Wins, Losses, and Lessons: An Autobiography Book

Honestly, I did not really believe that I would be at all interested in this book. I like college football, and I knew that Lou Holtz was a famous coach from Notre Dame, but I never realized how much exactly he went through in his career as a coach. All of the coaching positions that he held throughout his career were all interesting in their own way. Throughout his career he came into contact with several football icons such as Paul "Bear" Bryant, Joe Namath, and Bill Parcels. Before, I had never thought of all the famous football personalities that were active during Lou Holtz's long career as a coach, but rather I had just thought that he coached in a time period where football was had very little activity and was far less popular. Also, he changed my view on the importance of having a good coach. Previously, I believed that all that mattered on a football team was the level of talent that they possessed. While this is still important, Holtz was still able to take teams that had horrible records the year before and then take them to a bowl game. Despite the great success he had as a coach, probably the most important thing about Lou Holtz was all of the philosophies that he implemented while coaching. These philosophies were centered on working hard, giving your best effort, and always doing the right thing. He implemented these philosophies in each one of the coaching positions that he held. Sometimes they even got him in trouble, for example, he suspended three African American players at Arkansas for a very serious offense, and since he refused to tell the public what the offense was, he was subject to nationwide criticism. However, no matter the situation, Holtz never allowed others to make him stray from his beliefs. Even though he has many great characteristics as a person, this one is probably the one I admire the most.