive
spiritual awareness andconversion and seeing kids come
to know Christ, and Lee was oneof those guys that came to know
Christ.
Come to know Christ, and Leewas one of those guys that came
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to know Christ, and Oscar Rohnwas the chaplain at that time.
He was a dear brother and Leereally embraced it.
I mean immediately.
And you know we've seen a lotof kids come to know Christ at a
camp, but then you don't reallyknow what happens after that.
Fortunately we'll hear from oneor two.
But really in our careers asministers.
You don't really get to seemany people that come to know
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Christ, but Lee was one of thoseguys that stuck with us 1997.
And now Lee, after he left ushe went to Southern Mississippi
State and then he went and didwork with Joe White.
You remember Joe?
Speaker 2 (14:54):
White with the Canna Cook ministry.
Down in Missouri.
Speaker 3 (14:59):
Yeah, down in Missouri, and that's where we
got really tied into adiscipleship mentoring position.
Now you would be so happy tosee him, tim, down in Dallas,
texas, running a sports ministrythat he founded that he's doing
himself.
We still keep in contact, westill help each other with camps
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here and there in thesummertime and it's just been a
thrill to see him grow in thatway and be a solid believer and
leading others in Christ.
Speaker 2 (15:32):
It's a great story.
I remember in Christ.
It's a great story.
I remember those days in Erie.
It wasn't nothing like it.
Speaker 3 (15:36):
Nothing like it.
Speaker 2 (15:37):
Youngstown would come , we would bring kids from
Columbus, toledo would come.
It was so much fun we saw thosebreakthroughs.
We saw those breakthroughs.
Speaker 3 (15:45):
Yeah, we sure did.
It was awesome, it was awesome.
Speaker 2 (15:48):
So, as you look at your fatherhood days now, what
can you tell the audience aboutparenting adult children?
Speaker 3 (15:59):
Yeah, boy, what a great question that was.
You know it doesn't get easier.
Really, there's some heartbreakthat goes on.
My oldest daughter, 2018, losther husband she was a mother of
four and my son-in-law, Adam,died of a heart attack at 39
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years old and left her with fourchildren the oldest, nine and
the youngest, a year and a half.
With four children, the oldest,nine and the youngest a year,
and a half.
And you know it breaks my heartto this day, still as a father,
you know, trying to comealongside those kids and be the
not just a grandfather but belike a father for them and help
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introduce them to Christ andknow that God is the father of
the fatherless.
You see some heartbreaks withmy oldest son, who went through
a divorce, a very painfuldivorce, and two children
involved in that, and those arereally difficult things to see.
But each time through all thosecircumstances, tim, I've had to
direct them back to the onethat makes all the difference
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and I would either provide somescripture for them, I'd help
find Christian counselors, Iwould, you know, do all that I
know to do to help them stayfocused on the one thing that I
know will make a difference andthat's in Jesus Christ.
Speaker 2 (17:34):
Amen, that's powerful .
It is so dope.
You know we think it getseasier.
You know the kids are out thehouse, they're on their own.
You know they got it figuredout.
We've done our part Right.
We're always going to beparents, you know.
Speaker 3 (17:47):
That's right, and we want to be.
No, we do always going to beparents.
Speaker 2 (17:51):
you know, and we want to be.
We want to.
No, we do, that's right.
As dads, we want to tell menall the time you want to create
an environment where yourchildren want to come home.
Yeah, Amen when they want tocome home.
You know, you don't want thatkind of environment where they
say well, I'm glad I'm out thehouse.
Speaker 3 (18:02):
You know I ain't never going back there.
You and to that point too, tothat point too, tim, they do
become like brothers and sistersnow, you know, because they're
maturing in their faith.
I have a son that's a worshippastor down in St Louis Missouri
, and then we share some deepspiritual things together.
You know, with our children nowthat they are developing in
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their faith as moms and dads andChristian, you know, brothers
and sisters.
Speaker 2 (18:34):
You know, why is it so important for men, especially
fathers, to be present in youthministry and education.
Why is that so important forboys and girls to see men,
especially fathers, you know, inthose spaces.
Speaker 3 (18:50):
Yeah, I think it's because the way God has designed
it, you know, he really diddesign the male to take a
leadership role, not thatfemales don't I mean man.
We've seen some tremendous youngmen and women grow up with
single family homes with just amom there.
That are tremendous individuals.
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But in God's order, the waythat he would establish it, he
wanted to use men as a Godheadfigure in that family, as an
authority figure that would helpthem see the love of God in
their flesh and blood in theiryoung days, to know what it
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means to be protected and to becared for, to provide and
protect you know your children,to love your wife, for them to
see that you really love yourwife, that she's not just you
know somebody out there that'shelping you get along, but it's
someone that you truly care forand that you want to be with the
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rest of your life.
So it helps them develop anunderstanding of what they
should be looking for in aspouse as well.
So the role is immense and itgoes on forever.
It never stops.
Speaker 2 (20:09):
That's why I wanted to have you on the show because,
well, I remember I was a youngparent during the FCA camp days
and we had real young childrenand I watch you and all those
kids.
