Swing Your Sword - Mike Leach

Swing Your Sword

By Mike Leach

  • Release Date: 2011-07-07
  • Genre: Football
Score: 4.5
4.5
From 735 Ratings

Description

Newly-minted Mississippi State head coach Mike Leach tells his captivating story––from rural Wyoming to law school to the upper echelons of the SEC.

SWING YOUR SWORD is the first ever book by one of the most fascinating and successful coaches in sports today. A maverick who took an unlikely path to coaching through law school, Mike Leach talks about his unorthodox approach to coaching and the choices that have brought him success throughout his career. A lover of the game who started creating formations and drawing his own plays as a kid, Leach took his Texas Tech Red Raiders to numerous bowl games, achieving the #2 slot in national rankings and being voted 2008 Coach of the Year before being unceremoniously fired at the end of the 2009 season. The scandalous nature of his dismissal created a media frenzy and began a personal battle between Leach and his accusers that remains unresolved.

Reviews

  • Truth shall outshine

    5
    By MelroseMuffin
    Those who try to cover their dark deeds in the shadows. With Mike’s passing, the more I looked into this guy, the more I needed to know. Read the book in a week. What a trashy good ole boy network at Texas Tech led by small white men of mediocrity . SOB’s.
  • Unique

    3
    By Submitreviewdontakethisname
    Good. Unique thinker.
  • Page turner

    4
    By Mtlake Oldtimer
    Great man who happens to be a coach! Great read. S. Gasco Meredith NH
  • FANTASTIC

    5
    By bekahhhhhhhh
    Fantastic read! #TeamLeach forever!
  • Swing Your Sword

    5
    By Tex Turkey
    Coach LEACH I loved your book . Seems like some of those people at Texas Tech need to read it also . Good luck this year , you earned it .
  • Swing Your Sword

    4
    By Mike Leach's Texas Tech
    Excellent book. Much more technical than any other coach's book I've read. The insight into coaching is intriguing. After reading the book it became clear how great of a coach Mike Leach is. John Cubit
  • Brilliant

    5
    By Team Sunzeri
    Wow! A brilliant mind...who can win on Saturdays!
  • The Truth Hurts but it remains TRUTH

    4
    By Bass Hunter King
    I'm now more fond of Mike than ever. I'm embarrassed to be a graduate of TTU as they maintain their affiliation with Kent Hance and the Board of Regents connected to the attempt to assassinate the character and integrity of Mike! This Country has lost our values that made us great! Politicians (Kent Hance) abusing their power at the expense of established policies is unacceptable in any arena and especially the arena of higher education! I think I'll burn my TTU diploma! TRUTH, HONESTY AND INTEGRITY will prevail in the end! TTU does not deserve students or staff with character! Good luck to all harmed by TTU's Board of Regents and Kent Hance! You can put lipstick on a pig but in the end; everyone discovers it's just a PIG/s! Kent Knight Midland, Texas
  • Awesome book!

    5
    By JohnM-VaWA
    Loved the book! There aren't many books I would want to read twice, this is one I may crack open again. There is so much a reader can take away from Mike Leach's story. The insight into the situation at TT was a real eye-opener.
  • Great read

    5
    By Must have POT
    I enjoyed the book a lot. Mike Leach is a fantastic leader and teacher. Good luck to him at WSU. Everyone knows what a snake and low class citizen Craig James is, this only reaffirms it. Great read.

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