An Evening With Jimmy Johnson & Dave Hyde

Dave Hyde is a sports columnist for the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, where he has written for nearly three decades. His work has been featured in the Best American Sports Writing anthology series, and he is the author of 1968: The Year That Saved Ohio State Football. He collaborated with Jimmy Johnson on the Hall of Fame coach’s book Swagger: Super Bowls, Brass Balls and Footballs: A Memoir (Scribner). Hyde will join Miami Book Fair 2022 for a conversation with Johnson.

Jimmy Johnson is the former NFL and college football head coach of the Dallas Cowboys, Miami Dolphins, and University of Miami Hurricanes. Johnson led the 1987 Hurricanes to win the College Football National Championship and the Dallas Cowboys to consecutive victories in Super Bowls XXVII and XXVIII in 1993 and 1994. He is the first football coach to win championships at the collegiate and professional levels. Since retiring after the 1999 NFL season, Johnson has served as an analyst for the Fox network’s NFL Sunday. He is a member of the College Football Hall of Fame, the Pro Football Hall of Fame, and the Broadcasting Hall of Fame. In Swagger: Super Bowls, Brass Balls, and Footballs: A Memoir (Scribner), written with sportswriter Dave Hyde, Johnson offers a candid account of his life experiences. It discusses his professional conflict with Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, his revelations following his mother’s death, and his son’s struggle with addiction. And of course, he talks football: his criteria for identifying talent, his core beliefs, replacing legends like Tom Landry and Don Shula, and coaching gridiron stars from a young Troy Aikman to an aging Dan Marino. Still, more than a highlight reel, Swagger reveals Johnson’s lessons learned both as a man and as a coach.