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Praise for Coach to Coach
“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
“Coaching is about doing everything in your power to bring out the best in someone else. Even the greatest coaches in the world need guidance at certain points in their careers. In his book Coach to Coach, Martin Rooney offers that guidance in a powerful story. With so many great relatable lessons in every chapter, this little book will help you be that coach your athletes will always remember for