Coaches often ask for book recommendations, and there are some great books that every coach should read. These are books that I read at different times in my coaching career, and still look back through today.
These aren’t just great books for coaches. These are great books for anyone who is a leader. These are listed in the order I read them, but all of them are valuable in different ways. There are really eight books here, but we are counting two books as one. I had also already published the title when I added the eighth.
The first book I read as a first-year coach was Winning Everyday. Holtz gave some great life lessons that were not only beneficial to me as a coach, but I used them as a human.
If you want a book focused on what setting standards off the field. If you do things right in your daily habits, everything will work out as it should on the scoreboard. This was a great book as a complement to Finding the Winning Edge. You can find copies of Finding the Winning Edge on Amazing, but the cost is often very high. I would recommend every football coach read it if you can get a copy. It is worth every penny.
Nick Saban’s book “How Good Do You Want to Be is written in typical Saban voice. This takes you inside how he built LSU and Alabama into championship programs. This book taught me the importance of setting high expectations and holding yourself and others accountable to the standard.
Next I read Pete Carroll’s Always Compete and Win Forever. These are both top-notch books that give you insight into how Carroll developed the USC program. I love Win Forever, but it is hard to find and that is why I included Always Compete.
Always Compete has many of the same principles, but they were much more refined when we wrote Win Forever. Win Forever gives you a bluepinrt for building a championship program.
We are counting these as one book, so don't @ me on the math!
Coach K is a legendary basketball coach, but his book Leading from the Heart is a great book for coaches to read. He gives you insight into how you can be a transformational coach.
And perhaps my favorite is Called To Coach by Bobby Bowden. Coach Bowden takes you through his journey as a coach and how he built the program at Florida State. He talks a lot about how important it is to be a servant leader.
These are very good books I highly recommend to anyone who is a coach or leader. I recommend these books because everyone in a leadership position can take something from these books and use them in their own situations. These books made an impact on me, and I hope they will benefit you in your coaching journey.
This is the bible of scouting opponents written by Bill's dad. When people ask me where I learned how to scout an opponent, it is this book. This book gives you everything you need to build a foundation of scouting teams you will play. The theories and concepts in this book are transferable to today's game and will help make you a better coach.
I built our detailed game planning process and documents from these principles. If you are looking for specific resource you can use to help you be more effective with your game planning and more explosive on offense, check out my offensive game planning packet at
https://sellfy.com/p/AndN/
It includes everything from a scouting report template, to practice plans, to a two-sided color call sheet, and more! Each of the nine documents are fully editable and customizable! Order today and start preparing for your first game right now! This helped us be able to be prepared to attack the defense and put more points on the board. It also helped us be much more efficient and targeted on the weekends when we were game planning.
When I was a defensive coordinator we adapted this to our defensive preparation!
Here is a link to the defensive game planning documents. It includes 12 fully editable and customizable documents.
https://sellfy.com/p/AY1u/ These are what we used to post 6 shutouts when I was a defensive coordinator. Defensive coordinators at all levels of football are using this.
And finally, I put together a special teams resource. This has everything you need, included drill tape, practice tape, and game footage. It includes teaching presentations and scouting forms just for special teams!
https://sellfy.com/p/tJwz/ This helped us to build dominating special teams!
I wanted these to be available at a very reasonable cost. These can help you to be more successful on the field and more efficient in the office!
A while back I got hooked up with CoachTube and put together three courses for offensive football coaches. I put together two courses on RPO's, and a course on Building An Elite System of Communication. All of these courses will help you to score more points!
https://coachtube.com/users/coachvint
All three of these courses are detailed, with everything you need to be more explosive and to score more points.
The course on communication gives you a detailed approach to your gameday communication. I give you a system and a process to improve the quality of conversations, leading to improved play calling on game day. This course has received outstanding reviews from coaches at all level of football. A coach with multiple state titles told me this course helped them to be much more efficient and explosive this season.
My two RPO courses take you through a systematic process of installing RPO's into your offensive system. RPO's put the defense in conflict, forcing them to defend all 53 yards of width and all 6 skill players every single play. I not only give you a system, but I teach you the methods to develop your own RPO concepts.
Books
I published a couple of iBooks that can help your program with X's and O's. The first is on Installing RPO's into any offense. Here is a link to the iBooks version:
http://itunes.apple.com/us/book/id1078061959. The ibooks version includes explanations, diagrams, and video clips on multiple RPO Concepts. It will give you a simple process for implementing them into your offense.
If you don't have an apple device, you can order the paperback version! It is available on Amazon!
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1520447485I also wrote a book on Tempo. It will greatly help you build a multiple tempo system with simple communication that will allow your kids to play with confidence. It also had over an hour of video clips! You can order the ibooks version here:
http://itunes.apple.com/us/book/id1075902270.
Order the Amazon Kindle version here:
New Book
Over the last several months, I have stepped out of my comfort zone and wrote a new book about faith and purpose. The book is available as a paperback on Amazon, and as an eBook for the Kindle App. The cool thing about the Kindle app is that you can read the book on any device. I invite you to read it, and discover the power you receive when you make a decision to walk with the Lord. Here is a link to the book: Finding Faith
Since publishing the book, I have received numerous texts, calls, and emails, from people who are going through similar trials and tribulations. They were feeling many of the same things I was feeling. The found comfort in the book. They also found they had a desire to change and to live better. They wanted more joy.
I would invite you to read the book and discover the possibilities that God has planned for your life.
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