Passing the Torch: Building Winning Football Programs.With a Dose of Swagger Along the Way
Schnellenberger, Howard, with Ron Smith
Language: English
Published by Ascend Books, Olathe, KS, 2014
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Illus. , several in color, signed by the author, Howard Schnellenberger, on the ffep, with what appears to be an inscription in his hand on the next page. Laid-in is a folded sheet/pamphlet inscribed and signed by former NFL player Sam Ball. ; 302 pages; Signed by Author.
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- Title
- Passing the Torch: Building Winning Football Programs.With a Dose of Swagger Along the Way
- Author
- Schnellenberger, Howard, with Ron Smith
- Publisher
- Ascend Books, Olathe, KS
- Publication year
- 2014
- Condition
- Very Good
- Dust jacket
- Very Good
- Signed
- Signed by Author(s)
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0991275675
- ISBN 13
- 9780991275670
- Edition
- Second Printing.
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- U.S. WARS 18TH AND 19TH CENTURY
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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About the Author
Ronald C. Smith has a journalism degree from Boston University, a master's in education from Converse College and a law degree from Florida State University. Ron was executive city editor of the Sarasota Herald-Tribune, managing editor of the Chattanooga Times and editor in chief of the Boca Raton News. He is now a prosecuting attorney living and working in South Florida.
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