Football: Tressel’s Book, The Winners Manual, Releases Tuesday – Ohio State Buckeyes
7/14/2008 12:00:00 AM | Football
Tressel’s proceeds will benefit the Ohio State Library Renovation Fund, Ohio State head coach will particpate in a live chat at 1 p.m. Tuesday on ESPN.com
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Head coach Jim Tressel met with the Columbus media Monday to discuss his new book, The Winners Manual, which releases Tuesday, July 15. Co-written with Chris Fabry, The Winners Manual will provide a rare glimpse into the mind of one of the most respected coaches in college football history and into the huddle of one of the most successful football programs of all time.
Coach Tressel will share never-before-published anecdotes about players and games from throughout his storied coaching career at Ohio State and Youngstown State, as well as fundamental lessons he has been imparting to his players and coaching staffs for the past 20 years.
“If we help one person who once thought they were struggling then we’ve won,” Tressel said. “I have hundreds of books that have made an impact on me and I hope this book can have a similar effect on others.
“I was trained to teach, but the subject I like is football. Coaches are teachers 24/7. We are responsible for our kids just as teachers are. It is what we do — we teach.
Tressel begins his book signing tour tomorrow in Ridgewood, N.J. before returning to Columbus Wednesday. On Thursday he will be in Youngstown, Copley and Westlake before his last signing at the Barnes & Noble in Pickerington Saturday morning.
“I love seeing Ohio State fans and I look forward to hearing their stories,” Tressel said. “On the tour, we’ll travel to three places in Ohio where I think I’ll get that experience.”
All of coach Tressel’s proceeds will benefit the William Oxley Thompson Memorial Library Renovation Fund on the Ohio State campus.
The book signings for The Winners Manual are as follows:
Tuesday, July 15
7:00 p.m. 9:00 p.m.
BookEnds
232 East Ridgewood Ave.
Ridgewood, NJ 07450
Wednesday, July 16
11:00 a.m. 1:00 p.m.
Kroger
1375 Chambers Road
Columbus, OH 43212
3:00 p.m. 5:00 p.m.
Columbus North LifeWay Christian Store
8735 Lyra Drive
Columbus, Ohio 43240
7:00 p.m. 9:00 p.m.
The Ohio State University Bookstore (Barnes & Noble)
1598 North High Street
Columbus, OH 43201
Thursday, July 17
10:00 a.m. 12:00 p.m.
Barnes & Noble
381 Boardman-Poland Road
Youngstown, OH 44512
3:00 p.m. 5:00 p.m.
Berean Christian Stores
143 Rothrock Road, Suite A
Copley, OH 44321
7:00 p.m. 9:00 p.m.
Borders
Promenade of Westlake
30121 Detroit Road
Westlake, OH 44145
Saturday, July 19
9:00 a.m. 12:00 p.m.
Barnes & Noble
Hunters Run Centre
1738 North Hill Road
Pickerington, OH 43147
Tyndale published Quiet Strength: The Principles, Practices, and Priorities of a Winning Life, a memoir by Indianapolis Colts head coach Tony Dungy with Nathan Whitaker in July 2007. Quiet Strength reached No. 1 on the New York Times hardcover nonfiction list and, with more than 1,000,000 copies in print, has become one of the best-selling sports-related titles in history. Tyndale also recently published Don’t Bet Against Me! by Deanna Favre. The memoir of the wife of former Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre was also a New York Times best seller. Tyndale House Publishers was founded in 1962 by Dr. Kenneth N. Taylor as a means of publishing The Living Bible and has since grown into one of the premier publishing houses in the industry. It is located in Carol Stream, Illinois, a western suburb of Chicago.
Todd Starowitz
Public Relations Manager
Tyndale House Publishers
(630) 784-5397 – work
toddstarowitz@tyndale.com
www.coachdungy.com
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