Hal Mumme

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Sports For Dorks: College Football

By • Nov 14th, 2011 • Category: Reviews

By: Mike Leach & Ferhat Guven Sports Dorks CFB, LLC (2011) REVIEWS “What do you get when you combine an astrophysicist, a world champion backgammon player, some respected economists and a few other brilliant minds? This fascinating book and the reason I’m hoping to watch Mike Leach on Saturdays instead of coach against him on [...]



Swing Your Sword

By • Aug 5th, 2011 • Category: Articles, Reviews

Swing Your Sword By: Mike Leach and Bruce Feldman Diversion Publishing (2011) Swing Your Sword is a must read for all “Air Raid” fans. Mike tells his most compelling story of coaching travels and his rise through the ranks with his usual understated humor. I particularly enjoy the stories from his early years in law [...]



Blood, Sweat and Chalk by Tim Layden

By • May 26th, 2011 • Category: Reviews

The modern game of football is filled with plays and formations with names like the Counter Trey, the Wildcat, the Zone Blitz and the Cover Two. They have become part of the sport’s vernacular, and yet for many fans they remain just names, often confusing ones. To rectify that, Tim Layden has drilled deep into [...]



Wishbone Wisdom by: Al Pickett as told to by Emory Bellard

By • Mar 29th, 2010 • Category: Reviews

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 [...]



Book Review: The Real All Americans by Sally Jenkins

By • Oct 20th, 2009 • Category: Reviews

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. [...]



Life Lessons of a Legend by Captain Tony Tarracino & Brad Manard

By • Sep 16th, 2009 • Category: Reviews

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 [...]



Book Review: Bear – The Hard Life and Good Times of Alabama’s Coach Bryant

By • Aug 11th, 2009 • Category: Reviews

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 [...]



Book Review: “Play the Next Play” by June Mumme

By • Jun 10th, 2009 • Category: Reviews

This is a biography about the Mumme Family and a wife/mother’s triumph over breast cancer. Cancer is a devastating and severe disease that affects families across the nation in some capacity. Breast Cancer cases will reach almost 200,000 this year, however due to awareness and medical advancements the mortality rate is declining. June Mumme is [...]