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The Last Coach (Paperback)

By: Allen Barra (Author)


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"THE LAST COACH is a remarkable piece of digging into, and reporting of, a magnificent life story, written at a length more commonly reserved for a Founding Father."

"Allen Barra's illuminating book, THE LAST COACH: A LIFE OF PAUL "BEAR" BRYANT explains why Alabamians felt so bereft [when Bryant died]. It also answers a question especially pertinent since Thomas Herrion, 23, a 315-pound lineman for the San Francisco 49ers, died in August of a previously undetected heart disease: Has football become grotesque?"

"[Barra] does all the things you would expect from a biography of a sports figure, but along the way the quality of the reporting is such that he unearths some beautiful gems....Barra...is one of the country's most thoughtful writers on the subject....[T]ruly superb is Barra's even-handed recounting that Bryant played...or...did not play...in hastening the integration of the football program."

Publisher's note

JIM DENT' S New York Times best-selling book THE JUNCTION BOYS only explored one season in the life of legendary football coach Paul "Bear" Bryant. Now, in Allen Barra's enthralling new biography, the full story of Bryant's dramatic career unfolds under the bright lights of big-time college football. Coming of age during the hardscrabble years of the Great Depression, Bryant (1913-1983) transformed college football like no one before or after. Whether serving as coach at Maryland, Kentucky, Texas A&M, or finally with the Crimson Tide of Alabama, Bryant--gutsy, demanding, ruthlessly competitive--notched victory after victory and shattered virtually every coaching record. In doing so, he helped integrate college football and left behind a legacy of all-star players and coaches, including Joe Namath and George Blanda. In a narrative as thrilling as an overtime victory, THE LAST COACH is the unforgettable portrait not only of a coach but also of the heroic age of college football.

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This biography of the legendary college football coach Paul "Bear" Bryant is an in-depth account that captures the man in his times. Supremely focused, Bryant never wavered from his goals of winning games and building character. Barra
tells many tales of Bryant's exploits on and off the field, including his run ins with powerful figures such as college presidents, all of whom he vanquished. College football changed a lot in Bryant's decades-long tenure as coach, as did America, especially the South. These dramatic changes figure into Barra's story, but mostly this a fan's book on college football and on a larger-than-life figure who was, it cannot be denied, the best there was.



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