Download or read book Urban Meyer vs College Football written by Ben Axelrod and published by Triumph Books. This book was released on 2017-09-15 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Urban Meyer is collecting national championships, and he's not slowing down. Wherever he goes, greatness immediately follows, and you can always look for his teams to be highly-ranked contenders when bowl season rolls around. But is Meyer the best college football coach of all time? In Urban Meyer vs. College Football, author Ben Axelrod explains exactly what separates Meyer from his peers and compares his accomplishments to some of the all-time legends like Nick Saban, Bear Bryant, and Joe Paterno. From his playing days at University of Cincinnati to his first Buckeyes stint as an assistant under Earle Bruce, to his victories at at the helm of Florida and Ohio State, Meyer has a ferocious, undeniable talent for coaching that may be unparalleled in football history.

Download or read book Football s Greatest Coaches written by Edwin Pope and published by . This book was released on 1955 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Football s Greatest Coach Vince Lombardi written by Gene Schoor and published by . This book was released on 1974-10-01 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Belichick written by Ian O'Connor and published by Houghton Mifflin. This book was released on 2018-09-25 with total page 521 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The definitive biography of the NFL's most enigmatic, controversial, and yet successful coach Bill Belichick is perhaps the most fascinating figure in the NFL--the infamously dour face of one of the winningest franchises in sports. As head coach of the New England Patriots, he's led the team to five Super Bowl championship trophies. In this revelatory and robust biography, readers will come to understand and see Belichick's full life in football, from watching college games as a kid with his father, a Naval Academy scout, to orchestrating two Super Bowl-winning game plans as defensive coordinator for the Giants, to his dramatic leap to New England, where he has made history. Award-winning columnist and New York Times best-selling author Ian O'Connor delves into the mind of the man who has earned a place among coaching legends like Lombardi, Halas, and Paul Brown, presenting sides of Belichick that have been previously unexplored. O'Connor discovers how this legendary coach shaped the people he met and worked with in ways perhaps even Belichick himself doesn't know. Those who follow and love pro football know Bill Belichick only as the hooded genius of the Patriots. But there is so much more--from the hidden tensions and deep layers to his relationship with Tom Brady to his sometimes frosty dealings with owner Robert Kraft to his ability to earn the unmitigated respect of his players--if not their affection. This is a man who has many facets and, ultimately, has created a notorious football dynasty. Based on exhaustive research and countless interviews, this book circles around Belichick to tell his full story for the first time, and presents an incisive portrait of a mastermind at work.

Download or read book Nick Saban vs College Football written by Christopher Walsh and published by Triumph Books. This book was released on 2014-09-01 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When coach Nick Saban arrived in Tuscaloosa in 2007, he boldly proclaimed &“We want to be a champion in everything that we do.&” Since that time, Alabama has won three national championships and become the nation's number one destination for recruits and the top source of NFL talent while simultaneously graduating its players. No other program has won more games, captured more awards, or come close to approaching the kind of consistent success as the Crimson Tide. In Nick Saban vs. College Football, author Christopher Walsh not only explains what separates Saban from his peers and compares his accomplishments to some of the all-time legends, but tells why, if there were a Mount Rushmore of college football coaches, Saban's face would already be on it. From his upbringing in West Virginia to his relationship with legendary coach Bill Belichick, &“the process&” has not only led to Saban having a statue along Alabama's &“Walk of Champions&” in front of Bryant-Denny Stadium, but the establishment of a new standard that may be unparalleled in college football history.

