Biographies About
Legendary Coaches & Managers

Meet the motivating forces behind outstanding sports teams
and superstar players—and learn their winning secrets.

A provocative and revelatory new biography of the legendary UCLA coach John Wooden, by one of America's top college basketball writers....

He is one of basketball's towering figures: "Mr. Clutch," who mesmerized his opponents and fans. The coach who began the Lakers' resurgence in the 1970s....

Pat Summitt, the all-time winningest coach in NCAA basketball history and best-selling author of Reach for the Summitt and Raise the Roof, tells for the first time her remarkable story of victory and resilience....

A dramatic and revelatory account of Joe Torre’s 12 years as manager of the New York Yankees. Joe Torre is the most successful - and most respected - baseball manager of the modern era, steering the Yankees to six American League pennants and four World Series championships....

After 33 seasons managing in Major League Baseball, Tony La Russa thought he had seen it all - that is, until the 2011 Cardinals....

In Players First, John Calipari relates for the first time anywhere his experiences over his first four years coaching the Kentucky Wildcats....

Remarkable lessons in leadership and team building from one of the greatest football coaches of our time. Urban Meyer has established himself as one of the elite in the annals of his sport, having lead his players to three national championships....

An unprecedented, behind-the-scenes look at the career of a famed former Los Angeles Dodgers general manager....

From 2004 to 2011, Terry "Tito" Francona managed the Boston Red Sox, the most talked about, scrutinized team in all of sports....

Mike Matheny was just 41 when he succeeded the legendary Tony La Russa as manager of the St. Louis Cardinals in 2012....

When Cus D'Amato first saw 13-year-old Mike Tyson spar in the ring, he proclaimed, "That's the heavyweight champion of the world"....

What does it take to be an Olympic gold medalist and to coach a collegiate team to fifteen NCAA titles?

Forty-seven years of joyous celebrations after victories and crushing disappointments after defeats are encompassed....

To the select fraternity of men who have won the Heisman Trophy since its inception in 1935, the award is so much more than just a football trophy....

Revised and updated with new material from the paperback edition....

Coach Roy Williams had an unlikely rise to the Hall of Fame and a career that boasts the highest winning percentage among all active college coaches. Now, for the first time, Williams tells the story of his life that few people know....

From a New York Times best-selling author, the definitive biography of the NFL’s most enigmatic, controversial, and yet successful coach, Bill Belichick....

During his storied career as head coach of the Chicago Bulls and Los Angeles Lakers, Phil Jackson won more championships than any coach in the history of professional sports....

America's favorite sportswriter teams up with Red Auerbach, the most successful and admired coach in basketball history, to tell the best stories of a legendary life....

Life Is Short, Don't Wait to Dance is a thought-provoking, fun journey through the personal stories and anecdotes of the 35-year career of a dancer/choreographer turned athletic coach....