Our guest has had a long and storied career in football, at both the college and professional levels...and as both a player and coach.  He served as head football coach at the University of Hawaii at Manoa and was the head football coach at Southern Methodist University.  His coaching positions in the NFL include a three-year tenure as head coach of the Atlanta Falcons, a ten-game stint as interim head coach of the San Diego chargers, and he also spent 1½ seasons as head coach of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in the Canadian Football League.  Needless to say, our guest knows football.  Rudy say hello to your friend, coach June Jones.

About Daniel "Rudy" Ruettiger

Today, a highly sought after motivational speaker, Rudy entertains international corporate audiences with a unique, passionate, and heartfelt style of communicating. He reaches school children, university students, and professional athletes with the same enthusiasm, portraying the human spirit that comes from his personal experiences of adversity and triumph. His captivating personality and powerful message of "YES I CAN" stays with his audiences forever. Rudy's opening remarks receive thunderous applause and standing ovations from audiences of 200 to 20,000 people who emotionally chant "RU-DY, RU-DY!"

About Joe Garner

When it comes to America's popular culture, six-time New York Times bestselling author Joe Garner has become one of its premiere chroniclers.  See all his books here.

He's been featured on the Today Show, CNN, Fox & Friends and hundreds of radio programs nationwide.  Joe's books have also become Wall Street Journal, Publishers Weekly, Sports Illustrated and USA Today bestsellers.

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