Download or read book Notre Dame s Greatest Coaches written by Moose Krause and published by Beyond Words/Atria Books. This book was released on 1993 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Knute Rockne, Frank Leahy, Ara Parseghian, and Lou Holtz. The names of these coaches have become synonymous with one of the few teams in college football that can truly be called a "dynasty" - the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame. Owners of the two highest winning percentages in college football history, Rockne and Leahy won seven national championships between them. Parseghian was responsible for a pair of national titles, while Holtz has captured one since his reign began at South Bend." "Now these four legendary men are seen in a unique light - through the eyes of the inimitable Edward "Moose" Krause. He came to know, love, and admire these South Bend legends during his own sixty-year career with the Fighting Irish - and now he brings us into the huddle. Completed just before his death in 1992, this fascinating memoir combines Moose's own words with those of nearly one hundred former Notre Dame coaches, players, and administrators to paint an unforgettable portrait of four of the sport's greatest teachers and motivators." "Notre Dame's only two-sport Hall of Famer, in football and basketball, Moose was a three time All-American who played under Rockne, coached under Leahy, hired Parseghian during his thirty-two year stint as Notre Dame's Athletic Director, and later acted as a close advisor to Holtz. A poor boy from the stockyards of Chicago, Moose rose to become a legend both on and off the playing field - "Mr. Notre Dame."" "He recalls Rockne's inspiring locker room orations and his humor and courage in the face of adversity. Rock once coached from a hearse parked on the sidelines, painful phlebitis wracking his legs." "Moose vividly remembers Leahy, the ultimate perfectionist, who stalked the sidelines barking orders in his famous Irish brogue while refusing to let the Fighting Irish lose a single game between 1946 and 1949. His fiery intensity slowly ate away at his health, eventually forcing him to retire from coaching forever at the age of forty-five. Moose speaks warmly of his years with Parseghian, who, during his eleven glorious campaigns at South Bend, brought Notre Dame back to the ranks of the collegiate elite. And finally, he talks revealingly of Holtz, whose ferocity on the field is matched only by his humor off it. A complex and deeply caring man, Holtz coached Notre Dame to a stunning undefeated season, and the national championship, in 1988." "Interwoven through their stories and Moose's is a blow-by-blow account of Notre Dame's topsy-turvy 1992 campaign, when the school bounced back from a loss and a tie to win seven straight games and capture the Cotton Bowl title." "Notre Dame's Greatest Coaches tells the story of a sport, of a country, and of the enormous changes that both game and nation experienced during Moose Krause's long and extraordinary lifetime. As Moose himself says of his early days, "People had a different attitude about sports. They were just happy to be at the game." Moose Krause never lost his love for the game, and in this deeply felt memoir, even the most jaded of sports fans will recapture some of that love as well."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Download or read book Lombardi and Landry written by Ernie Palladino and published by Skyhorse Publishing Inc.. This book was released on 2011-09 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the formative years of the renowned football coaches when they worked together as coordinators for the New York Giants in the mid-1950s, discussing how they each developed their unique coaching styles before they became famous.

Download or read book Who s Better Who s Best in Coaching written by Steve Silverman and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-08-11 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ranking the best coaches in NFL history is no easy task. How do we decide which coach had a bigger on-field impact? Or the best tactical skills, both defensively and offensively? Not to mention measuring the strength of what a coach does behind the scenes, how he motivates his players, or how he keeps them from cracking under the pressure. Is the “Hoodie” the greatest coach ever, or just lucky to have Tom Brady? What about Bill Parcells, Vince Lombardi, and John Madden? Where do they rank? Such are the questions that pro football writer Steve Silverman addresses in Who’s Better, Who’s Best in Coaching?. As statistician Elliott Kalb did with baseball, basketball, and golf, and Silverman himself did with football players in Who’s Better, Who’s Best in Coaching?, Silverman takes the next logical step in this new book. Taking the analytical methods he developed over his years as a senior editor at Pro Football Weekly, he applies them to an evaluation of coaches going back to the earliest days of the NFL. The result is a fascinating ranking of the best of the sideline, from legendary old-timers like Vince Lombardi to present-day blue-collar coaches like Tom Coughlin. Throughout, Silverman discusses the many considerations that must be made when comparing modern coaches with coaches of past eras, or when comparing abrasive and domineering coaches with the more relaxed and Zen-like coaches. Including biographical essays on those top fifty coaches and detailed statistics for their career records in both the playoffs and regular season, Who’s Better, Who’s Best in Coaching? is a must-have for anyone who considers football more than just a game and who is fascinated by how it’s coached. Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Sports Publishing imprint, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in sports—books about baseball, pro football, college football, pro and college basketball, hockey, or soccer, we have a book about your sport or your team. Whether you are a New York Yankees fan or hail from Red Sox nation; whether you are a die-hard Green Bay Packers or Dallas Cowboys fan; whether you root for the Kentucky Wildcats, Louisville Cardinals, UCLA Bruins, or Kansas Jayhawks; whether you route for the Boston Bruins, Toronto Maple Leafs, Montreal Canadiens, or Los Angeles Kings; we have a book for you. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to publishing books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked by other publishers and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

Download or read book Pop Warner written by Mike Bynum and published by Gridiron Football. This book was released on 1992-09-01 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The autobiography of major college football's famous coach.

