Spurrier : How The Ball Coach Taught the South to Play Football (Hardcover)

Spurrier : How The Ball Coach Taught the South to Play Football (Hardcover)

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“We all like to prove people wrong who say we’re no good,” says the eternally driven Steve Spurrier, the 1966 Heisman Trophy winner and NFL quarterback who took off his helmet, put on his coaching visor, and turned three downtrodden universities into winners. Spurrier’s Fun ’N’ Gun offense at the University of Florida flummoxed defenses and rewrote playbooks across the Southeastern Conference, transforming SEC football into a modern phenomena. Spurrier tells the story of a preacher’s son from the Tennessee hills who has been overwhelming opponents with “ball plays” for nearly six decades.

The climax of his storied career is uplifting the University of South Carolina, a school that lost more football games than it won between 1892 and 2005, and was believed for over a century to be cursed. The only Heisman Trophy winner ever to coach another Heisman Trophy Winner, Spurrier dared to enter the “graveyard of coaches” at South Carolina, confronted his destiny, and turned the USC Gamecocks into an unlikely winner. Spurrier is the biography of the Ball Coach who has forever changed college football—and its impact on our culture.

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Dec 4, 2014
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Under the Visor

If you are a fan of the Ball Coach, of course you have to read this book, but the same goes for all those who think of him as the Evil Genius. I know you've never figured him out. That's part of the coach's plan. But Ran Henry has, and don't you want to understand what makes Spurrier tick? But even if you have only a mild curiosity about the man, you will enjoy the read. Masterfully written with a compelling story to tell, Spurrier reads like a novel, as literary as it is insightful. This is not your usual sports junkie book. It's more about the man behind the legend than the stuff of the legend—although there's more than enough stuff to satisfy. But what hooked me is the saga of how the boy became the man under the tutelage of a loving father—a preacher who taught his son to hate losing but to win the right way. Universal themes merge with intimate details in this story of how the slowest boy on the playground quarterbacked the entire SEC into the dominating powerhouse it is today.

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