Coaching Football Successfully (book)
One of America's winningest college coaches shares his secrets for success DESCRIPTION Few coaches at any level of any sport can match the success of Bob Reade. As the head football coach at Augustana College, Reade won an incredible 87% of his games--the highest winning percentage of any college coach at the time he retired, and second highest of all time after Knute Rockne. Over one 5-year period, Reade led his teams to four NCAA Division III national championships, compiled a record-breaking 60-game unbeaten streak, and was named National Coach of the Year four times. On the high school level, Reade was equally successful. He built an Illinois football dynasty at J.D. Darnall High School in Geneseo, winning three straight Class 3A state championships and putting together a 52-game unbeaten streak. He also was named Illinois High School Coach of the Year four times. Now in Coaching Football Successfully, Reade shares his secrets for success and shows you how to build and maintain your own successful football program. You'll not only learn what to teach your athletes, but also how to teach it. And you'll appreciate the fact that Reade covers more than Xs and Os. He discusses every facet of the game, including his renowned coaching philosophy, which stresses strong values, discipline, and academic standards. No matter what level you coach, you'll benefit from this book's comprehensive presentation of techniques, tactics, and drills for coaching offense, defense, and special teams. The book details the responsibilities of all the offensive and defensive positions and shows you how to teach the skills and strategies used at each spot. The book also presents a wide variety of offensive formations and defensive alignments, including detailed explanations of Augustana's own Wing-T offense and 5-2 Rover defense. Coaching Football Successfully includes more than 75 personal anecdotes in which Reade shares his ideas on motivation and communication and discusses the importance of developing a coaching philosophy that defines success in terms of individual performance, teamwork, and effort rather than just wins and losses. Reade also shows you how to plan for the season and for practices, prepare for games and handle game situations, and evaluate your players and program. Coaching Football Successfully is part of the Coaching Successfully Series, a resource in the American Sport Education Program. AUDIENCE How-to book and reference