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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Mike Leach , Michael Lewis , Michael LewisPublisher: Diversion Books Imprint: Diversion Books Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.612kg ISBN: 9780983337195ISBN 10: 0983337195 Pages: 260 Publication Date: 21 July 2011 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Out of Print Availability: In Print ![]() Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock. Table of ContentsReviewsI think he's brilliant. Mike Leach is a renaissance man through and through. The commercials about the World's Most Interesting Man--that's Mike Leach. I love him so much. I aspire to live a full and rich life and he's doing it. He's as interested in literature as he is in football. He's just a very complicated, well-rounded individual. He's a real maverick and an inspiration.<br>-Peter Berg, filmmaker, director - Friday Night Lights <br>I could tell that our players liked him right away. What really struck me was how sure of himself of what he wanted to do. He had such conviction and confidence in his way of doing it and there wasn't any second guessing it: This is what we're going to do. It is going to work. It has worked everywhere we've been. I remember feeling great. This is exactly what we needed to do.<br>-Bob Stoops, Mike's former boss at Oklahoma <br>He's one of the most unique people I've ever met. He's infinitely curious about everything. He doesn't come in there and meet new situations with an agenda. He likes to walk straight up and ask the tough questions. He loves it when someone is real as can be. He wants to learn something new. He wants to hear another point of view on something. Mike Leach is an infinitely interesting guy. His free association is epic. Nobody has the ability to free associate like this guy. He starts going and you're thinking, 'O.K., where are you going with this?' I love his re-set. His re-set line is always, 'well, the thing is.' Whenever he switches gears to another subject, that his comma, it's 'Well, the thing is. . . '<br>-Matthew McConaughey <br>Mike Leach has proved he can write a book that's as good as his passing schemes. I might add that it also ranks up there with his leadership and communication skills. Don't miss this eye-opening entertainment.<br>-Dan Jenkins <br> Mike Leach is a great leader and an amazing motivator of men. And he got screwed. He's got fantastic ingenuity, not only on the football fie Mike Leach has proved he can write a book that's as good as his passing schemes. I might add that it also ranks up there with his leadership and communication skills. Don't miss this eye-opening entertainment.--Dan Jenkins I think he's brilliant. Mike Leach is a renaissance man through and through. The commercials about the World's Most Interesting Man--that's Mike Leach. I love him so much. I aspire to live a full and rich life and he's doing it. He's as interested in literature as he is in football. He's just a very complicated, well-rounded individual. He's a real maverick and an inspiration.<br>-Peter Berg, filmmaker, director - Friday Night Lights <br>I could tell that our players liked him right away. What really struck me was how sure of himself of what he wanted to do. He had such conviction and confidence in his way of doing it and there wasn't any second guessing it: This is what we're going to do. It is going to work. It has worked everywhere we've been. I remember feeling great. This is exactly what we needed to do.<br>-Bob Stoops, Mike's former boss at Oklahoma <br>He's one of the most unique people I've ever met. He's infinitely curious about everything. He doesn't come in there and Author InformationAfter stints at Kentucky and Oklahoma, Mike Leach took over a subpar Texas Tech program that had one of the worst graduation rates in all of major college football. A decade later, Leach had guided Tech to unprecedented on-field success and the highest graduation rate of any public university in major college football. Leach spent seven seasons as the head coach at Washington State before moving to Mississippi State in 2020. He has also served as TV analyst for CBS College Sports and host of the daily College Football Playbook show on SiriusXM. He is native of Cody, Wyoming, and graduated from Brigham Young University. He earned his J.D. from Pepperdine Law School in 1986. Leach and his wife, Sharon, have four children. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |