{"product_id":"dead-coach-walking-tom-penders-surviving-and-thriving-in-college-hoops","title":"Dead Coach Walking: Tom Penders Surviving and Thriving in College Hoops","description":"Renowned college basketball coach Tom Penders revisits his successful, if tumultuous, career in a new autobiography Dead Coach Walking: Tom Penders Surviving and Thriving in College Hoops. One of the winningest head coaches in NCAA Division I basketball history, Penders reflects on four decades steering programs at 7 universities Tufts, Columbia, Fordham, Rhode Island, Texas, George Washington and Houston. As he lifted them from depths of death row to winning glory, he enhanced his reputation as Turnaround Tom. Penders achieved success with distinction: he has coached more NCAA Division I basketball programs than any coach in history and has taken four different schools to the Division I Men s Basketball Tournament. He also retired in 2010 ranked 4th total among active coaches in games-coached, trailing only Connecticut s Jim Calhoun, Duke s Mike Krzyzewski and Syracuse s Jim Boeheim. In Dead Coach Walking, Penders talks about the teams he led and how he dealt with athletic directors, conference commissioners, assistants, AAU coaches, the NABC and the NCAA. The book also goes behind the scenes, revealing game strategies, coaching personalities, locker room stories, and experiences on the recruiting trail. Penders perspective, while sometimes controversial, is riveting not to mention entertaining. Dead Coach Walking is truly as unique, quirky, and remarkable as its subject.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 1935806025\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.1935806025.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Tom Penders|Steve Richardson\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: The item shows wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and works perfectly. All pages and cover are intact  including the dust cover, if applicable . Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42691741646909,"sku":"BVV.1935806025.G","price":8.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/1935806025-0.jpg?v=1762377980","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/dead-coach-walking-tom-penders-surviving-and-thriving-in-college-hoops","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}