Getting to Us: How Great Coaches Make Great Teams Hardcover – March 6, 2018

If you are interested in the lives of the coaches featured in this book, read it. If you want to learn something about coaching, I wouldn't bother. The author does a nice job of chronicling the lives of the coaches and the stories are interesting. I enjoyed learning what makes some the coaches "tick" and experiences in their lives that have led them to the position they currently hold. There is little research or data presented. It seams the author spent some time with the subjects and wrote a nice story about their experiences.

I truly enjoyed reading the story concerning Dabo Swinney. Had this coach's story not been included my rating of the book would not have passed 2 stars. Nothing really new here.

A good book about what makes the coaches in the book special. In most instances it is a small biography with a little bit of what they believe. I don't think there is anything revolutionary in here if you have read any coaching books. It is an entertaining read with a nugget or two you can take away.

As a lifelong sports fan, I have not read many books about sports, but this book is not about sports, it's about life and leadership. I enjoyed the fact that the subjects were all working in sports and was able to identify with them as leaders and took many notes throughout the read. Definitely reccomend this one!

Encouraging synopsis of successful coaches. Not all of them are successful in a wholistic sense. They are human and make poor decisions and good choices we can all learn from. My favorites were Sweeney and Stevens.

I just finished this book and while I enjoyed it, I rate it a 4 Star. I would call it a good book about what makes a coach successful, but I didn’t see it rating 5 Stars.

Great read!

Really good look into bringing groups together, in fact I gave it to all of our administrators at our high school and they did a 'book study' on it. Fun to get insight into each of these guys and what they do to succeed.

Having read other books on some of these coaches the information contained did not shed any new light for me about their coaching techniques / philosophies . I was truly hoping to get a deeper insight into the 'Getting to Us' aspect of the book, and to this end I was disappointed. If you haven't read books on many of these coaches it would provide a decent overview of their history and a small insight into their coaching philosophies.