{"product_id":"robert-neyland-timothy-d-johnson-9798216201724","title":"Robert Neyland: The West Point Engineer Who Built Tennessee Football","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA celebration of coaching great Robert Neyland\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRobert Neyland coached football for twenty-one seasons at the University of Tennessee and amassed a record of 173-31-12. He won seven conference titles and boasted full or partial claim to four national championships. His success resulted from his stern discipline and his ability to put together the most consistently dominant defenses in the first half of the 20th century. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe first biography in decades, \u003ci\u003eRobert Neyland: The West Point Engineer Who Built Tennessee Football\u003c\/i\u003e provides deep insight and first-hand accounts of Neyland's life and incredible career. Neyland was not your typical college football coach. He was a graduate of West Point and veteran of both world wars who rose to the rank of brigadier general while serving in the China, Burma, India Theater in World War II. During much of that time, he played a dual role as both army officer and football coach. Neyland shifted seamlessly between the two professions, using lessons learned in each to influence his leadership style in the other. As his players attested, Neyland ran his football program like the army. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFeaturing interviews with the only living former players from the Neyland era, and including new insight from the Robert R. Neyland Family Papers, \u003ci\u003eRobert Neyland \u003c\/i\u003ewill not only fascinate fans of University of Tennessee football, but sports and military historians, as well.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Timothy D. Johnson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798216201724\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/09\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.11lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.11d","brand":"Timothy D. Johnson","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47931117076735,"sku":"9798216201724","price":36.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e092cedd-d190-4c71-93ca-c7ef4326f479.jpg?v=1766346564","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/robert-neyland-timothy-d-johnson-9798216201724","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}