The Bootlegger's Boy - Hardcover

Switzer, Barry; Shrake, Bud

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0688093841 ISBN 13: 9780688093846

Publisher: William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1990

Synopsis

The controversial football coach recounts his battles with the NCAA as leader of the Oklahoma Sooners, when he was accused of unethical recruitment practices and other violations

About this title

From Library Journal:

In June 1989, player misconduct and allegations of recruiting violations forced the resignation of eminently successful gridiron coach Switzer. In this explicit autobiography, the poor boy from the Arkansas swamp bottoms answers his critics while providing a game-by-game rundown of his 16-year career at the University of Oklahoma. He discusses his groundbreaking enlistment of black players, explains the "feud" with Texas coach Darrell Royal, condemns the hypocrisy of big-time college athletics, and berates sportswriters who base stories on opinion, not factual investigation. Necessary for sports and black history collections. Previewed in Prepub Alert, LJ 5/15/90. See also Charles Thompson's Down and Dirty , reviewed in this issue, below.
- Kim Holston, American Inst. for Property and Liability Underwriters, Malvern, Pa.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: William Morrow and Company, Inc.
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0688093841
• ISBN 13: 9780688093846
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 416