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Wayne Coffey is one of the country’s most acclaimed sports journalists, forging an alternate career route after his initial plan – replacing Mickey Mantle in the Yankee outfield – did not pan out. A former writer for the New York Daily News and the author of more than thirty books, including five New York Times bestsellers, he is a three-time nominee for the Pulitzer and been frequently honored by the Associated Press for his sports feature writing.
Wayne Coffey, a former centerfielder who once ran a 4.5 40 and believed he could beat out any infield grounder, turned to writing in desperation after his childhood plan to replace Mickey Mantle in the Yankee outfield did not pan out. A graduate of Binghamton University with a degree in history and philosophy and a deep appreciation of the Greek philosopher Heraclitus, who believed you could not step in the same river twice, Wayne began his career working for the Associated Press in the Cleveland Bureau, where he learned to write game stories on deadline and to not ask Frank Robinson, then-manager of the Cleveland Indians, hard questions after Indians defeats.
