Swing Your Sword: Leading the Charge in Football and Life [Paperback]

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.I could tell that our players liked him right away. What really struck me was how sure of himself of what he wanted to do. He had such conviction and confidence in his way of doing it and there wasn't any second guessing it: This is what we're going to do. It is going to work. It has worked everywhere we've been. I remember feeling great. This is exactly what we needed to do.Hes one of the most unique people Ive ever met. Hes infinitely curious about everything. He doesnt come in there and meet new situations with an agenda. He likes to walk straight up and ask the tough questions. He loves it when someone is real as can be. He wants to learn something new. He wants to hear another point of view on something. Mike Leach is an infinitely interesting guy. His free association is epic. Nobody has the ability to free associate like this guy. He starts going and youre thinking, O.K., where are you going with this? I love his re-set. His re-set line is always, well, the thing is. Whenever he switches gears to another subject, that his comma, its Well, the thing is. . . Mike Leach has proved he can write a book that's as good as his passing schemes. I might add that it also ranks up there with his leadership and communicatls4