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University of Alabama gymnastics coach Dana Duckworth’s office is littered with books. Two bookshelves dominate the walls of her second-floor department in Coleman Coliseum, from leadership manuals from her time as an MBA student at the University to coaching books inspired by coach Paul W. “Bear” Bryant. Two recent additions to that collection have become the cornerstone of her team’s philosophy this season.
“(Alabama softball coach Patrick Murphy) had gone to a leadership conference,” Duckworth said. “So he told me ‘I told this guy about you because the style of his presentation made me think of you.