Our list of some of the best American Football books & series in recent years. Get inspired by one or more of the following books.
- Football: Football Made Easy: Beginner and Expert Strategies For Becoming A Better Football Player (American Football Coaching Playing Training Tactic) (2017)
- Evolution of the Game: A Chronicle of American Football (2016)
- Offensive Football Strategies (2000)
- Football For Dummies (2019)
- Defensive Football Strategies (American Football Coaches Association) (2000)
- Football: Great Records, Weird Happenings, Odd Facts, Amazing Moments & Other Cool Stuff (2015)
- Sports in American Life: A History (2011)
- American Football Puzzles Book: American Football Word Searches, Cryptograms, Alphabet Soups, Dittos, Piece By Piece Puzzles All You Want to Challenge to Keep Your Brain Young (Volume 2) (2018)
- The Football Coaching Bible (2002)
- Coaching Youth Football 6th Edition (Coaching Youth Sports) (2017)
- The League That Didn’t Exist: A History of the All-American Football Conference, 1946-1949 (2018)
- Hybrids: The Making of a Modern Defense (2018)
- All-American Murder: The Rise and Fall of Aaron Hernandez, the Superstar Whose Life Ended on Murderers’ Row (2018)
- Integrating the Gridiron: Black Civil Rights and American College Football (2011)
- AMERICAN FOOTBALL: AN ADULT COLORING BOOK: An American Football Coloring Book For Adults (2018)
Football: Football Made Easy: Beginner and Expert Strategies For Becoming A Better Football Player (American Football Coaching Playing Training Tactic) (2017)
Do you wish there was something more you could do to help your team win?
Evolution of the Game: A Chronicle of American Football (2016)
Football is America’s most popular sport: the nation is obsessed with it, and the game has spawned millions of fans worldwide. Filled with facts, figures, and formations, Evolution of the Game chronicles the why, when, and how the game of American football developed.
Offensive Football Strategies (2000)
Use strategies straight from many of football’s all-time greatest coaches! Offensive Football Strategies offers you special access to the sharpest football minds in the game’s history. Pick and choose portions to use to optimize your game plan each season. Offensive Football Strategies is the most comprehensive and detailed book of its kind, containing the most popular and effective offensive philosophies, systems, formations, and plays over the past 40 years.
Football For Dummies (2019)
New stadiums have been built, new stars have been born, and records have been broken since the last edition of Football For Dummies. This new edition is the fan’s ultimate, up-to-date guide to all things pigskin.
Defensive Football Strategies (American Football Coaches Association) (2000)
They say that defense wins championships. If so, this book is your formula for winning a title with a solid defensive football team. Defensive Football Strategies is a complete collection of tactics, teachings, and insights from some of the best defensive minds in the game.
Football: Great Records, Weird Happenings, Odd Facts, Amazing Moments & Other Cool Stuff (2015)
Jam-packed with cool trivia, history-making records, unforgettable moments, and wacky true tales of your favorite games, players and events, these stories from the gridiron will set fans abuzz.An engaging presentation for football’s toughest fans. Find out all about the culture of superstition and the crazy events that surround the game, about the hazing that’s an integral part of the sport, and about how a team’s captain gets his fellow players all fired up.
Sports in American Life: A History (2011)
This new edition of Davies’ highly praised narrative of American sports history makes use of the very latest research and now includes updated and expanded coverage of major sporting events since 2006, extreme sports, and women in sports.
American Football Puzzles Book: American Football Word Searches, Cryptograms, Alphabet Soups, Dittos, Piece By Piece Puzzles All You Want to Challenge to Keep Your Brain Young (Volume 2) (2018)
American Football Puzzles Book: American Football Word Searches, Cryptograms, Alphabet Soups, Dittos, Piece By Piece Puzzles All You Want to Challenge to Keep Your Brain Young This American Football puzzles book is for adults and kids ages 4-8 years and up. It is the perfect book for Basketball-loving people in your life who also loves word puzzles.
The Football Coaching Bible (2002)
The Football Coaching Bible features many of the game’s most successful coaches. Each shares the special insight, advice, and strategies they’ve used to field championship-winning teams season after season. The 27 chapter contributing coaches span six decades of the sport and reach into every corner of the United States. The impressive list of contributors: -Joe Paterno -Hayden Fry -Phil Fulmer -Dick Foster -Grant Teaff -Gene Stallings -Jim Tressel -R.C.
Coaching Youth Football 6th Edition (Coaching Youth Sports) (2017)
Congratulations on your commitment to coach youth football. If you have played but haven’t coached before, you’ll need some help to make your first season a success. If you have coached previously, every season is an opportunity to do better. Coaching Youth Football, with its field-tested information and advice, will help you run your team with confidence.
The League That Didn’t Exist: A History of the All-American Football Conference, 1946-1949 (2018)
The All-American Football Conference was the only challenger to the NFL (except for the American Football League of the 1960s) to survive more than two seasons in competition with the established league. It ultimately failed to achieve its goal of a peaceful coexistence with the NFL and folded in 1949. Its Cleveland Browns and San Francisco 49ers, which were absorbed by the NFL in 1950, are still in business.
Hybrids: The Making of a Modern Defense (2018)
In order to see the future, we must first view the past. The second book by author Cody Alexander dives into the evolution of the modern defense. From Bill Arnsparger’s hybrid 3-4 to the three-safety defenses found in the pass-happy Big 12, Alexander details the path taken to get to where we are today. One primary element in all modern defenses is the use of hybrid players and the move towards a more position-less game.
All-American Murder: The Rise and Fall of Aaron Hernandez, the Superstar Whose Life Ended on Murderers’ Row (2018)
Aaron Hernandez was a college All-American who became the youngest player in the NFL and later reached the Super Bowl. His every move as a tight end with the New England Patriots played out the headlines, yet he led a secret life — one that ended in a maximum-security prison.
Integrating the Gridiron: Black Civil Rights and American College Football (2011)
Even the most casual sports fans celebrate the achievements of professional athletes, among them Jackie Robinson, Muhammad Ali, and Joe Louis.
AMERICAN FOOTBALL: AN ADULT COLORING BOOK: An American Football Coloring Book For Adults (2018)
*An awesome collection of American Football coloring patterns*Perfect for relaxation and stress relief*2 copies of each image, for two chances to color!*Rad original designs, from Scribble Press
Best American Football Books Worth Your Attention
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Gridiron Capital: How American Football Became a Samoan Game
Author(s): Lisa Uperesa
ID: 3374369, Publisher: Duke University Press Books, Year: 2022, Size: 7 Mb, Format: pdf
Roll Red Roll: Rape, Power, and Football in the American Heartland
Author(s): Nancy Schwartzman
ID: 3381510, Publisher: Hachette, Year: 2022, Size: 2 Mb, Format: epub
Women's American Football: Breaking Barriers On and Off the Gridiron
Author(s): Russ Crawford
ID: 3547632, Publisher: University of Nebraska Press, Year: 2022, Size: 15 Mb, Format: pdf
Please note that this booklist is not errorless. Some books are truly hot items according to The Wall Street Journal, others are composed by unknown authors. On top of that, you can always find additional tutorials and courses on Coursera, Udemy or edX, for example. Are there any other relevant resources you could recommend? Leave a comment if you have any feedback on the list.