By Larry Vaught
Sports Editor, Danville
Advocate Messenger
If you want to get an inside look at high school football in Kentucky,
this is the book for you. Veteran Mason County coach David Buchanan grew up as
the son of a coach, was a successful high school quarterback and has enjoyed
coaching with and against some of the best minds in Kentucky high school
football.
This book offers insights from so many legendary names in Kentucky
high school football -- Chuck Smith, Larry French, Homer Goins, Ed Rall, Ivan
McGlone, Alvis Johnson, Dale Mueller, Tom Duffy, Sam Harp, Ray Graham and more.
He takes a look at coaches who had success doing things different ways
and also offers anecdotes and words of wisdom from coaches ranging from Vince
Lombardi to Mike Archer to Blanton Collier to Joe McDaniel.
Buchanan shares the passion he had growing up when his father's
players were his heroes and each chapter focuses on a coach or common theme
that he feels made him a better person. His stories let you see Kentucky high
school football from a coach's perspective and how different coaches impressed
him in different ways.
It's a fun read for any football fan that
clearly shows Buchanan's love for the sport and the commitment so many others
have had to the sport over the years in Kentucky.
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