Ask the Old Football Coach: Brilliantly Brainless Advice from the Ghosts of Gridiron Past

by Jesse Farrar

Throwing the flag on long-lost football “wisdom” from legends like Rockne, Heisman, and Camp


Your old Uncle Frank likes to say that football ain’t what it used to be; how today’s players, coaches, and analysts know NOTHING compared to legends of the past. Oh, yeah? Well, here’s a book of ancient nuggets of football wisdom hilariously taken apart to show that all the golden advice and knowledge from years past is, well, from a lot of years past. And it hasn’t aged too well. Ask the Old Football Coach takes the old football coach at his word . . . and then offers a few words in response! Illustrated with vintage football photography.

256 pages, Hardcover

Published October 1, 2017

Reviews

[Allan Bailey · Rating 3 out of 5]

I really like Jesse Farrar on Twitter and the various content he is a part of creating. So I am willing to admit that a 5 star rating here has more to do with appreciation for the writer's style of mocking than this actual book. This book is 80% excerpts written by early 20th century football coaches advising how to coach or play football. The suggestions are really dumb. The other 20% is Jesse making fun of the advice.

It's probably best read as a bathroom reader or coffee table book.

[Evan Kirby · Rating 5 out of 5]

Jesse Farrar has the best account on Twitter and now with the release of his first book has cemented himself as one of the greatest writers of all time. Dostoyevsky. Hemingway. Farrar.

Only wish it was more of his content as the book is formatted as a quote from some old football guy and then Farrar's pithy comment on it below.

[Red Heaven · Rating 3 out of 5]

Some of the humor doesn't come off, but there were a few really laugh-out-loud moments that made the exercise worth it.

[Alex · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is the perfect bathroom book. It belongs in every homowners bathroom