Bio
A graduate of the University of Miami, Bruce Feldman is the lead college football writer for ESPN The Magazine and his work has appeared in The Best American Sports Writing three years running. In 2003, two of his features were nominated for ASME awards, the most prestigious awards in the magazine industry. Feldman’s prior experience includes writing for Maxim, Basketball America, the Palm Beach Post, Miami Herald, and St. Petersburg Times. In addition, he was previously an associate editor of College & Pro Football Newsweekly. He played semi-professional football in the Empire Football League as a wide receiver for the Hudson Valley Vikings.
Project Description
It’s hard to believe that less than twenty-five years ago, the Miami Hurricanes football program was on its deathbed. When Howard Schnellenberger took over the program in 1979, local interest in the team was so non-existent that the school’s radio deal gave Miami a whopping revenue boost of $50 per week. Fast-forward twenty-five years.
In From Death to Dynasty (NAL/Penguin Group, Fall 2004), Feldman will explore how Miami has become "the cool school," the one with street cred that all the kids grow up dreaming of playing for. The Canes have won five national titles in the last two decades—more than Notre Dame, Oklahoma, and Florida State combined. And the most remarkable part of this dynasty is that five different coaches have been at the helm during Miami’s glorious run. The program is so dominant that it changed the entire balance of power in college sports when, in July 2003, it announced that it was leaving the Big East to join the ACC.