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eBook ISBN: 9780399574689

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Spurrier, Steve, author. | Martin, Buddy, author.

Title: Head ball coach : my life in football, doing it differently—and winning / Steve Spurrier with Buddy Martin ; foreword by Paul Finebaum.

Description: New York: Blue Rider Press, 2016.

Identifiers: LCCN 2016029233 | ISBN 9780399574665 (hardback)

Subjects: LCSH: Spurrier, Steve. | Football coaches—United States—Biography. | BISAC: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Sports. | SPORTS & RECREATION / Football. | BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Leadership.

Classification: LCC GV939.S65 A3 2016 | DDC 796.332092 [B]—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016029233

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