He was a Pop Warner coach with no pedigree—never supposed to get the job. Now he’s one win away from the top of college football.

Mayer Casal didn’t come from the coaching ranks. He came from suburban sidelines, calling plays for Pop Warner teams and a high school program where he teaches, collecting a pathetic paycheck that barely covered gas to practice. Suddenly, he’s offered the job of a lifetime: head coach at Leiland University, an FBS, Division 1 football program in a major conference.

A schematic genius and brilliant leader, Mayer doesn’t know how to lose. He inherits a staff he didn’t choose and a roster full of overlooked recruits. With the help of a young, gifted, beautiful GM and undervalued assistants, he turns Leiland into a real contender, despite having one of the lowest NIL budgets in the country. As wins mount and attention builds, so do the enemies: media operatives, power brokers, and institutional insiders guarding the gridiron through networks and conferences that know exactly what this is: a billion-dollar escapade hiding behind school colors and fight songs.

GAMEDAY is a rare football novel—a gripping, character-driven, real-world sports drama that goes the whole nine yards. For fans of Friday Night Lights, Draft Day, The Blind Side, and underdog stories that hit harder than the next play.