Passing The Torch Building Winning Football Programs . With A Dose Of Swagger Along The Way [ Inscribed By The Author]

Name: Passing The Torch Building Winning Football Programs . With A Dose Of Swagger Along The Way [ Inscribed By The Author]
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Author: Schnellenberger, Howard; with Ron Smith; Foreword by Don Shula
ISBN: 9780991275670

Schnellenberger, Howard; with Ron Smith; Foreword by Don Shula

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Published by Ascend Books, Olathe, KS, 2014

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Title: Passing The Torch Building Winning Football Programs . With A Dose Of Swagger Along The Way [ Inscribed By The Author]
Author: Schnellenberger, Howard; with Ron Smith; Foreword by Don Shula
Publisher: Ascend Books, Olathe, KS
Publication year: 2014
Condition: Very Good
Dust jacket: Very Good
Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0991275675
ISBN 13: 9780991275670
Edition: First Printing.

One of the most colorful and successful football coaches of the last half-century is ready to tell his story for the first time. Howard Schnellenberger learned his trade from two of the all-time greats, Paul "Bear" Bryant and Don Shula. Schnellenberger then took the football torch that was passed to him and became a transformative head coach at three universities. All three have now nominated him for the College Football Hall of Fame.

For all his personal triumphs, there have also been instances of crashing and burning. He was fired as head coach of the Baltimore Colts after a sideline showdown with the owner of the team. He walked away from the University of Miami to try to make his fortune in the ill-fated USFL. A move to the University of Oklahoma ended in humiliation. The coach talks about the wise decisions and the poor decisions he has made, and he shares the lessons he learned along the way

Schnellenberger served as offensive coordinator while helping Alabama and Bryant claim national Championships.

His early career also included serving as offensive coordinator for Don Shula and the Miami Dolphins in 1972 during the only perfect season in NFL history.

Schnellenberger took over a University of Miami program that was contemplating dropping the sport in 1979 and instead led them to 46 wins in five years and a national championship in 1983. He established a swagger at the U and set the school on a path to five national championships in two decades.

In 1985 he returned to his hometown and took over another struggling program at the University of Louisville. After three losing seasons, he built them into a football power. His time there was capped with a Fiesta Bowl victory over Alabama.

He retired from coaching in 1995, having been part of four college national championships.

He came out of retirement in 1998 at age 64 to start a football program at Florida Atlantic University. His team became the youngest program ever to receive a bowl invitation. He won that game and was awarded the Sun Belt Conference Coach of the Year award. The next year his Owls won another bowl game, making the coach 6-0 and the winningest undefeated coach in bowl history.

Coach Schnellenberger retired again after the 2011 season. Schnellenberger saved football at two proud universities. He launched football at a third. He has sent more than 100 college stars on to professional football careers. His stories about those players and the secrets to his remarkable success are the subject of this memoir.

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