Wins, Losses, and Lessons: An Autobiography ~ Signed by the Late Coaching Legend

Holtz, Lou

ISBN 10: 0060840803 / ISBN 13: 9780060840808

Published by William Morrow, New York, 2006

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SIGNED without inscription by the renowned Notre Dame coach on the free front endpaper, his autobiography; a clean crisp bright unmarked copy in fresh unclipped dust jacket wrapped in archival cover; nearly as new, appears unread; first printing with complete number line ; Signed by Author.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Wins, Losses, and Lessons: An Autobiography ~ Signed by the Late Coaching Legend
• Publisher: William Morrow, New York
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0060840803
• ISBN 13: 9780060840808
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition; First Printing.
• Condition: Fine+
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine+
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

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 of the Year honors, the only coach ever to lead six different schools to season-ending bowl games, and the ninth-winningest coach in college football history, Holtz is still teaching and coaching, although he is no longer on the gridiron.

In his most telling work to date, the man still known as "Coach" by all who cross his path reveals what motivated a rail-thin 135-pound kid with marginal academic credentials and a pronounced speech impediment to play and coach college football, and to become one of the most sought-after motivational speakers in history. With unflinching honesty and his trademark dry wit, Holtz goes deep, giving us the intimate details of the people who shaped his life and the decisions he would make that shaped the lives of so many others.

His is a storied career, and Holtz provides a frank and inside look at the challenges he overcame to turn around the programs at William and Mary, North Carolina State, Arkansas, and Minnesota. From growing up in East Liverpool, Ohio, to his early days as a graduate assistant at the University of Iowa, to his national championship runs at Notre Dame and his final seasons on the sidelines in South Carolina, Lou Holtz gives his best, a poignant, funny, and instructive look into a life well lived.

About the Author

After nearly three decades on the sidelines, Lou Holtz retired from coaching and now shares his strategies for success with Fortune 500 companies, groups, and organizations. He is the author of two bestsellers, The Fighting Spirit and Winning Every Day. He lives in Florida.