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Fearless

How an Underdog Becomes a Champion

by Doug Pederson
Dan Pompei
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How does an underdog become a champion? One of the most innovative, gutsy, and dynamic head coaches in the NFL reveals the strategies behind building the Eagles team that shocked the world by winning the Super Bowl.
Doug Pederson is the very definition of an underdog. He was an undrafted rookie free agent who would go on to play fourteen years in the NFL as a backup quarterback. He was cut five times, yet kept getting back up and into the fray. He would win one Super Bowl, with the Green Bay Packers. When he retired, he decided to coach, but not at the pro level. Instead, he was head coach of Calvary Baptist Academy in Shreveport, Louisiana. After a successful four-year stint there, he returned to the NFL as an assistant coach under Andy Reid with the Eagles and the Kansas City Chiefs, where he was instrumental in the development of quarterback Alex Smith and his string of 3,000-plus-yard seasons of passing.
When he was offered the job as head coach of the Eagles, he jumped at it, though few thought he would succeed. In the first season, a year of rebuilding, they finished 7-9. Some doubted his abilities, and before the 2017 season, one "expert" called Pederson the least qualified coach in thirty years. Plagued by the sidelining of seasoned players and devastated by quarterback Carson Wentz's season-ending knee injury, the Eagles managed a 13-3 record and home-field advantage in the playoffs. Yet they were still the underdogs in every single game, including the Super Bowl, against the New England Patriots, one of the greatest dynasties in the history of the NFL. It wasn't until they stunned the Patriots that people finally believed in Pederson and his team.
In Fearless, Pederson reveals the principles that guided him through the ups and downs and tough times of his career, and what it took to become a champion. Through it all, Pederson sustained himself with his faith and the support of his family. He shares the defining stories of his life and career, growing up with his disciplinarian Air Force dad and his tender-hearted mom, developing friendships with Dan Marino and Brett Favre, and learning from mentors, such as Don Shula, Mike Holmgren, and Andy Reid, who helped mold him into the man and coach he is today.
Fearless captures Pederson's coaching and leadership philosophies and reveals the brilliant mind and indomitable spirit of a man who has entered the pantheon of great coaches.

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  • Release date

    August 21, 2018

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781549173646
      • File size: 171897 KB
      • Duration: 05:58:07

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Philadelphia Eagles fans will enjoy every aspect of this audiobook in which Doug Pederson explains how he transformed himself from a journeyman pro quarterback to a high school football coach and to a coach whose brilliant strategy and aggressiveness led the Eagles to victory in Super Bowl LII. Robert Petkoff's delivery is much like Pederson's public persona: workmanlike, informative, and barren of the bursts of emotion that many fans yearn for but do not receive from many NFL coaches. While the audiobook does not reveal any new insights on Pederson's success, it does allow the coach to highlight his accomplishments and refute the critics who believed he was unqualified to coach an NFL team. D.J.S. © AudioFile 2018, Portland, Maine
    • Library Journal

      August 1, 2018

      In his second year coaching the Philadelphia Eagles, Pederson led them to an upset victory in the most recent Super Bowl over the vaunted New England Patriots. The Eagles had not won a championship in 58 years and did so with a backup quarterback, all reasons enough to earn the autobiography treatment. In keeping with his team's bold playing style, Pederson, with sportswriter Pompei, fashions his story differently than most sports biographies, taking a more impressionistic than chronological approach. After the lead chapter on the Super Bowl triumph, sections address being a risk taker, being an underdog, keeping things fresh, building team chemistry, incorporating faith and family, among other topics. Later sections focus on Pederson's upbringing and NFL career as a player and assistant coach. At times the technique works; at others, it's unfocused and meandering. VERDICT Pederson attracted a lot of attention for achieving success unconventionally, and this book may draw a wide audience.

      Copyright 2018 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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