Ian O'Connor is the author of five books, including four consecutive New York Times bestsellers. His bestsellers are "Coach K: The Rise and Reign of Mike Krzyzewski,” “Belichick: The Making of the Greatest Football Coach of All Time,” "The Captain: The Journey of Derek Jeter," which the Library Journal called "excellent" and "the most complete account" of Jeter's iconic career, and "Arnie & Jack: Palmer, Nicklaus, and Golf's Greatest Rivalry." O'Connor is a former ESPN.com, New York Post, USA Today, and New York Daily News columnist who has finished in 1st place 20 times in national writing contests conducted by the Golf Writers Association of America, the Associated Press Sports Editors, the Pro Football Writers of America, the Society of Professional Journalists, the National Association of Black Journalists, and the United States Basketball Writers Association. He is also the author of “The Jump: Sebastian Telfair and the High Stakes Business of High School Ball.”