Marv Levy: Where Else Would You Rather Be?

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Tells the story of one man's life as a football coach and more. This title shows how a person like Marv Levy, dedicated to his life's work, can begin his career as the obscure assistant coach of a high school junior varsity team and then one day, decades later, lead his men out onto the field in football's greatest spectacle - the Super Bowl.

Marv Levy is a Hall of Famer and former professional American and Canadian Football coach. Born in Chicago in 1926, he went on to serve in the U.S. Army Air Corps for three years before enrolling in Coe College. He began coaching football at the college level for seven years before he moved onto the professional football Leagues. Levy was a member of the coaching staff for the Philadelphia Eagles, the Los Angeles Rams and Washington Redskins before he became the head coach of the Montreal Alouettes. He led the Alouettes to two Grey Cup championships. Afterwards he joined the Buffalo Bills as head coach in 1987. Under Levy, the Buffalo Bills entered a dynastic age where they attended four consecutive Super Bowl appearances. He won Coach of the Year in 1988 and 1995. He was admitted to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2001 and lives in Chicago, Illinois. Jim Kelly was the quarterback who helped take the Buffalo Bills to four consecutive Super Bowl appearances under Marv Levy. In addition to holding numerous records in the NFL, he was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2002. Kelly retired from the Bills in 1997 and currently serves as President and Co-Founder of Hunter's Hope Foundation. He lives in East Aurora, New York.