Tyndale House Publishers has signed Ohio State University (OSU) football coach Jim Tressel to a book deal to publish The Winners Manual: For the Game of Life.

Co-written with Chris Fabry, The Winners Manual will be released July 15, coinciding with the International Christian Retail Show (ICRS) in Orlando, Fla.

The book will focus on Tressel's "Big Ten" fundamentals for success, blending football stories, spiritual insights, motivational reading and practical application, Tyndale officials said. The Winners Manual will also feature eight color pages of photos from Tressel's family album as well as the OSU and Youngstown State football programs.

"We are particularly excited that this book will have an added benefit that gives back to the university," said Ron Beers, senior vice president and group publisher at Tyndale.

Tressel will contribute profits from The Winners Manual to the William Oxley Thompson Memorial Library Renovation Fund at OSU.

Tyndale is looking to duplicate the success of another football-themed book. Released last summer during ICRS, Quiet Strength by Indianapolis Colts coach Tony Dungy reached No. 1 on the New York Times Hardcover Nonfiction list. With more than a million copies in print, Quiet Strength is one of the best-selling sports-related titles in history, Tyndale officials said.

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