Under-recruited running back from a collapsed American city — with a single mom and a dream — wins the Super Bowl. Sounds familiar, right? But NFL coach Deland McCullough’s story, as told through his new book with Sarah Spain, has a twist all its own. (Thanks to a little help from Sir Mix-a-Lot.)

P.S. One correction, at the 17:50 mark: Deland McCullough’s senior year of college was 1995, not 2005.

• Read "Runs in the Family":

https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Runs-in-the-Family/Sarah-Spain/9781668036280

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