A Fire to Win: The Life and Times of Woody Hayes Book

An honest biography of one of the greatest football coaches in historyand one of the most fascinatingWoody Hayes was a brilliant coach and a complicated, contradictory man with stunning achievements. At Ohio State he won five national titles, thirteen Big Ten Conference championships, made eight Rose Bowl appearances, and won two national coach of the year awards. Lombardos thrilling and comprehensive biography examines the psychological motivations of one of the most successful and colorful coaches in college football. The average score of his teams wins, 309, highlights the former history teachers killer instinct, honed in the Navy where he commanded a destroyer escort in the Pacific during World War II. Hayes lifetime coaching record of 238-72-10 puts him in the first rank of college coaching immortals. The success of bestselling books such as When Pride Still Mattered and Jim Dents The Junction Boys demonstrates a proven audience for books about strong-willed, successful coaches. Hayes, undoubtedly, ranks as high as Lombardi and Bryant in the pantheon of football coaches.Read More