Book Reviews

These books have had a powerful influence on my coaching career; most of them are out of print so you have get them either on EBay or a garage sale…

Tony Dungy’s success on the football field is well documented. He led the Colts to a Super Bowl victory, turned around the hapless Tampa Bucs and has been a positive…

Nick Saban has been a highly successful “turnaround” artist. Turning around a college football program is arguably the most difficult challenge in coaching. Added to the challenge is the impatience…

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People is a modern classic and ranks up there with all the great self-help books ever written. The book was written in 1989 and…

Spencer Johnson is one of my favorite writers of allegories, he wrote the best seller Who Moved My Cheese which is also certainly worth reading. But The Present is a…

Lou Holtz was the master of the turnaround. In his career as a college football coach he directed the turnaround of SIX programs! Six times Holtz took over a floundering…

In 1974 I had just started my coaching career and had one year under my belt. I attended a Coaching clinic in Wildwood, New Jersey. I went to hear Lou…

Jim Tressel was not born with a silver spoon in his mouth. He came up through the ranks of college football via hard work. His Dad, Lee Tressel was a…

John Wooden is arguably one of the greatest coaches of any sport in the history of sport in this country. Winning 10 NCAA Championships in 12 years is a greatness…

The word genius is one of the most over used words in football, but when talking about Homer Smith it is very appropriate. Homer Smith has knowledge of football that…