What Is A Vault?
Imagine being given the key to a vault in a bank where you can touch everything inside. With College Vault
Books, we have taken this dream one step further by delivering to you the treasures of your favorite team inside of
our ultimate history books.
Every book in the College Vault series takes you back to the very beginning of a school’s football or basketball
program through a narrative provided by an author with detailed knowledge of the program while accompanied
by vintage photographs from extensive campus archives. But what makes this book different than any other
ever produced is that we include replicas of old collectibles and memorabilia that you can touch and actually
remove from the Vault. That is why each book weighs almost 5 pounds!
Replicas in our highly successful early releases include Steve Spurrier’s handwritten resignation letter from
Florida, Knute Rockne’s play diagrams from Notre Dame, tickets from Georgia’s 1980 national championship
season, a 1972 “Punt, Bama, Punt!” bumper sticker from Auburn, a poster from the 1929 Rose Bowl involving
Alabama, a 1909 game program from Tennessee, a 1957 handwritten summary of Darrell Royal’s first game at Texas
and much more.
We also include the thoughts of successful coaches in the foreword and afterword of each Vault. From
Frank Broyles, Bobby Bowden and Barry Alvarez to Les Miles, Jim Tressel and Bob Stoops, find out what coaches
think about their fans, traditions and more. Former star players such as John Cappelletti, Archie Griffin, Bert Jones
and others also provide behind-the-scenes insight.
Instead of a key to a bank vault, think of your College Vault Book as a key to your favorite school’s history —
and then watch a museum jump out of the pages at you!
Dennis Schmidt
Publisher, College Vault Books