Overview
From the high school level, where he was named 1961's "Winningest Coach in America," to the college level, where he invented the triple-option offense and revolutionized offensive football, to the pro ranks, where he was head coach of the Cincinnati Bengals, Homer Rice carved out one of the most successful coaching careers in football history.But that was just the beginning. As athletic director at the University of North Carolina, then at Rice University, and finally at Georgia Tech, Homer Rice had in mind a much different legacy than his won-lost record. With the establishment at Georgia Tech of the Student-Athlete Total Person Program, his vision became a reality: he had at last instituted a program that would train not just successful football players, but successful people. His innovative program was subsequently modeled by the NCAA and is now in place at 200 colleges and universities.
The arc of this remarkable career, culminating with his resuscitation of Georgia Tech's moribund athletic program and the installation of the Total Person concept, is the story Homer Rice tells in Lessons for Leaders. Along the way, Dr. Rice shows convincingly how his unique "attitude technique philosophy" leads to total success, whether on the gridiron or in any of life's other endeavors.