Paterno by the Book by Joe Paterno & Bernard Asbell

Just finished Paterno: By The Book, Joe Paterno;s autobiography written in 1989.  I read a biography of Vince Lombardi last month which I enjoyed, The Official Vince Lombardi Playbook.  So I decided to read about a few more great football coaches.  After watching the Joe Paterno Linebacker video,Successful Coaching American Football: Linebackers, I ordered the Paterno Autobiography from Amazon used reseller.

The book is an easy read about Paterno's life and football career.  He has a ton of good information for coaches and fans.  I was interested in all the coaching information.  I especially liked ...the first source of football success is defense, the second is kicking, and the third is offense.  A great offense in my experience has to obey one principle above all others; Don't lose the ball in a turnover.  Hang onto the football!

I highly recommend this book by Coach Paterno, Paterno by the Book.

Joe Paterno DVD Linebackers- Defense football video

I watched Successful Coaching Football Instructional Joe Paterno: Linebackers DVD and its was great.  The Linebacker video should be called Jerry Sandusky Linebackers because Coach Sandusky conducts the training on the video.  But do not let this fool you, this is one of the best coaching videos I've watched, especially on defensive linebacker drills.

I rented the football video from Netflix and after watching the DVD put it on my 2010 Christmas wish list.  I would like to get the whole DVD set.  I have watch most of the DVDs and all are pretty good.  The running back and o-line DVDs are really good too; Successful Coaching American Football: Offensive Line and Frank Solich: Running Backs Successful Football Coaching.

I highly recommend the Successful Coaching American Football: Linebackers DVD.