Lessons from Legends: 12 Hall of Fame Coaches on Leadership, Life, and Leaving a Legacy

by Scott Bedgood

Overview

Lessons from Legends may be the greatest collection of college football knowledge ever assembled.  With over 260 years, 2,100 wins, 95 conference titles, and 13 National Championships of combined coaching experience, any football fan, coach, or player can learn from the wealth of wisdom contained in these pages.

The book features Q&As with 12 Hall of Fame coaches as they discuss their careers, the lessons they learned, and specific features or topics that marked their careers. 

In these pages you will learn how:

• Tom Osborne and Barry Switzer won year after year.
• Barry Alvarez turned Wisconsin into a perennial winner.
• RC Slocum treated players the right way.
• Terry Donahue kept his players from distractions in Los Angeles.
• Steve Spurrier did things as only Steve Spurrier could do them.

These lessons and more from Fisher DeBerry Phil Fulmer, Vince Dooley, Frank Girardi, Marino Casem, and Mike Bellotti are featured in the book.

With a foreword by former Oklahoma Sooners coach Bob Stoops, and quotes from Peyton Manning, Troy Aikman, Danny Wuerffel, and Bret Bielema, this book has an unmatched combination of football talent.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780692968383
Publisher:	Scott Allen Bedgood
Publication date:	09/20/2017
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	200
Sales rank:	1,001,213
File size:	2 MB

Table of Contents

Praise for the Coaches................................................................ 7

Foreword by Bob Stoops........................................................... 13

Introduction............................................................................... 17

BARRY ALVAREZ................................................................... 21

How to Build A Winning Culture.......................................... 27

TOM OSBORNE.................................................................... 35

How to Win Consistently..................................................... 42

BARRY SWITZER................................................................... 51

How to Reload....................................................................... 60

FISHER DEBERRY................................................................. 65

How to Pick The Right System............................................. 75

PHILLIP FULMER................................................................... 79

How to Bounce Back from Disappointment......................... 84

R.C. SLOCUM........................................................................ 93

How to Run a Clean Program and Treat Players the Right Way    103

TERRY DONAHUE............................................................... 111

How to Keep Players From Distractions............................ 118

VINCE DOOLEY.................................................................. 125

How to Handle Superstars.................................................. 131

FRANK GIRARDI................................................................. 143

Loyalty................................................................................ 149

MARINO CASEM................................................................. 155

Balancing Duties as Athletics Director and Head Coach..... 160

MIKE BELLOTTI.................................................................. 165

Life and Work After Coaching............................................. 173

STEVE SPURRIER................................................................ 181

Standing Out........................................................................ 190

Acknowledgements      195

Editorial Reviews

"I learned a lot about football from Coach Fulmer; he had great insight into all phases of the game. Most importantly though, I am thankful for his friendship. The times that we are together on trips, having dinner, playing golf, or hunting are times I truly cherish, and I value his friendship; it means a great deal to me." - Peyton Manning

"I give Coach Donahue a lot of credit for my success. He was such a great example for those he coached. He carried himself with class and integrity and always taught us to keep things in the proper perspective." - Troy Aikman

"Playing for Coach Spurrier changed the trajectory of my life. He had a combination of two seemingly contradictory qualities: he was the most detail-oriented, somewhat perfectionistic coach I've ever had, and he had an extremely flexible part of himself that would constantly explore better options and make on-the-spot adjustments that would take weeks for other coaches to consider." - Danny Wuerffel

"Coach Switzer had a way of motivating his players to perform. At a time when most coaches rule with an iron hand or fear, Coach Switzer used positive reinforcement and that made all the difference." - Keith Jackson

"The smartest decision I ever made was to play for Coach Dooley at the University of Georgia. His honesty and integrity exhibited during the recruiting process [when I was] in high school when we met has never wavered." - Scott Woerner

"Coach Slocum taught me some of the most important virtues as a young man. He taught us to do the right thing all the time and not just some of the time." - Dat Nguyen

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