Spike Dykes's Tales from the Texas Tech Sideline
Spike Dykes's Tales from the Texas Tech Sideline

Author: Spike Dykes

Publisher: Sports Publishing LLC

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 204

ISBN-13: 9781582612652

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Spike Dykes's Tales from the Texas Tech Sideline will examine the games, stories, and players that have made up the Red Raiders' 79-year history. College football fans will get an inside look, as told by the school's all-time winningest coach, at one of the nation's highest-scoring and most dangerous dark-horse programs. along with a glance back at the players and coaches that helped build the Red Raiders' successful tradition. Texas Tech legends Donny Anderson, who scored a touchdown for the Green Bay Packers in the 1968 Super Bowl, and E.J. Holub, Texas Tech's first consensus Division I-A All-American, will be examined, along with more recent stars, like the record-setting Kliff Kingsbury and B.J. Symons and All-Americans Byron Hanspard and Zach Thomas, the Red Raiders' last two first-team All-Americans.

Tales from the Texas Tech Red Raiders Sideline
Tales from the Texas Tech Red Raiders Sideline

Author: Spike Dykes

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2013-10-01

Total Pages: 198

ISBN-13: 1613216297

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Tales from the Texas Tech Red Raiders Sideline will examine the games, stories, and players that have enriched the Red Raiders’ 79-year history. College football fans will get an inside look, as told by the school’s all-time most winningest coach, at one of the nation’s highest-scoring and most-dangerous dark-horse programs, along with a glance back at the players and coaches who helped build the Red Raiders’ successful tradition. Texas Tech legends Donny Anderson, who scored a touchdown for the Green Bay Packers in Super Bowl II, and E. J. Holub, Texas Tech’s first consensus Division I-A All-American, will be profiled, along with more recent stars, like the record-setting Kliff Kingsbury and B. J. Symons and All-Americans Tracy Saul, Byron Hanspard, and Zach Thomas.

Smashmouth
Smashmouth

Author: Elvin Bethea

Publisher: Sports Publishing LLC

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 225

ISBN-13: 158261881X

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Smash-mouth football was just another day at the office during the heyday of professional football in the 1960s and 1970s. Elvin Bethea began his pro career with the Houston Oilers of the AFL in 1968 when the upstart league was filled with colorful characters and brilliantly gifted players who had finally proven they were good enough to compete with the NFL. After the AFL merged with the NFL in 1970, one of the most exciting decades in pro football history was underway. Smash-Mouth the story of Bethea's journey from a life of rural poverty in Trenton, New Jersey, to his All-American college football career at North Carolina A&T, where segregation still ruled the South. Smash-Mouth takes Bethea from potential Olympic track stardom in 1968 to his legendary pro football career where he earned his reputation as one of the most feared and dangerous defensive linemen in NFL history. From classic playoff battles with the Pittsburgh Steelers in 1978 and 1979 to off-the-field exploits with some of football's most eccentric characters, Smash-Mouth culminates in Bethea's greatest ultimate honor--his long overdue induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2003. Along the way, Bethea's story is filled with candid assessments of the talents and personalities of some of the greatest names in 1970s football--Terry Bradshaw, Joe Namath, O.J. Simpson, Archie Manning, Earl Campbell, Dan Fouts, Franco Harris, Bum Phillips, Dan Pastorini, Billy White Shoes Johnson, Chuck Noll, Hank Stram, Art Shell, Anthony Munoz, Kenny Houston, John Mackey, and many, many more.

Great Athletes
Great Athletes

Author: Rafer Johnson

Publisher:

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 344

ISBN-13: 9781587654756

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Covers the greatest players in college and pro football, including the inspirational stories of Pat Tillman and Tedy Bruschi.

Big and Bright
Big and Bright

Author: Gray Levy

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2015-09-02

Total Pages: 313

ISBN-13: 1630760900

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Texas is a diverse state. But the one thing that binds Texans more than their state pride, even more than religion, is football. For the many towns and cities of Texas, high school football is more than a sport or an extracurricular activity—it’s the glue of their community. Author Gray Levy, a high school football coach for more than two decades, became disillusioned with the state of the education system nationwide and traveled to Texas, a place where high school football still matters, to see just what schools and communities were doing right. What he found will both confirm and debunk common presumptions about high school football in Texas, a complex phenomenon that varies by region, school size, and the ethnic diversity of the Lone Star State.