I'm like it's something else,but it was a blessing.
But you can't be what you can'tsee.
Speaker 3 (20:27):
That's right.
Speaker 2 (20:28):
When I'm ministering, I always have my wife with me.
My children always came with usbecause I wanted.
First, I wanted them to seewhen dad wasn't around.
That's what dad was doing.
Speaker 3 (20:38):
But, also.
Speaker 2 (20:38):
I wanted others to see that.
So I want this.
I like this family thing.
You know, I like this.
I want that for me later on inlife.
Speaker 3 (20:47):
Right and plus Tim.
They didn't pay us very much inFCA so that was our vacation.
I mean, we were working, butthe kids thought it was vacation
.
Speaker 2 (20:56):
They thought it was fun.
That's good stuff.
As you look back, what wouldyou tell your younger self at
the beginning of your parentingand leadership journey?
What would you tell your youngfriend?
Speaker 3 (21:09):
Yeah, you know, it's real simple too.
I'd tell him to smile more.
Speaker 2 (21:14):
Oh, that's good, it's good.
Speaker 3 (21:17):
All these kids you can imagine.
And I look at past picturesbecause now you know
everything's on your phone.
My father-in-law says you know,we're not going to have
pictures pictures anymore,because everybody's got them on
their phone.
Nobody prints them out, right.
But anyway, when I look wayback at the days when I had
pictures, I wasn't smiling,that's good and it was just so.
It was like I was carrying theload too heavy and I just wish I
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could have smiled more.
I wish I could have and I didenjoy my kids.
Don't get me wrong, but when Ilook at that it gave me a little
snapshot of the burden I wascarrying and I wasn't letting
the Lord carry it as much as Iwas carrying it myself.
So smile more, enjoy life,don't take yourself serious, and
you know.
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And kids, let kids be kids.
Speaker 2 (22:03):
Yeah, that's it.
But look at you now with those24 grandchildren.
Boy, I'm looking at that smileon your face now.
I don't see the intensefootball coach anymore.
Speaker 3 (22:14):
No, we're coaching them over to finish line to get
to the Lord.
Speaker 2 (22:17):
That's all it is, that's right as we kind of come
around the corner.
This has been great.
Everything I thought it wouldbe, and even more when you think
about this.
What has been your proudestmoment as a father?
Speaker 3 (22:32):
Well, I've had so many, you know, especially with
my kids.
There's a couple of, because Ijust have too many not to pick
out one.
The first one I could think ofwas my one son Frank asked me if
I would do his marriageceremony.
One son Frank asked me if Iwould do his marriage ceremony
and that was pretty, prettysignificant.
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You know, to have your childask you to be the minister when
they got married.
And then my youngest son, Sam,didn't know this but he married
a Southern Belle and in theSouth, Tim, it's pretty
tradition for the son to ask hisdad to be his best man.
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And I remember being down there,you know, when we knew they
were going to get married, and Isaid, Sam, I don't remember you
telling me who your best man is, and he just kind of leaned
over and he looked at me.
He goes, Dad, I want you to bemy best man, and so those are
precious memories that you have.
But, brother, I could go on forhours about my girls and sports
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that we've had for hours insports, that we've had some of
the joy that they brought mejust seeing them compete with
high character, you know, withintensity, playing with all that
they got all that god gave them.
You know, uh, my boys and andall my kids now children that
they've had.
It's just been tremendous pridethat my wife Betsy and I get
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with just looking back on ourlives.
And I'll be honest, we lookback and we go.
We don't know how we did it andit's like that poem you know
footprints in the sand, you knowthe Lord was carrying us
through.
We don't remember a lot of it,Right, right.
Speaker 2 (24:16):
You know, frank, what advice would you share with
fathers in balancing career,faith and family
responsibilities?
Speaker 3 (24:24):
Yeah, that's another great one, tim, because so many
I think so many men get caughtup in the driven by a goal, you
know, to get to a certain place.
You know, and the old adage ofwhat you know, you, you, you got
your ladder and you got to thetop and you found out it's
leaning against the wrong wall,you know, those are things that
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I think people try to to climbthe ladder of success and they
find out, you know, it wasn't asthe the, the uh process was
more enjoyable than actuallyachieving the goal.
So I would say, keep that inmind.
I would say, live moment bymoment.
I would say get up early andtake your time with God first,
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because that's going to lastforever.
You'll never stop doing that.
When we're in his presence,we're going to still be enjoying
him and really stay balancedwith your time.
Take more vacations, take timeaway from that job, get that
family together.
Go three to four times a yearon a vacation with your family,
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even if it's just a fourdayweekend.
It doesn't have to be veryexpensive, but to create that
time and make them see thatthey're valued more than your
career is valued, just goes, cango for a really long in your
relationships.
Speaker 2 (25:50):
Well, while you're on the road dropping all this
wisdom, I got to get a littlemore out of you.
How do you, how do you make youknow over the decades you've
been involved in this ministrywork and service and leadership
for five decades how do you staygrounded and energized and you
still get that same energy,seems like back when she had
back in Erie.
