Book Summaries

Nick Saban is widely regarded as one of the best football coaches on the planet. No matter how you feel about Alabama and Saban, you can appreciate that the man knows how to win football games. He has won a record six national championships. His leadership book, How Good Do You Want to Be?, ranks […]

Pete Carroll is the head coach of the NFL’s Seattle Seahawks. Carroll is one of just of three head coaches who have won a college football national championship (2003 and 2004) and a Super Bowl (2014). His book, Win Forever: Live, Work, and Play Like a Champion, is the background to his coaching philosophy, which […]

In 1979, Bill Walsh took over a San Francisco 49ers team that was at the bottom of the NFL. Within three years, they were Super Bowl champions and a dynasty was born. The 49ers would win three Super Bowls under Walsh. Although Walsh’s achievements on the field places him in rarefied air, his leadership and […]

As a coach you spend a lot of time helping your athletes improve their technique, conditioning, and skill sets. But technical mastery is almost useless if you can’t get your athletes to trust the process, find ways to take ownership of their performance, and lead each other. Ultimately, great coaches are excellent teachers and leaders. […]

Phil Jackson is the winningest coach in NBA history. He coached Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls to six titles during the 1990s. As head coach of the Lakers, he won another five titles, in addition to the two he won as a player with the Knicks in the 1970s. His coaching style, which utilized […]

Like many, I grew up a huge Michael Jordan fan. His tongue-out, dunk-throttling posters lined my childhood bedroom, I begged my parents year after year for Jordans for my birthday and Christmas, and I lost my 10-year old mind when Jordan and the Bulls won their first NBA championship in 1991. Over the years, I […]