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Informationen zum Autor Tom Osborne was head coach of the University of Nebraska football team for twenty-five years, during which time the Huskers won three national championships. After he retired from coaching in 1997, Osborne served Nebraska's third district in the House of Representatives for six years. He now works as the athletic director at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. John E. Roberts is the executive director of the Michigan High School Athletic Association and has also served as the executive vice president of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. Klappentext Tom Osborne was head coach of the University of Nebraska football team for twenty-five years, during which time the Huskers won three national championships. After he retired from coaching in 1997, Osborne served Nebraska¿s third district in the House of Representatives for six years. He now works as the athletic director at the University of Nebraska¿Lincoln.¿John E. Roberts is the executive director of the Michigan High School Athletic Association and has also served as the executive vice president of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. Zusammenfassung At twenty-eight! when Tom Osborne agreed to join Bob Devaney's full-time coaching staff at the University of Nebraska! he resolved to be a head coach by the time he reached age thirty-five. Little did he know that this goal would chart his course toward becoming one of the US's premier football coaches. In More Than Winning! Osborne gives an in-depth personal account of his life. Inhaltsverzeichnis IntroductionForewordPrefacePrologue: Coming Up Short Again1. The Effect of Fine Persons2. Growing Up3. Discovered in the Mineral Water Bowl4. Survival5. Getting off the Fence6. Following a Legend7. Silenceing the Critics (a Little)8. Getting the Monkey off Our Back . . . and on It Again9. Staying Put10. The Quarterbacks11. The Ideal Athlete12. The Linemen13. The Heisman Trophy Winners14. The Booker Brown Affair15. Slowing Down16. More Than One Person17. A Crash Course in Flying18. National Championships and Other Vagaries19. The Nebraska Cycle20. More Than Winning21. A Difficult Road to WalkEpilogue: Honoring Him...
