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Genre/Form: | Biographies Nonfiction Biography |
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Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Halberstam, David. Education of a coach. New York : Hyperion, ©2005 (OCoLC)647059002 |
Named Person: | Bill Belichick; Bill Belichick; Bill Belichick |
Material Type: | Biography |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
David Halberstam |
ISBN: | 1401301541 9781401301545 1401308791 9781401308797 |
OCLC Number: | 62120413 |
Description: | 277 pages ; 22 cm |
Contents: | Bill Belichick's 31 years in the NFL have been marked by amazing success -- most recently, his Super Bowl wins with the New England Patriots have made him surpass Vince Lombardi. In this book, journalist Halberstam explores the nuances of both the game and the man behind it. Halberstam writes. "There was, I thought, a certain signature to a Belichick game ... I was fascinated ... by the fact that he seemed so un-coachlike, or perhaps the prototype for a very different kind of modern coach in what is an increasingly complicated game. He wasn't in any way charismatic, and he made no attempt to be charismatic -- if anything, quite the reverse, but he always seemed to be one step ahead of everyone else."Set apart by his Wesleyan education, Belichick approaches coaching differently than anyone else in the NFL. Here, we learn why and how. -- From publisher description. |
Responsibility: | David Halberstam. |
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Bill Belichick's 31 years in the NFL have been marked by amazing success--most recently, his Super Bowl wins with the New England Patriots have made him surpass Vince Lombardi. In this book, journalist Halberstam explores the nuances of both the game and the man behind it. Halberstam writes. "There was, I thought, a certain signature to a Belichick game ... I was fascinated ... by the fact that he seemed so un-coachlike, or perhaps the prototype for a very different kind of modern coach in what is an increasingly complicated game. He wasn't in any way charismatic, and he made no attempt to be charismatic--if anything, quite the reverse, but he always seemed to be one step ahead of everyone else." Set apart by his Wesleyan education, Belichick approaches coaching differently than anyone else in the NFL. Here, we learn why and how.--From publisher description.
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