Martin Rooney - Coach to Coach

1 Cover

2 Praise for Coach to Coach

3 Foreword

4 Introduction

5 1 The Tunnel

6 2 The Grind

7 3 The Showup Showdown

8 4 Cup of Coffee

9 5 Enthusiasm

10 6 Ultimatum

11 7 The Right Target

12 8 Eating Crow

13 9 The Real Definition

14 10 The Golden Rule

15 11 A Turning Point

16 12 The Two Abilities

17 13 Pointing Fingers

18 14 The Secret Move

19 15 The Holy Grail

20 16 Do the Work

21 17 Game Day

22 18 Bag of Peanuts

23 Acknowledgments

24 About the Author Want to spend some time Coach to Coach?

25 End User License Agreement

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“For great performances in your profession and family…study this book!”

Dan Gable

Olympic gold medalist, three-time U.S. Olympic team coach

15 NCAA team titles, University of Iowa Wrestling

355-21-5 lifetime coaching record

“Some books you read for entertainment. Some you read for enlightenment. Coach to Coach will give you both.”

Coach Lou Holtz

1988 NCAA National Champions, Notre Dame Football

Only coach to lead six different college programs to bowl games

College Football Hall of Fame

“ Coach to Coach is an important reminder of the power of a coach. If you want to help more people and make a positive impact on the lives of others, read this book!”

Jon Gordon

Best-selling author of The Energy Bus, The Carpenter, and Training Camp

“ Coach to Coach is about human development through sports. Martin Rooney gets it EXACTLY right in very clear ways: Elite coaching is about relationships, character development, and accountability.”

Anson Dorrance

22 NCAA Championships, University of North Carolina Women's Soccer

1991 U.S. Women's Soccer World Cup Champions

7-time NCAA Women's Soccer Coach of the Year and 1987 NCAA Men's Coach of the Year

U.S. National Soccer Hall of Fame

“Finding the right coach at the right time had an incredible impact on my life. In today's sports and business world, there has never been a more important time to have responsible and ethical people in place serving as coaches. Coach to Coach offers you practical and user-friendly tips on how best to be THAT coach for someone else.”

Shawn Johnson

Olympic gold and silver medalist in gymnastics

Winner of ABC's Dancing with the Stars

“ Coach to Coach tackles the challenges and joys that come from a life of coaching. Use these simple coaching strategies and you will have no choice but to help more people.”

Phillip Fulmer

1998 National Champions, University of Tennessee Football

College Football Hall of Fame

“ Coach to Coach is a must-read for anyone interested in being the best version of themselves as a coach, teacher, spouse, or parent. Martin Rooney combines wonderful teaching points with an engaging story. I have read many books on leadership and feel Coach to Coach will be a classic for coaches from youth sports all the way up to the professional level.”

Mark Krikorian

Head coach, Florida State Women's Soccer

2014 and 2018 NCAA National Champions

“Coaching is so much more than teaching someone how to play a sport. Coaching is about teaching them how to become great at life. What they learn on the field is what they do off the field. Coach from the heart with an open mind and find value in every player…form a synergy and watch the magic happen. Coach to Coach is your guidebook on how to help inspire someone to live out the story of their dreams.”

Rudy Ruettiger

The inspiration for the blockbuster film Rudy

“ Coach to Coach is a great reminder of the simple coaching principles that produce results. Whether you are working with athletes on the deck at the Olympic Games or teaching young group swimmers foundational mechanics, coaches, mentors, and teachers need to practice the ideas in this book in order to offer our best coaching to the young people we are blessed to get to coach.”

David Marsh

12 NCAA team titles, Auburn University Swimming

Head coach, 2016 U.S. Olympic Women's Swim Team

Coach of 54 Olympians from 21 different countries

“ Coach to Coach is a much-needed guide that will teach you how to inspire others. Martin trained me to be my best at the NFL Combine and has now made his coaching strategies into a simple philosophy for anyone. This captivating sports story will teach you how to be a better coach no matter who it is you lead.”

Chris Long

2018 Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year

Two-time Super Bowl champion

“Martin Rooney jukes right and then breaks left with Coach to Coach , and he scores again! As a coach, you are better after reading it. That's really all there is to it. This should be mandatory reading for all coaches at every level to learn to connect and contribute. Thank you for making me better, Martin.”

Gunnar Peterson

Head strength and conditioning coach, Los Angeles Lakers