Bill Belichick has been one of the NFL’s most successful coaches, having led the New England Patriots to Superbowl victory three times in 2002, 2004, and 2005. Now Pulitzer-winning journalist David Halberstam explores Belichick’s life and uncovers the roots of his success that began with his father’s mentoring in The Education of a Coach. Belichick’s father was a teacher and college football coach who taught Bill how to scout players and form teams and instructed him on how to watch watch films of player at the age of nine. This early learning prepared Bill for his “football first” credo working as an assistant coach with Bill Parcell’s New York Giants in the 1980s and eventually crowning achievement with the Patriots. Halberstam brings his vast knowledge of football to his seventh sports book while also demonstrating his firm understanding of effective team leadership, the systematic roles of players, and an astute psychological profile of Belicheck himself as both a man and a coach.