[h=1]Ran Henry[/h] Ran Henry is an author, photographer, and writing professor. A Ralph McGill Scholar at Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia, he earned an MFA in creative writing from Florida International University and wrote for the Florida Times-Union, the St. Petersburg Times, and Tropic, the Miami Herald Sunday magazine. He has taught writing at FIU and Virginia Commonwealth University. He currently teaches at the University of Virginia, and teaches football writing for the Honors College at the University of South Carolina. Henry is the author of Spurrier: How the Ball Coach Taught the South to Play Football (Lyons Press; $25.95). “We all like to prove people wrong who say we’re no good,†says the eternally driven Steve Spurrier, the 1966 Heisman Trophy winner and NFL quarterback, who took off his helmet, put on his coaching visor, and turned three downtrodden universities into winners. Spurrier’s Fun ’N’ Gun offense at the University of Florida flummoxed defenses and rewrote playbooks across the Southeastern Conference, transforming SEC football into a modern phenomena. Spurrier tells the story of a preacher’s son from the Tennessee hills who has been overwhelming opponents with “ball plays†for nearly six decades.
