From the Coach’s Bookshelf – Brian Billick’s More Than a Game

During his tenure as head coach of the Baltimore Ravens, Brian Billick experienced the pinnacle of NFL coaching success when the Ravens crushed the Giants in Super Bowl XXXV. He also suffered through perhaps the lowest point of his career when he was dismissed after posting a 5-11 record in 2007. Throughout his nine seasons at the Ravens’ helm, though, one thing remained consistent – the grind. In his new book, More Than A Game: The Glorious Present and Uncertain Future of the NFL, Billick talks about first becoming a head coach and the rigors of daily life during the season. From the first day you put a whistle around your neck and trot out on a football field without a helmet, trying to teach a group of not-much-younger men the fundamentals of what you were doing just a year or two earlier, you start thinking about what it will be like when you get to be a head coach. Most