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Swing Your Sword: Waging Battles and Reaping Rewards in Football and Life
Swing Your Sword Waging Battles and Reaping Rewards in Football and Life Author:Mike Leach, Bruce Feldman (Editor), Sean Mahoney (Editor) 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 never played a snap of organized ball beyond his teens and still became a consistent winner who developed one of the most potent offenses eve... more »r seen in college football. A lover of the game who started creating formations and drawing his own plays as a kid, Leach was immensely successful, taking 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.
Reflecting on pivotal moments that have made him the man that he is today, Mike Leach talks about his unorthodox approach to coaching and the choices that have brought him success throughout his career. Whether it's picking personnel, maintaining team spirit, creating a game plan, or making calls in the heat of battle, Leach sees his role as both problem solver and standard-bearer. Together with his strong analytical skills, Leach relies on his resilience, resourcefulness, and an uncanny ability to motivate individuals to foster a winning mentality in football, and in life.« less