Post by nyc02 on Dec 22, 2009 21:40:10 GMT -5
I hope they ban this Book on Campus - I hope the student Body has a good joke for our friend Coach Martelli when he shows up on campus this year.
Phil Martelli's Book Now Available
Sept. 14, 2007
PHILADELPHIA - Saint Joseph's basketball coach Phil Martelli makes his debut in the literary world, as his book entitled "Don't Call Me Coach: A Lesson Plan for Life" is now available. It is co-written by Martelli and Harold Gullan, Ph.D.
The book is now available thru www.caminobooks.com and www.amazon.com, and will be in Barnes and Noble and Borders bookstores next week (Sept. 17).
Martelli will have also a number of book signings in the area. On October 6, he will be at the Collingswood (NJ) Book Festival. On October 17, Martelli will sign books at the Barnes & Noble in Rittenhouse Square (7 p.m.) and on November 14, he will be at Borders in Wynnewood. On-campus book signings will be announced, with the schedule continuously updated on www.sjuhawks.com.
In the book, Martelli passes on what he has learned from his own rich experience, which includes over 30 years of coaching at the high school and college levels. One of America's most colorful, outspoken, and successful coaches, Martelli compresses his three decades of experience into a 10-point "lesson plan for life" that will benefit anyone, no matter what the challenges may be. He speaks equally to teachers, parents, educators, and business executives--in short, to anyone who plays the role of coach in daily life.
Gullan, a noted historian and sports fan, is also the author of The Upset That Wasn't, Faith of Our Mothers, First Fathers, and Jumping Through Hoops.
The book, published by Camino Books of Philadelphia, includes a forward from Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell.
For more information on the book, go to www.caminobooks.com or click here.
Book Synopsis: At last, those of us not lucky enough to hear Phil Martelli in person can now draw inspiration from his book. "Don't Call Me Coach" ($24.95 hardcover) presents him at his compelling and captivating best, as he finally puts into print the mantra of his memorable speeches. In fact one of America's most colorful, outspoken, and successful coaches, Martelli compresses his three decades of experience into a ten-point "lesson plan for life" that will benefit anyone, no matter what the challenges may be.
"We are all coaches," he insists, and each of us represents a book of unique experiences others can learn from. We are defined not by what we do, but by who we are. Yet we should not take ourselves seriously, but, rather, what we do. And so, even though he was named college basketball's Coach of the Year in 2004, this quintessentially regular Philly guy prefers not to be addressed as Coach Martelli. "If you will, just call me Phil. . . . This book is my conversation with you."
This unpretentious tone pervades Don't Call Me Coach--as distinctively different from most life-lessons books as Phil Martelli's spontaneous HawkTalk is from other coaches' tightly scripted TV shows. Martelli's experiences within his own extended family--often funny, sometimes poignant, and always instructive--form a warmly personal background to everything he spells out in his book. Having turned down far more lucrative offers to coach at mega-universities, Martelli enters another new season at the helm of the storied men's basketball program at Philadelphia's Saint Joseph's University. As he puts it, "You have to know where your heart is."
These expressions of his heart and mind will resonate in yours, no matter where you went to school, and whether you're an avid sports fan or not. As Phil concludes, "The Hawk Will Never Die!" is more than the slogan of one specific university. It represents the will to excel, to never give in--an approach to life we can all share.
Phil Martelli's Book Now Available
Sept. 14, 2007
PHILADELPHIA - Saint Joseph's basketball coach Phil Martelli makes his debut in the literary world, as his book entitled "Don't Call Me Coach: A Lesson Plan for Life" is now available. It is co-written by Martelli and Harold Gullan, Ph.D.
The book is now available thru www.caminobooks.com and www.amazon.com, and will be in Barnes and Noble and Borders bookstores next week (Sept. 17).
Martelli will have also a number of book signings in the area. On October 6, he will be at the Collingswood (NJ) Book Festival. On October 17, Martelli will sign books at the Barnes & Noble in Rittenhouse Square (7 p.m.) and on November 14, he will be at Borders in Wynnewood. On-campus book signings will be announced, with the schedule continuously updated on www.sjuhawks.com.
In the book, Martelli passes on what he has learned from his own rich experience, which includes over 30 years of coaching at the high school and college levels. One of America's most colorful, outspoken, and successful coaches, Martelli compresses his three decades of experience into a 10-point "lesson plan for life" that will benefit anyone, no matter what the challenges may be. He speaks equally to teachers, parents, educators, and business executives--in short, to anyone who plays the role of coach in daily life.
Gullan, a noted historian and sports fan, is also the author of The Upset That Wasn't, Faith of Our Mothers, First Fathers, and Jumping Through Hoops.
The book, published by Camino Books of Philadelphia, includes a forward from Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell.
For more information on the book, go to www.caminobooks.com or click here.
Book Synopsis: At last, those of us not lucky enough to hear Phil Martelli in person can now draw inspiration from his book. "Don't Call Me Coach" ($24.95 hardcover) presents him at his compelling and captivating best, as he finally puts into print the mantra of his memorable speeches. In fact one of America's most colorful, outspoken, and successful coaches, Martelli compresses his three decades of experience into a ten-point "lesson plan for life" that will benefit anyone, no matter what the challenges may be.
"We are all coaches," he insists, and each of us represents a book of unique experiences others can learn from. We are defined not by what we do, but by who we are. Yet we should not take ourselves seriously, but, rather, what we do. And so, even though he was named college basketball's Coach of the Year in 2004, this quintessentially regular Philly guy prefers not to be addressed as Coach Martelli. "If you will, just call me Phil. . . . This book is my conversation with you."
This unpretentious tone pervades Don't Call Me Coach--as distinctively different from most life-lessons books as Phil Martelli's spontaneous HawkTalk is from other coaches' tightly scripted TV shows. Martelli's experiences within his own extended family--often funny, sometimes poignant, and always instructive--form a warmly personal background to everything he spells out in his book. Having turned down far more lucrative offers to coach at mega-universities, Martelli enters another new season at the helm of the storied men's basketball program at Philadelphia's Saint Joseph's University. As he puts it, "You have to know where your heart is."
These expressions of his heart and mind will resonate in yours, no matter where you went to school, and whether you're an avid sports fan or not. As Phil concludes, "The Hawk Will Never Die!" is more than the slogan of one specific university. It represents the will to excel, to never give in--an approach to life we can all share.