Download or read book The Book of Bowden written by Jim Bettinger and published by Taylor Trade Publishing. This book was released on 2007-10-12 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bobby Bowden is one of college football's greatest coaches, proving that you can win with a conscience while winning with consistency. As the grand patriarch of one of college football's most notable and successful coaching clans, Bowden has excelled as a faith-based leader of family as well as football players. The Book of Bowden is a compilation of Coach Bowden's best and brightest quotes, as well as quotes about him, gathered over the years and categorized into dozens of alphabetized categories.

Download or read book Bill Belichick vs the NFL written by Erik Frenz and published by Triumph Books. This book was released on 2016-10-15 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bill Belichick started collecting Lombardi Trophies like some people collect coasters and won his fourth Super Bowl title in 2015. No other NFL team has been as successful since Belichick became the Patriots' head coach in 2000, winning titles after the 2001, 2003, 2004, and 2014 seasons, along with Super Bowl appearances after the 2007 and 2011 seasons. But is Belichick the best NFL coach of all time? In Bill Belichick vs. the NFL, author Erik Frenz not only explains what separates Belichick from his peers and compares his accomplishments to some of the all-time legends, but tells why, if there were a Mount Rushmore of NFL coaches, Belichick's face would already be on it. From his upbringing as a coach's son to learning under Bill Parcells to creating his own coaching tree, he has established a new standard that may be unparalleled in football history.

Download or read book Lords of the Gridiron II written by Matthew Heavener Dibiase and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2022-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Once again Sports Historian Matthew DiBiase expands the boundaries of sports history with his fourth book Lords of the Gridiron II: Pro Football's Greatest Coaches which follows in the footsteps of his previous work Lords of the Gridiron: College Football's Greatest Coaches. Lords of the Gridiron II builds upon previous analyses; establishes new and innovative parameters for rating and ranking Pro Football coaches; and offers the Reader an unbiased evaluation as to who were the greatest Pro Football coaches of all time based on hard verifiable numbers. Lords of the Gridiron II not only reveals the 50 greatest Pro Football coaches it also explores their offensive and defensive tactics and formations; their motivational styles and strategies; what trick plays they liked to use (if they used them at all); and how good their special teams were. Pro Football coaching immortals like Vince Lombardi and Chuck Noll are featured prominently in this book alongside present day coaching legends like Bill Belichick and Andy Reid. Forgotten coaching figures from Pro Football's distant past who nonetheless left an impressive mark in the annals of Pro Football coaching like Sid Gillman are also discussed and analyzed here a well. Lords of the Gridiron II grants the Reader the privilege of hearing from the great coaches themselves like Marv Levy and Tom Flores who discuss their coaching influences; their tactical and motivational philosophies; and the key highlights and disappointments of their magnificent coaching careers. It also offers first-hand accounts of players like Lee Roy Jordan and Jeff Rutledge who share their memories of what it was like to play for Tom Landry and Bill Parcells respectively. Lords of the Gridiron II also recalls the legendary players who made the coaches featured inside great: Tom Brady, Jim Brown, Johnny Unitas, and Joe Montana. It also reveals which coaches dominated the 1920s or the 1950s or the 1980s or the 2010s; who was the greatest African-American head coach in Pro Football history; or who was the greatest Pro Football coach who never won a world championship? Lords of the Gridiron II celebrates the great teams of yesteryear: the Monsters of the Midway; America's Team; and the Steel Curtain; and the great games in Pro Football history as well: the Sneakers Game; the Ice Bowl; and Super Bowl XXV. This book is a must read for the die-hard NFL football fan!

Download or read book Amos Alonzo Stagg written by David E. Sumner and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2021-10-13 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Amos Alonzo Stagg (1862-1965) grew up one of eight children in a poor New Jersey family, graduated high school at 21 and worked his way through Yale. His goal was to become a Presbyterian minister, but he dropped out of Yale Divinity School because he felt he could have more influence on young men through coaching. He was hired as the first football coach at University of Chicago after its founding in 1892. Under Stagg's leadership, Chicago emerged as one of the nation's most formidable football teams during the early 20th century, winning seven Big Ten championships and two national championships. After Chicago forced him to retire at 70, Stagg found another coaching position at College of the Pacific, where he was forced to retire at 84. He found another job and never fully retired from coaching until he was 98. His marriage to his wife Stella--his de facto assistant coach--lasted almost 70 years. Sports Illustrated wrote of him, "If any single individual can be said to have created today's game, Stagg is the man. He either invented outright or pioneered every aspect of the modern game from...the huddle, shift and tackling dummy to such refinements as the T-formation strategy." This biography tells the story of his life and many innovations, which made him one of the great pioneers of college football.

