A Fire to Win
A Fire to Win : The Life and Times of Woody Hayes John Lombardo,
Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books
ISBN: 0312325185
Edition: Hardcover; 2005-10-01
Summary:
An honest biography of one of the greatest football coaches in
historyand one of the most fascinatingWoody Hayes was a brilliant
coach and a complicated, contradictory man with stunning
achievements. At Ohio State he won five national titles, thirteen Big
Ten Conference championships, made eight Rose Bowl appearances, and
won two national coach of the year awards. Lombardos thrilling and
comprehensive biography examines the psychological motivations of one
of the most successful and colorful coaches in college football. The
average score of his teams wins, 309, highlights the former history
teachers killer instinct, honed in the Navy where he commanded a
destroyer escort in the Pacific during World War II. Hayes lifetime
coaching record of 238-72-10 puts him in the first rank of college
coaching immortals. The success of bestselling books such as When
Pride Still Mattered and Jim Dents The Junction Boys demonstrates a
proven audience for books about strong-willed, successful coaches.
Hayes, undoubtedly, ranks as high as Lombardi and Bryant in the
pantheon of football coaches.
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