Books by WSU faculty

Autobiography, Memoirs

1. 

   Jim Walden's Tales from the Washington State Cougars

   By Jim Walden, former head coach, and David Boling

    

   From the publisher: Rival coach Don James of the University of Washington once called himself "a 2,000-word underdog to Jim Walden." James may have been underestimating the opinionated Walden even at those lopsided odds. During an association with the Washington State football program that started in 1977, Jim Walden established a foundation of competitive expectations that helped spur the success of contemporary Cougar teams. Walden's 1981 Cougars broke a 51-year bowl drought, and with victories in three of his last five Apple Cup games against Washington, Walden finally leveled the field with WSU's cross-state rivals. Walden's teams beat every opponent in the Pac-10 Conference at least once, squaring off against powerhouses USC, UCLA and Washington despite a deficit in resources that he once described as "having to fight battles every Saturday with a really short sword."

   Walden kidded and sparred with coaches like James, John Robinson and Terry Donahue, and he ticked off a few others with his outspokenness. He offered his opinions so frequently and frankly that his university president had "The Walden Release" printed and ready as a disclaimer for the press. A Mississippi-born storyteller, Walden looks at coaches from the colorful "Lone Star" Dietz to Bill Doba and gives the reader a glimpse at the personalities of Cougar All-Americans as well as the other quirky individuals to make their way onto the WSU sidelines. Walden reveals the effective strategies and the flubs and tells what really happened on the field and in the locker rooms. He shares the ways he was able to coax prospects into coming to remote Pullman and what he was really screaming at officials all those times. Walden tells his stories the way he coached—all out, nothing held back, with wit and humor.

   

   

    

2. 

   Real People Don't Own Monkeys

   By J. Veronika Kiklevich with Steven Austad

    

   Having witnessed many times over through the years that pet owners can be as strange as their animals, herself admittedly included, Kiklevich decided to write about some of her most memorable experiences. “The book is not scientific—just fun,” Dr. K. said. “I mostly wrote it just to make people laugh, . . . and as weird as some of this stuff is, it’s all true.”

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3. 

   The Ministry of Leadership: Heart and Theory

   By Glenn Terrell, former president, WSU

    

   Glenn Terrell presided over Washington State University during one of the most troubling periods in our nation’s history. His leadership style successfully guided the University during its difficult times.

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