Coaching Wisdom

This powerful book, based on first-hand interviews with legendary coaches and their players, reveals their secrets for success that apply to sports, business, and life. Mike Harrity, an Associate Athletics Director at the University of Notre Dame, has had remarkable access to the top coaches of our time. In Coaching Wisdom, he presents the results of his one-on-one interviews with these leading coaches in college athletics and professional sports and shows how they have helped their players to fulfill their peak potential, both on and off the field. This illuminating guide, filled with more than 30 photos, provides an up-close and personal look at the motivational styles and winning leadership principles of such coaching greats as tony Dungy, Brad Stevens, Sue Enquist, John Wooden, Don Shula, Scotty Bowman, Anson Dorrance, and Lou Holtz. Packed with colorful stories from the coaches and the players they inspired, Coaching Wisdom covers such topics as creating a caring environment, going the distance to connect and communicate, and building a team-first culture. This is an essential playbook for anyone leading a team to achieve sustainable success.