The Bowdens are the First Family of college football. Bobby, the father, built the winningest program of the decade at Florida State. Son Terry took over an Auburn team on probation and led it back into the top tier of the sport. Son Tommy is Auburn's offensive coordinator and will likely get his own program in the next few seasons. Son Jeff, now coaching Florida State receivers, will earn his own head coaching opportunity one day. So will the boys' brother-in-law Jack Hines - who played for Bobby, married his oldest daughter, Robyn, and now coaches with Terry at Auburn. Reading this book is like accepting an exclusive invitation to a Bowden family gathering, where discussions range from informal debates about the best winning strategy to disarmingly candid appraisals of the racial undercurrents of college athletics. Listen to inside stories of key moments in Games of the Century, of the recruiting and coaching of famous athletes such as Deion Sanders and Charlie Ward. Hear how it feels to be trapped inside a locker room with angry fans pounding on the door, to be the son of a coach hanged in effigy, to have to choose between the interests of a troubled young athlete and the image of a football program. Learn, with the Bowdens, the lessons of careers measured in clock ticks and place-kicks.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Little, Brown & Company
ISBN-13
9780446520508
eBay Product ID (ePID)
7046418862
Product Key Features
Book Title
Winning's only Part of the Game: Lessons of Life and Football
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Publication Year
1996
Author
Bowden Family, Ben Brown, Bobby Bowden, Terry Bowden
Genre
Biographies & True Stories, Sports
Number of Pages
256 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
210mm
Item Width
140mm
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Ben Brown, Bobby Bowden, Terry Bowden, Bowden Family