Saw online that former Saluki Matt Wynn wrote a recent book on Rich Herrin called A Head Coach Ahead of His Time.
It is apparently 900-plus pages with more than 400 photos and 100-something interviews with former players.
It is pricey at $45. Was curious if anyone bought one and how much of it is about his time at SIU?
I am sure a good chunk of it chronicles his many decades at Benton.
It is available through Amazon, Barnes and at coachherrin.com.
Figured there might be some people interested in it here. I’d like to be able to flip through it before paying 50 bucks.
Ask your public library to bring in a copy. That's kind of their thing.
I'm not sayin' -- I'm just sayin'!
@gobluesaluki The book costs around $36 from Barnes and Noble. It is 893 pages in length and the SIU years start on page 811. It is a chronological look at Coach Herrin's career and is somewhat repetitious but interesting.
@siug Thank you for the info. I did not expect that. Sort of thought it might be like 600 pages on Benton and 300 on SIU.
That is surprising.
