STATE CHAMPS BOOK

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In December of 2011, I started researching the 2011 Football State Champions. Then I wrote a book about them. Then it was picked up by a Publisher in May of 2012. On November 24, 2012, our football team where I coach won our own State Championship! The first in school history!

This book is being published by Coaches Choice. They have told me it will be released in the Fall of 2013.

TESTIMONIALS

“Coach Fore did his homework in putting together one of the more comprehensive studies on the “how” behind winning championships as a high school football coach. He surveyed the top programs in the country and asked all the right questions to find out what it took to obtain the “holy grail” of the coaching community- winning the State Championship. So whether you’re a first year coach, or an seasoned veteran, the contents of this book will start to lead you in the path of obtaining multiple championships.”

– Mike Kuchar, Senior Research Manager, X&O Labs, www.xandolabs.com

“Coach Fore did a great job compiling so much useful information & anecdotes into this book. The advice from such a broad spectrum of coaches provides a glimpse of several common themes that are in place for all winning teams. These common themes stimulate us to reflect upon our own processes and will help to refocus our energies so that we, too, can become a champion.”

– Brandon Huey, CoachHuey.com

“Chris Fore took an ingenious idea and executed it well, just like you’d expect from a football coach. Taking people inside the locker room and inside the minds of the most successful high school football coaches in the nation is fascinating, and relating the information from the viewpoint of a coach makes How We Won informative and entertaining. I absolutely loved so many parts of this book, and I recommend it for every coach and aspiring coach.”

– Kevin Acee, San Diego Union Tribue columnist and Chargers beat writer

“Coach Chris Fore is one of the best in the coaching business at passing along football-coaching knowledge to his coaching brethren. In putting this book together, Fore scoured the country for valuable input from over 100 STATE CHAMPION football coaches. He does a masterful job of blending high-level coaching concepts and time-tested football strategies into an easy-to-follow, digestible format that football coaches from all levels will be able to apply to their own football programs. This book is fully loaded with championship ideas that will help your team win more games!”

– Mike Podoll, Editor-In-Chief, This Is AFCA Football-Coaching Magazine & FootballCoachDaily.com

“This book is well researched and is a must for every coach’s library. All coaches, regardless of their experience, can gain from its contents. Leadership Lessons for Building a Championship-Caliber Football Program gives the reader the insight to build a championship team at any level of football”.

– Dan Dodd, 26 year NCAA Football Coach

(TCU, New Mexico, Tulane, Utah State, Western Illinois)

“Chris Fore’s LEADERSHIP LESSONS FOR BUILDING CHAMPIONSHIP CALIBER FOOTBALL PROGRAMS should be on the bookshelf of everyone interested in high school football. It is for coaches, parents and fans at all levels. The content is an instant classic. It is insightful, poignant, humorous, thought provoking as well as a guide to success that transcends sport.”

– Harry Welch, 3x California State Champion Head Football Coach

Head Football Coach, Santa Margarita Catholic High School

“Having covered high school sports in Southern California for more than 35 years, I know how difficult it is to come up with new ideas for stories. That’s why it was exciting to see a new idea come to fruition _ a book discussing leadership lessons for building championship-caliber football programs by simply asking coaches who guided their teams to state championships in 2011 around the country their secrets to success.

Chris Fore is the author, and he came upon the idea after losing his own coaching job. It’s a great way to compare, contrast, evaluate, take or leave suggestions, values, understandings, misconceptions and anything else from men who have proven they can lead players and teenagers in a very difficult venue.

A book is written to entertain, to inform, to challenge, to make people think. Hearing from so many different coaches from so many different areas of the country provides invaluable information for anyone who loves high school football and admires how leadership is executed.”

– Eric Sondheimer has been covering high school sports in Southern California since 1976. He has been a prep columnist at the Los Angeles Times since 1997.

“Student-athletics is heralded as teaching important life lessons such as team work, perseverance, and determination. For many in our society, sport serves a higher purpose than simple entertainment. Chris’ book draws on the collective wisdom of over one hundred coaches from successful high school football programs. His painstaking effort to illuminate what separates the champion from the also-ran comes through with great clarity. This book is a penetrating look into various coaching and leadership perspectives. The “voices” of the coaches come through loud and clear, providing valuable leadership nuggets and lessons for any coach.

