Called To Coach: Reflections on Life, Faith,...

The story of a legendary football coach and the secret to his success...

Coach Bobby Bowden is an icon of college football who ran his renowned, op-ranking program with a trademark Southern charm. With his recent retirement, Bowden is ready to give fans and readers the behind-the-scenes story of his fifty-five-year career and the path that helped him become one of college football's most successful coaches and patriarch of the sport's most famous coaching family.

Bowden is a living folk hero, and his personality and charm are larger-than-life. From his boyhood in Alabama to his incredible career in college football, Bowden reveals never-before-published details of the moments and events that have defined his life, including the tragic death of his grandson and son-in-law in a 2004 automible accident and the details of his retirement as FSU's coach at the end of the 2009 season.

Called To Coach offers an up-close and personal look at one of the winningest coaches in football history and the contributions he made during his outstanding career. It's an inspiring story of a remarkable man, his award-winning legacy in college football, and the unwavering faith in God that has sustained him through tragedy and triumph.