The Faurot years: A coda

Missouri athleticsThe Football Coaching Bible is a book published in 2002 through the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA).

It is written by coaches for coaches, and it’s as self-reverential as you can imagine. You’ve got Bo Schembechler writing about inner drive. Lou Holtz writing about pursuing your vision, Gene Stallings writing about productive practices, (gulp) Jerry Sandusky writing about making defensive calls.

It is self-important but informative. And in the opening chapter, called “Responsibilities of a Coach,” former Baylor head coach Grant Teaff shares an anecdote about Don Faurot, who had passed away in 1995.

At an AFCA convention just a few years before Don Faurot passed…