Coach Vince Lombardi

Term Paper # 116012

Sport

A discussion on the legendary coaching ability of Vince Lombardi.

2,981 words () | 10 sources | MLA | 2009 United States

Paper Summary:

This paper looks at Vince Lombardi, an American football coach, who never had a losing season during his thirteen years as a coach. The paper provides a brief biography of Lombardi and the Green Bay Packers and examines the coaching techniques and style utilized by Lombardi with his team. The paper discusses Lombardi's concern over his players' health, his dogged exercise routines and his simple plays and shows how he was able to unify his team and produce a strong force of men able to perform great feats. The paper concludes that Lombardi was a motivator, an inspirational speaker and a great coach.

Outline:
Biography/History
Green Bay Packers
Lombardi's Coaching Strategy
Conclusion

From the Paper:

"Vince Lombardi was an American football coach that during his thirteen years of this vocation never had a losing season. This supports the paper's theory of Lombardi being a great coach, perhaps the best of his generation. This point of view is further developed in the fact that he won five NFL championships as well as the first two Super Bowls. Lombardi was born in Brooklyn New York in 1913, he was awarded the NFL Man of the Decade in the 1960's and he led the Green Bay Packers to victory year after year during his tenure as their coach. (Wikipedia Online Encyclopedia). Lombardi began his love of the sport football during his high school years when he was a fullback. His college years were spent at Fordham University where he was the football team's guard as well as part of the line called the Seven Blocks of Granite. He went on to coach at St. Cecilia's Academy in Englewood where he won numerous state titles for the football team there (Encarta Online)."

Sample of Sources Used:

Brooks, David. Remaking the Epic of America. New York Times. Pg 4.12. February 5,2006.
Encarta. Vince Lombardi. 2006. (Online). Available: http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761579391/Lombardi_Vince.html
Harry, Chris & Steve Elling. Lombardi's Packers were the First, Maybe the Best. Orlando Sentinel. January 27, 2001.
Lewis, Michael. First to the Ball. New York Times. Pg 86. February 2006.
Maraniss, David. When Pride Still Mattered. Simon & Schuster. New York. 1999.