{"id":949,"date":"2018-12-31T14:52:12","date_gmt":"2018-12-31T14:52:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/?p=949"},"modified":"2018-12-31T14:52:12","modified_gmt":"2018-12-31T14:52:12","slug":"glenn-dromgooles-texas-reads-column-appears-weekly-at-lonestarliterary-com-61","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/?p=949","title":{"rendered":"Glenn Dromgoole’s Texas Reads column appears weekly at LoneStarLiterary.com"},"content":{"rendered":"
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<\/span><\/span>Texas Reads<\/span>>> archive<\/span><\/a><\/span>Glenn Dromgoole<\/span><\/h1>\n

6.4.2017\u00a0\u00a0 Son learned from his father\u2019s coaching<\/h1>\n

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<\/a><\/span><\/span>Just in time for Father\u2019s Day comes a book<\/span> with probably the best title of the year \u2014 Son of Bum<\/span><\/a><\/span> by Wade Phillips (Diversionbooks, $25.99 hardcover). The subtitle is \u201cLessons My Dad Taught Me About Football and Life.\u201d<\/p>\n

The author\u2019s father was Bum Phillips,<\/span> the colorful and often quoted coach of the Houston Oilers and New Orleans Saints. Bum passed away in 2013. \u201cMy dad was my hero,\u201d Wade Phillips<\/span> writes. \u201cPretty much everything I know about life, football, and coaching, I learned from him. He shaped me as a man, as a husband, as a father, and as a football coach.\u201d<\/p>\n

Wade starts each chapter with a quote from Bum, and several times he repeats his dad\u2019s philosophy about the instability of the coaching profession, \u201cThere are two kinds of coaches in this business: them that get fired and them that\u2019s gonna get fired.\u201d Wade, of course, has seen his share of ups and downs, as did Bum. The son coached alongside his father for about ten years, later was head coach at Denver, Buffalo, and Dallas.<\/p>\n

One of the high points of Wade\u2019s career was winning the Super Bowl in 2016, when he was defensive coordinator for the Denver Broncos. \u201cAs blessed as I am to have gotten that first Super Bowl ring,\u201d Wade writes, \u201cI\u2019m even more blessed that I got to spend all of those years coaching with my dad.\u201d<\/p>\n

Wade, who turns seventy this month, begins a new chapter this year as defensive coordinator for the Los Angeles Rams. His son, Wes Phillips, is also a pro football coach, following in his dad\u2019s and granddad\u2019s footsteps.<\/p>\n

Veteran Buffalo sportswriter and broadcaster Vic Carucci<\/span> is co-author. The book includes more than three dozen black and white photos, many of them fuzzy and grainy.<\/p>\n

One of my favorite stories from the book was when Bum was a high school coach in Nederland. The wife of one of the assistant coaches called the field house one day in tears because her husband was spending so much time away from home. \u201cYou love football more than you love me,\u201d she wailed.<\/p>\n

The coach thought for a second and then replied, \u201cYeah, but I love you more than basketball.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bum and Wade Phillips are both inductees in the Texas Sports Hall of Fame, headquartered in Waco.<\/p>\n

Speaking of that, the hall is hosting a sports book festival on Saturday, July 15, from 10 am to 4 pm, featuring fifteen Texas authors who have written books having to do with Texas sports. Carlton Stowers, Al Pickett, Mac Engle, Chad S. Conine,<\/span> and Jim Reeves<\/span> are among the writers who will be speaking and signing books.<\/p>\n

Admission is free, and if you contact Jay Black, vice president for operations at the hall, he can give you free VIP tickets with preferred seating and other benefits. Email him at jay.black@tshof.org or call 254-756-1633.<\/p>\n

For more on the festival, go to the hall\u2019s website, www.tshof.org<\/span><\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n

Glenn Dromgoole\u2019s<\/span> latest book is West Texas Stories<\/span><\/a><\/span>Contact him at g.dromgoole@suddenlink.net.<\/p>\n

>> Read his past Texas Reads columns in Lone Star Literary Life here.<\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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