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More Than a Coach: What It Means to Play for Coach, Mentor, and Friend Jim Tressel
Author(s): David Lee Morgan (author) & Jim Tressel (Foreword) (Author)
- Publisher: Triumph Books
- Publication Date: 1 July 2009
- Edition: Illustrated
- Language: English
- Print length: 208 pages
- ISBN-10: 1600782388
- ISBN-13: 9781600782381
Book Description
In this powerful and book, the former players and people who know Jim Tressel well reveal in never-before-told stories how this unique coach’s philosophy on football and life impacted their own lives in profound ways. More than 50 individuals provide in-depth interviews, including former Youngstown State athletic director Joe Malmisur, A. J. Hawk, Craig Krenzel, John Cooper, Troy Smith, and Archie Griffin, to name but a few. A dynamic and dramatic book that offers a unique perspective on Tressel the coach, the mentor, and the friend, these stories teach valuable lessons on working hard on and off the field.
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From the Back Cover
Now, in the powerful and inspiring More Than a Coach, the former players and people who know Tressel well reveal in never-before-told-stories how this unique coach’s philosophy on football and life impacted their own lives in profound ways. More than 50 individuals gave author David Lee Morgan in-depth interviews, including former YSU athletic director Joe Malmisur, A.J. Hawk, Craig Krenzel, John Cooper, Troy Smith, and Archie Griffin, to name but a few. With Tressel’s cooperation and support, and through Morgan’s interviews comes a dynamic and dramatic book that will give readers a unique perspective on Tressel the coach, the mentor, and the friend.
About the Author
David Lee Morgan, Jr. has been a sports reporter for the Akron Beacon Journal since 1995. He has won several awards for his coverage of high school sports, including the James A. Sutherland Award, given to the top rookie reporter in Northeast Ohio. He is a former high school and collegiate athlete.
