Synopses & Reviews
Bill Belichick's 31 years in the NFL have been marked by amazing success - first in Cleveland, then with the Giants, and most recently, his two out of the last three Super Bowl wins with the New England Patriots have made him second to only Vince Lombardi in his record for playoff victories.& nbsp; In this groundbreaking new book, David Halberstam explores the nuances of both the game and the man behind it.& nbsp; He uncovers what makes Bill Belichick tick both on and off the field, as a coach, a father, and a son.& nbsp; I've been fascinated by Bill Belichick for more than 20 years, going back to the time when he was a young coach in his early 30s working with the linebackers on the Giants. Halberstam writes.& nbsp; There was, I thought, a certain signature to a Belichick game - whatever it was the other team's offense was doing in the first half, the team coached by Belichick tended to take it away in the second half.& nbsp; & nbsp; I was fascinated by that, and by the fact that he seemed so un-coachlike, or perhaps the prototype for a very different kind of modern coach in what was an increasingly complicated game.& nbsp; He wasn't in any way charismatic, and he made no attempt to be charismatic - if anything - quite the reverse, but he always seemed to be one step ahead of everyone else.& nbsp; If anything, that made him even more interesting to me - a man who had no interest in the celebrity culture, but had been projected into the epicenter of it because of the nature of his job and his success with it.& nbsp; Set apart by his Wesleyan education, Belichick approaches coaching differently than anyone else in the NFL.& nbsp; Here, for the first time, we learn why and how. & nbsp;
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"A wonderful book its not just a coachs education, but its an education for every fan." Mike Barnicle
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"A must read for not only Patriots fans, but any reader of biographies. A collaboration of two formidable intellects." Boston Globe
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"Belichick to Halberstam may be footballs best combination since Montana to Rice." Bob Costas
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"As he's done in the past, Halberstam takes the classic sports-bio formula one stellar performer's rise to the pinnacle of American sport and transforms it into a nuance-rich story of individual triumph and social history." Wes Lukowsky, Booklist
Synopsis
Now in paperback, Pulitzer Prize-winner David Halberstams bestseller takes you inside the football genius of Bill Belichick for an insightful profile in leadership With a new afterword by the author
Bill Belichicks thirty-one years in the NFL have been marked by amazing success most recently with the New England Patriots. In this groundbreaking new book, David Halberstam explores the nuances of both the game and the man behind it. He uncovers what makes Bill Belichick tick both on and off the field.
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Pulitzer Prize-winner David Halberstam's bestseller takes you inside the football genius of Bill Belichick for an insightful profile in leadership. Bill Belichick's thirty-one years in the NFL have been marked by amazing success--most recently with the New England Patriots. In this groundbreaking book, David Halberstam explores the nuances of both the game and the man behind it. He uncovers what makes Bill Belichick tick both on and off the field.
"Halberstam does for the three-time Super Bowl winner what Moneyball did for the Oakland A's Billy Beane."
--Best Life
"If you want to learn about schooling and allegiance and leadership and, most of all, football, by all means--slip inside the sweatshirt."
--The Wall Street Journal
"Halberstam takes the classic sports-bio formula--one stellar performer's rise to the pinnacle of American sport--and transforms it into a nuance-rich story of individual triumph and social history."
--Booklist
"In describing the triumph of 'an unadorned man,' a coach without artifice, Halberstam has created a tale of excellence."
--The New York Times Book Review
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More than 6 years after his death David Halberstam remains one of this country's most respected journalists and revered authorities on American life and history in the years since WWII. A Pulitzer Prize-winner for his ground-breaking reporting on the Vietnam War, Halberstam wrote more than 20 books, almost all of them bestsellers. His work has stood the test of time and has become the standard by which all journalists measure themselves.
Bill Belichick's thirty-one years in the NFL have been marked by amazing success--most recently with the New England Patriots. In this groundbreaking book, The Education of a Coach, David Halberstam explores the nuances of both the game and the man behind it. He uncovers what makes Bill Belichick tick both on and off the field.
About the Author
David Halberstam (1934-2007) was the author of twenty-two books, including fifteen bestsellers. Born in
New York City, Halberstam spent much of the 1960s as a reporter for
The New York Times, covering the Vietnam War and the Civil Rights movement. His
Vietnam reporting earned him both a George C. Polk Award and a 1964 Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting.
Vanity Fair dubbed Halberstam "the Moses of American journalism," and the subjects of his books reflect his passion and range: war, foreign policy, history, and sports.
The Best and the Brightest (1962), his sixth book, a critique of the Kennedy administration's
Vietnam policy, became a #1 bestseller. His next book,
The Powers that Be, a study of four American media companies, was hailed by
The New York Times as a "prodigy of research." Many of Halberstam's books explored themes in professional sports, including bestsellers
The Teammates, a portrait of the friendship between baseball players Ted Williams, Dominic DiMaggio, Johnny Pesky, and Bobby Doerr, and
The Education of a Coach, a profile of New England Patriots' Coach Bill Belichick.
David Maraniss is an associate editor at the Washington Post. He is the winner of the 1993 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting. He has written four New York Times bestsellers: They Marched Into Sunlight (Vietnam), When Pride Still Mattered (Vince Lombardi), First in His Class (Bill Clinton), and Clemente: The Passion and Grace of Baseball's Last Hero. The author lives in Washington, DC, and Madison, Wisconsin.