You know how do you staygrounded and energized after
(26:12):
decades of service andleadership case of service and
leadership.
Speaker 3 (26:16):
Yeah, you know, I do think, tim, it was back to those
FCA days when they did aseminar for us with the Stephen
Covey and I realized that I gotto take care of the physical man
as much as the spiritual man,the intellectual man, the social
, emotional man.
And I've got to and and I wantto be, I want to be strong at
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the end.
Remember, caleb, when he wastalking to Joshua.
He said we went and we saw thatland.
Give me those other 10.
They came back and they gave abad report.
But he said listen, I'm asstrong now as I was back then.
Speaker 2 (26:57):
Give me that land, promise that land to me.
Isn't that?
Speaker 3 (27:00):
great.
Speaker 2 (27:01):
And that's what I want for my life.
Speaker 3 (27:03):
And the way to do it is by abiding in those
principles that keep you fitphysically, that keep you and
it's tough, you know, brother,it is tough getting old, but
you've got to fight thosebattles and you've got to make
sure that you're fighting theright battles to make sure that
you keep yourself good, strong,sound, spiritually, mentally,
(27:23):
physically and emotional.
Speaker 2 (27:25):
Amen, Me and my wife.
We are just saying that we areaging gracefully.
Speaker 3 (27:30):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (27:31):
Our heart is aging gracefully.
Yeah, through the power of theLord.
Speaker 1 (27:35):
That's what God wants us to do.
Speaker 2 (27:37):
That's right and he's looking for those Caleb's, you
know.
Speaker 3 (27:40):
Yeah, that's right, I want to be one of them.
Yeah, so do I.
Speaker 2 (27:43):
I'm with you, like every day you get up, you're
fighting for them.
Boys at that Ginn Academy.
Yeah, you're fighting for them.
You're fighting for them.
So, to wrap up, you know thisis a legacy podcast.
What does the word legacy meanto you and what is the legacy of
fatherhood that Frank Streeteris building, is built and is
built, and continue to build?
Speaker 3 (28:12):
Yeah, my legacy to me really is the.
I created a mission statementyears ago that said you know, to
love God with all my heart, allmy mind, all my soul, and to
love my neighbor as myself.
And in doing that I wanted toleave a legacy behind me that
(28:34):
would show people, that peoplewould respond like a Tim Brown
would say you know what I, I, IFrank Streeter loved his wife.
I could tell that that was hisbest friend and he imparted
those things in his childrenthat they are now going to
(28:54):
impart to other generations.
They are now going to impart toother generations.
And the thing that was mostimportant about him was his love
for God.
He truly loved God and I tellyou, brother, if they could say
that about me.
Speaker 2 (29:14):
I'm resting in peace very well.
Well, audience, what anincredible conversation with
Coach Frank Street, a man who'snot just raised a family but has
raised up leaders one life at atime.
It still reminds us that truefatherhood is about consistency,
sacrifice and vision, and it'sa legacy that's not measured in
titles, but it's about livesthat's been transformed.
And, coach, I want to thank youfor all you've done for those
(29:37):
boys at Glenville High School.
Just all over it, putting inthere, and every place you've
been you left your mark.
You know you left your mark andI'm just so excited to be, to
know you and to watch you, andevery time I see you I just get
so excited about that.
Being friends.
We're still here.
You know devil can't get rid ofus.
We're still here we're stilllooking forward to these young
(29:57):
men and thank you for going tothe next generation.
And, as you said before, itstarts at home.
It starts with your bride,naturally loving your bride,
your children and those 24grandchildren.
What a blessing that is oflegacy.
So, coach, I want to thank youfor being on the show and I
appreciate your time today and,as always, I want to thank the
(30:20):
audience for listening and doingthis Fatherhood Series we try
to.
Our goal in this FatherhoodSeries is to recognize men,
those unsung heroes, you know,those men who are not perfect
men but have done the best thatthey can.
You know and the Bible saysthis, or I heard this before the
apple doesn't fall far from thetree.
I think back.
(30:41):
You talked about CoachTrestle's dad, lee Trestle.
You talked about your dad beinga war veteran A war veteran.
Now, looking at your children,your grandchildren, the apple
doesn't fall far from the tree.
That apple that you're creatingis the apple of love.
Not just love, but the love ofGod.
Speaker 1 (30:57):
The love of.
Speaker 2 (30:58):
God, a love of God, a love of God.
So I want to thank you for that, and then just continue to be
the man.
Continue to be that, caleb,keep on fighting.
Speaker 1 (31:06):
Thanks brother.
Speaker 3 (31:07):
Appreciate you, tim.
Speaker 1 (31:09):
If you've enjoyed this episode, please share it
with family and friends.
The Be A Baller podcast isavailable on all major podcast
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This podcast was created byCoach Tim Brown and recorded and
edited by the video productionclass of Worthington Christian
High School.
Be sure to come back next weekas we continue to discuss on how
(31:30):
to build a lifelong legacy.
Until then, don't forget to bea baller.
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