Keith Dunnavant

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Alabama

The Life of Paul Bear Bryant

"Just five weeks after coaching his final football game for the University of Alabama, Paul "Bear" Bryant passed away, leaving behind a void that has yet to be filled. It's been thirteen years since his death, yet the imposing legend of the Bear still casts a shadow over the state of Alabama and the entire college football world. For twenty-five years as the head coach of the Crimson Tide, and thirteen years before that at Maryland, Kentucky, and Texas A&M, Bear Bryant's outsized personality and deep charisma made him the dominant figure in the world of college football, and turned boys with ordinary talent but extraordinary heart into winners on the gridiron and off." "In Coach, Keith Dunnavant gives us the definitive portrait of this rough-hewn man with an extraordinary gift for leadership. Coach is not only about the man and his tremendous ability to succeed, it's also about the South and the legacy Coach Bryant left behind. In a divisive era, Bryant gave Alabamians something to be proud of. In all times, he was simply the greatest college football coach of them all."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Coach

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More than two decades after his death, Paul "Bear" Bryant's imposing shadow still towers over the sport of college football.
For twenty-five years at the University of Alabama, and thirteen years before that at Maryland, Kentucky, and Texas A&M, Bryant pushed his players to excel with a combination of charisma and fear, winning 323 games and six national championships.
In this definitive portrait of a rough-hewn man with an extraordinary gift for leadership, Keith Dunnavant shows how Bryant survived headline-grabbing controversies and the vagaries of a changing social landscape to become college football's greatest coach and the foremost Southern icon of his time.
Coachis the epic story of a larger-than-life figure who overcame poverty and insecurity with intense desire and steely will, reflecting the transformational power of the American experience while emerging as a beacon of pride for Alabamians who felt defensive about their place in the world.

Praise forCoach

"The definitive Bear Bryant biography.... The first serious attempt to portray Bryant as he really was...."
---John Pruett,The Huntsville Times

"Bryant's story says volumes about America and that story is very ably told by Dunnavant...."
---Geoffrey Norman,American WayMagazine

"Balanced and intelligent."
---Kirkus Reviews

"A masterful job."
---The Christian Science Monitor

"Dunnavant skillfully raised my eyebrows...[in] a robust and revealing biography of college football's greatest coach."
---Paul Finebaum,Birmingham Post-Herald

"A thoroughly captivating read."
---Larry Woody,The(Nashville) Tennessean

"Thanks to Dunnavant, the Bear has a biography that does him justice."
---The Sporting News

Category - Non Fiction / Biography & Autobiography

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Est. Publication Date - Sep 1996

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Format - Hardcover

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