Download or read book Coaching Matters written by Brad Adler and published by Potomac Books. This book was released on 2005-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An insightful look at NFL coaching greatness

Download or read book Lords of the Gridiron written by Matthew DiBiase and published by . This book was released on 2019-09 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Absolutely outstanding...a great book"--Lou Holtz"Outstanding job"--Dr. Ted Koy, halfback, Texas Longhorns, 1969 National ChampionsSports Historian Matthew DiBiase expands the boundaries of college football history with Lords of the Gridiron: College Football's Greatest Coaches. This groundbreaking book boldly goes where no other college football book has ever gone before: revealing and ranking the 50 greatest college football coaches of all time using an analytical rating system.This book profiles past college football coaching immortals Bear Bryant, Bud Wilkinson, Joe Paterno, Knute Rockne, and Darrell Royal alongside present day coaching greats Nick Saban, Urban Meyer, and Dabo Swinney.Celebrating 150 years of college football Lords of the Gridiron: College Football's Greatest Coaches contains memories and insights from college coaching legends Urban Meyer, Tom Osborne, Bobby Bowden, Lou Holtz, Mack Brown, Bob Stoops, Steve Spurrier, Phillip Fulmer, Vince Dooley, and Jim Tressel who discuss their influences, their offensive and defensive tactics, their motivational approaches to coaching and the highlights of their glorious coaching careers.Lords of the Gridiron: College Football's Greatest Coaches also reveals the tactical innovations created by the coaches featured in this book. The great games in college football history are discussed in detail: the 1957 Oklahoma vs. Notre Dame Game; Nebraska vs. Miami in the 1984 Orange Bowl; and Texas vs. USC in the 2006 Rose Bowl for example. The great players are featured here as well like Jim Thorpe, George Gipp, Herschel Walker, and Peyton Manning for instance.Lords of the Gridiron: College Football's Greatest Coaches is a must read for all college football fans throughout America because all the great college football programs are celebrated in this book: Alabama, Notre Dame, Oklahoma, USC, Penn State, Nebraska, Texas, Michigan, Florida State, and Ohio State to name a few.This book resolves (or renews) the argument about who were the greatest college football coaches of all time.

Download or read book The Education of a Coach written by David Halberstam and published by Hachette Books. This book was released on 2012-07-17 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pulitzer Prize-winner David Halberstam's bestseller takes you inside the football genius of Bill Belichick for an insightful profile in leadership. Bill Belichick's thirty-one years in the NFL have been marked by amazing success--most recently with the New England Patriots. In this groundbreaking book, David Halberstam explores the nuances of both the game and the man behind it. He uncovers what makes Bill Belichick tick both on and off the field.

Download or read book Remembering the Greatest Coaches and Games of the NFL Glory Years written by Wayne Stewart and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2018-08-16 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The NFL in the 1950s and 1960s was full of iconic players and legendary coaches. Future Hall of Famers battled it out on the gridiron and roamed the sidelines, making for incredible games and memorable moments. In Remembering the Greatest Coaches and Games of the NFL Glory Years: An Inside Look at the Golden Age of Football, Wayne Stewart tells of the men and events that made this era unforgettable. Through dozens of interviews with players such as Tom Matte, Mike Ditka, Raymond Berry, Don Maynard, Chuck Mercein, and Rick Volk, Stewart shares the players’ unique perspectives on the Greatest Game Ever Played, the Ice Bowl, the Heidi Game, and Super Bowl III. The second part of the book features profiles of the Hall of Fame coaches who led their teams to victory—including George Halas, Vince Lombardi, Tom Landry, and Don Shula—with the players reflecting on the impact these coaches had on and off the field. Remembering the Greatest Coaches and Games of the NFL Glory Years not only shares anecdotes that reveal the warm and humorous sides of the Hall of Fame coaches but also includes breakdowns of the key decisions they made during the featured games. With exclusive insight provided by the players, this book offers readers a deeper understanding of professional football during this era directly from those who lived it.