Had a chance to attend a Texas A&M luncheon in which Emory Ballard was the guest speaker. Was a great opportunity to listen to an innovator of the game and a great Texas Coach. This book is a great read and an important one for many coaches to read. A quick read the book discusses [...]

Let me start this one by saying our hats go off to any men or women that serve in the military for this country. Because of you we are able to do what we love and that is Coach football! May God watch over those who fight and bring them home safe in Victory. This [...]

The game of football is physical, rapid and exciting and as players or coaches we tend not to understand the value or impact of those people who gave us what the game today is. John Heisman was an athlete and an innovator in the game of football. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio where he [...]

If you love football and American History you will do like I did and read this. A wonderful book about the early beginnings of football and will only take a short amount of time to read. It reads like a novel and details Pop Warner’s days at Carlisle Indian School where Jim Thorpe became famous. [...]

Mike Leach sent me this book. In 1990 Mike and I took a recruiting trip for Iowa Wesleyan College, we went to Florida and got several good players including a kicker from Key West. Our first trip to Key West so we go to Captain Tony’s Saloon one night and Mike and I end up [...]

This is an older book first published in 1974 by Sports Illustrated. Personally this is one of my favorite books about a high profile coach in our business. As a coach early in my career I asked my father what would be a great book to read to give me insight into the crazy football [...]