Book Reviews

When I think of Bear Bryant I think of Darwin and “The Survival of the Fittest” because that’s how The Bear coached. He is one of the true coaching icons…

Every coach on the planet knows the correlation between winning and teamwork but only winning coaches know how to create a team environment. Some coaches completely underestimate the power of…

The Education of a Coach by David Halberstram is a fascinating study of putting together a football dynasty in modern professional football. The era of free agency, parity and salary…

Colin Powell has always been a role model because he grew up a few miles from me in The Bronx. Powell certainly didn’t grow up with a silver spoon in…

I’ve been reading the Coach of the Year Clinics Manuals edited by Earl Browning since 1972. Every May I order my manual on the 1st Saturday so I have it…

Malcolm Gladwell is a bestselling author who has written three bestsellers: The Tipping Point, Blink, and The Outliers. I recommend all three. However my favorite piece by Gladwell is an…

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…