The Undesirables
The Undesirables

Author: Dave Boling

Publisher: Picador

Published: 2014-02-01

Total Pages: 341

ISBN-13: 1743518943

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The second novel from the author of Guernica (a top ten bestseller and winner of the Richard & Judy Summer Read 2009) is a deeply moving, intimate portrait of family, friendship and love, set against the backdrop of the second Boer war. Aletta Venter was on the family farm when the British troops arrived. She watched them burn her home to the ground before she was transferred, with her mother and siblings, to a prison camp. Never complaining, just living day by day, Lettie grows out of her innocent childhood. She is determined to be a good person, but everything is so complicated in this place where making the wrong decision can be life-threatening. What should she do about Maples, for example, the nineteen-year-old British guard who tries to befriend her? Is his kindness genuine, or would trusting him be a betrayal of herself and her country? A deeply moving, intimate portrait of family, friendship and love, set against the backdrop of the second Boer war at the turn of the twentieth century, The Undesirables (the British name for the residents of the camps) is the heart-rending yet life-affirming new novel from the top ten bestselling author of Guernica, winner of the Richard & Judy Summer Read.

Swing Your Sword
Swing Your Sword

Author: Mike Leach

Publisher: Diversion Books

Published: 2011-07-07

Total Pages: 219

ISBN-13: 0983337187

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Newly-minted Mississippi State head coach Mike Leach tells his captivating story––from rural Wyoming to law school to the upper echelons of the SEC. SWING YOUR SWORD is the first ever book by one of the most fascinating and successful coaches in sports today. A maverick who took an unlikely path to coaching through law school, Mike Leach talks about his unorthodox approach to coaching and the choices that have brought him success throughout his career. A lover of the game who started creating formations and drawing his own plays as a kid, Leach took his Texas Tech Red Raiders to numerous bowl games, achieving the #2 slot in national rankings and being voted 2008 Coach of the Year before being unceremoniously fired at the end of the 2009 season. The scandalous nature of his dismissal created a media frenzy and began a personal battle between Leach and his accusers that remains unresolved.

Tales from the Gonzaga Hardwood
Tales from the Gonzaga Hardwood

Author: Dave Boling

Publisher: Sports Publishing LLC

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 234

ISBN-13: 9781582612720

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It's the mom-and-pop store that has become a national franchise. The most renowned player in school history grew up three blocks from the cozy campus, yet the program has grown into a perennial top 25 power with a coast-to-coast following--even if those casual fans still mangle the name. It's Gonzaga University--Gon-zag-a--as in Zags, the endearment that has overtaken Bulldogs as the school's athletic ID. There are many Bulldogs, but only a few Zags. There are many Zags stories, however, and fans will find the essence of this college basketball phenomenon in Tales from the Gonzaga Hardwood. For readers who only know Gonzaga as the school that launched John Stockton toward the Basketball Hall of Fame and later rewrote the concept of being an NCAA Tournament Cinderella, this anecdotal anthology will fill in the blanks. The book focuses on a variety of names and events, like the Tall Gaul--seven-foot-three Frenchman Jean Claude Lefebvre; the year the Zags actually pulled their sixth man out of the stands; and Frank Burgess, the future judge who led the nation in scoring. These stories are all a part of the little known legacy that led to the modern-day heroics of Dan Dickau, Richie Frahm, Blake Stepp, and many others. Fans will meet them all, along with numerous other unforgettable characters, in Tales from the Gonzaga Hardwood.

Principles of Coaching Football
Principles of Coaching Football

Author: Mike Bobo

Publisher: Benjamin-Cummings Publishing Company

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 308

ISBN-13:

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The value of a good coach is immeasurable. From youth sports to university level, players look to their coach as a source of leadership, knowledge, and philosophy. Written by authors who are considered "true gems" at Texas Tech, this book offers a practical, comprehensive approach to coaching football at every level.Principles of Coaching Footballcontains complete, illustrated, step-by-step coverage of the techniques of the job PLUS authoritative coverage of scouting, legal issues, practice organization, and philosophical and ethical coaching issues. What's more, there's an extensive drill section with drills specifically designed for various positions. Packed with examples, issues, solutions, and ready-to-use techniques - including photographs and clearly illustrated sample formations, plays, a sample "Play Book" format, and sample "example" systems of offense, defense, and kicking - this is a coach's complete guide to improving the way they perform their often challenging job.Football coaches of any level.