Bum Phillips Releases Autobiography

Posted on August 27, 2010

Bum Phillips, a former NFL coach, has released his autobiography. The book is called Bum Phillips: Coach, Cowboy, Christian. Bum Phillips became the head coach of the National Football League's Houston Oilers in 1975. He retired from the league 10 years later as one of its most colorful characters of all time. Phillips was known for his cowboy hat and boots, but he also survived deadly battles during World War II and found Jesus during a trip to prison.

The book covers Phillips' accounts of his pro footaball coaching career, his favorite NFL stories, accounts of his time during World War II, his struggle to balance family life with NFL demands and how a trip to prison turned him into a faithful Christian.