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When I die and people realize that I will not be resurrected in three days, they will forget me. That is the way it should be. For reasons known only to God, I was asked to write an autobiography. Most people who knew me growing up didn't think I would ever read a book, let alone write one.
—Lou Holtz
Few people in the history of college sports have been more influential or had a bigger impact than Lou Holtz. Winner of the three national Coach...
2) Dogwood Hill
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Chesapeake Shores novels volume 12
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English
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"When former pro football quarterback Aidan Mitchell comes to Chesapeake Shores to take a high school coaching job, he's embraced by the town--especially the O'Briens. But Aidan has a secret that could alter all their lives. For wounded Liz March, who's trying for a fresh start after a devastating betrayal, taking a chance on Aidan may be more than she can handle. Her heart, however, refuses to listen to her head. But just when forever seems within...
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Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2001
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English
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When you live in a dying mill town, the only way to move up in the world is to move out. In Ampipe, Pennsylvania, their high school football coach is fighting to parlay a winning team into a big-time position--away from the town he despises.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 11
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"The Blindside meets Friday Night Lights in Keanon Lowe's Hometown Victory when an NFL coach returns home after losing a friend to opiods to coach a team of struggling high school kids on a 23-game losing streak. Keanon Lowe was working as an offensive analyst for the San Francisco 49ers when his childhood friend and former high school teammate suddenly died from an opioid overdose. Keanon dropped everything--including the plum NFL job he had been...
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Universal Pictures
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[2006]
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English
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Hayden Fox is the head coach of a university football team, and eats, sleeps and lives football. His wife is not passionate about sports, which tends to frequently causes friction in their relationship. While Hayden often fits the stereotype of dumb jock (as do his co-workers Luther and Dauber), he sincerely cares about his friends and family, and tries his best to make things work out.
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"Trent Powers relocates his family from Anaheim to Arkansas to take over as head coach of the Denton Pirates, a high school football team powered by a volatile but talented running back named Billy Lowe. Billy comes from an extremely troubled home: a trailer park where he is terrorized by his unstable mother's abusive boyfriend. Billy takes out his anger on the field, and it's not long before he crosses a line. Instead of punishing him, though, Trent...
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My weird school daze volume 4
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IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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A new football coach arrives at school and, with help from an unexpected new team member, the Moose win a game.
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Running Press
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2023.
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English
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"From Monday Night Football to Super Bowl Sunday, the NFL is a dominating force in the lives of millions of fans who tune in and passionately cheer for their favorite teams. And when the games are over, the conversation is just getting started. Who's the greatest player of all time? Which coaches truly shaped the game we known and love today? What was the most unforgettable game? Why is professional football such an undeniable part of our culture?...
10) Just like this
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Albin Academy volume 2
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Rian Falwell has a problem. And his name is Damon Louis. Rian's life as the art teacher to a gaggle of displaced boys at Albin Academy should be smooth sailing--until the stubborn, grouchy football coach comes into his world like a lightning strike and ignites a heated conflict that would leave them sworn enemies if not for a common goal. A student in peril. A troubling secret. And two men who are polar opposites but must work together to protect...
11) Coach: Season 2
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Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
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English
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Hayden Fox, head coach of the Minnesota State University's Screaming Eagles football team, tries to navigate his way through the sports world, fatherhood and family life without dropping the ball.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 11
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A two-time Coach of the Year, Brian Arians has had a hand in developing more Pro Bowl quarterback than any coach in NFL history--from Peyton Manning to Ben Roethlisberger to Andrew Luck to Carson Palmer. If NFL quarterbacks are the kings of the sporting world, then Arians is the ultimate kingmaker.
Known around the game as the 'quarterback whisperer', Arians has an uncanny ability to both personally connect with his quarterbacks and to locate what...
13) Football legends
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AV2 by Weigl
Pub. Date
[2018]
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IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 1
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English
14) Lapse
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Clementine Jones novels volume 1
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English
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"Former corporate lawyer Clementine Jones is living in self-imposed exile, passing the time by coaching a country-league footy club and trying to forget the past. Now the team is winning, and the pressure is on to take the Cats to their first grand final in over fifty years. When her star player, Clancy Kennedy, quits on the eve of the finals, something doesn't stack up. Clem's a tough negotiator, used to getting her own way-but when she sets out...
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[2021]
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English
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The true story of the Mighty Mites, the football team of a Fort Worth orphanage who, during the Great Depression, went from playing without shoes, or even a football, to playing for the Texas state championships. Over the course of their winning season, these underdogs and their resilient spirit became an inspiration to their city, state, and an entire nation in need of a rebound, even catching the attention of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The...
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Howard Books
Pub. Date
2012.
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English
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Describes the life and accomplishments of the historic college football coach, from his youth in Pennsylvania to his rise to one of football's most innovative coaches, and provides insight into the creation of the Heisman Trophy award.
17) Final season
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 9
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English
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From New York Times bestselling author and former NFL player Tim Green comes a gripping, deeply personal standalone football novel about a star middle school quarterback faced with a life-changing decision after his dad is diagnosed with ALS. Perfect for fans of Mike Lupica! With two all-star college football players for brothers and a former Atlanta Falcons defensive lineman for a father, it is only natural for sixth-grade quarterback Benjamin Redd...
18) Coach: Season 3
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Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
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English
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Hayden Fox, head coach of the Minnesota State University's Screaming Eagles football team, tries to navigate his way through the sports world, fatherhood and family life without dropping the ball.
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Penguin Press
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2015.
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English
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In only thirteen years as a head football coach, first at Bowling Green and then at Utah, Florida, and Ohio State, Urban Meyer has established himself as an elite coach, with three national championships and a cumulative record of 142 wins and only 26 losses. But sheer statistics are not the measure of his true accomplishment, nor do they speak to his own extraordinary learning journey. Now he offers to readers his insights into leadership, team building...
20) Paterno
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English
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Written with the participation of Joe Paterno and his family, this account defines the epic life of America's winningest college football coach.
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