num_pages: 359
description: The shotgun formation. The West Coast Offense. The 4-3 defense. We expect to see some or all of those things when we watch football, but without Tom Landry and Bill Walsh, it's possible we wouldn't see any of those things. This is the story of how two independent thinkers molded football in general and championship football in particular. And they didn't just change the sport's Xs and Os; they changed its style, as well.
language: English
title: Tom Landry and Bill Walsh: How Two Coaching Legends Took Championship Football From the Packer Sweep to Brady vs. Manning