– Cory Dobbs, Ed.D., Founder and President of The Academy for Sport Leadership

“Chris Fore has hit a home run with his book on championship football! Coach Fore has done an extensive study of state championship teams and the men that built them. I appreciate his willingness to share this vast amount of wisdom with us. If you coach football or really any sport, this is a must read.

The insight into creating a championship team is a great read for the veteran and rookie coach alike. I enjoyed this book. Once I began reading it I had to finish. I appreciate both the author and the coaches that were willing to discuss their outstanding insight into championship football. Thank you coach Fore for the hundreds of hours of research you have put into this book. More importantly , thanks for sharing it with us!”

– Gregory Ireland, Head Football Coach, Murrieta Valley High School

“It is appropriate that the title of Chris Fore’s book was changed from ‘How to Win’ to ‘Leadership Lessons for Building Championship-Caliber Football Programs’ as it deals not necessarily with winning games or even state championships but rather building long-term successful programs and developing student-athletes on and off the field. Fore utilizes not only the responses of 108 coaches who won state championships in 2011 but also his own experience as a coach which includes a trip to the Southern California section semifinals and a league championship and his years as a player which took place between Fallbrook High School’s two San Diego Section championship seasons but with coaching staff members who were affiliated with those two championship teams. As Fore’s first chapter following the introduction notes, the true mission of a coach isn’t necessarily to win but rather to build and develop, and Fore’s research and personal experience will provide excellent guidance for coaches to improve their programs and their players.

Because Fore wrote the book prior to the 2012 high school football season, his experiences didn’t include the part about using the knowledge gained from his research to help Excelsior Charter School win the Southern Section 8-man championship and the mythical 8-man state championship as the Eagles’ athletic director and special teams coordinator, but his role in Excelsior’s championship is perhaps the best illustration of how applying the content of Fore’s book can make a football program successful.”

– Joe Naiman, San Diego County sportswriter. Fallbrook/Bonsall Village News

Here is a synopsis of the book, a unique project involving more than

100 State Champion Football Programs from 42 states!

Every playoff bracket ends with one coach lifting the championship trophy, and countless others searching for solutions for how or why their program couldn’t quite reach the summit. Leadership Lessons To Build A Championship Football Program takes coaches where they’ve never been able to go before… inside the locker room of more of the most successful high school football coaches in the nation, and reveals the key philosophies that make their programs rise above the rest.

Coaches at every level of sport, in every kind of sport, throughout generations, have always wanted to win the ultimate prize – the championship. Coaches who tirelessly search for the formula, and the framework for building a championship caliber program will find this book a groundbreaking effort to set the stage for the next victorious season.

Leadership Lessons author Coach Chris Fore, a veteran head football coach and athletic director, surveyed the 2011 State Championship High School Football Head Coaches in a quest to create the most complete and thorough research regarding the philosophies of these championship programs. Leadership Lessons allows you to get behind the scenes of these programs to understand their methods and practices. To learn how to build a championship caliber team, you must learn from championship caliber coaches, and that is what this book does.
Athletic success is not built overnight. There are ten philosophies to a championship that Coach Fore has summarized in this book. From months of correspondence with the best and brightest coaches in the nation, ten key philosophies emerged that form the backbone of championship programs. These ten philosophies serve as the leadership lessons from some of the most highly regarded football coaches in the nation. The purpose of this book is to give a blueprint to every coach, athlete, parent or businessperson who desires the absolute best for his or her team or organization.

Coaches from Maine to California, from the heartland to the suburbs, all share how they became the best of the best. Read in their own words what propelled them to victory. What did they do differently from other programs in their league and their state? What piece of advice would they share with a coach who wants to win a state championship? What do these coaches consider to be the one most important aspect of their Championship program? How were they able to develop this with their team?

The answers to these questions serve as the foundation for Leadership Lessons. Read to find out how these teams incorporated these ten philosophies into their programs, and helped them to win the most sought after championship in the nation’s most popular sport. Each of these ten philosophies are highlighted in their own chapter: Your Purpose, Stay The Course, Coaching the Heart of the Athlete, The Little Things, Developing A Work Ethic, Leadership, Team Chemistry, Mental Toughness, Preparation, Building Trust and Confidence.

By implementing the philosophies these coaches used to take their teams to the top, next season it could be your program that feels the exhilaration of lifting that ever-elusive championship trophy.