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A Coach's Life

My 40 Years in College Basketball

A Coach's Life( )
Author: Smith, Dean
Kilgo, John
Jenkins, Sally
ISBN:978-0-375-75880-5
Publication Date:Feb 2002
Publisher:Random House Publishing Group
Imprint:Random House Trade Paperbacks
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $16.00
Book Description:

For almost forty years, Dean Smith coached the University of North Carolina basketball team with unsurpassed success, having an impact both on the court and in the lives of countless young men. In A Coach's Life, he looks back on the great games, teams, players, strategies, and rivalries that defined his career and, in a new final chapter, discusses his retirement from the game. The fundamentals of good basketball are the fundamentals of character--passion, discipline, focus,...
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Book Details
Pages:464
Detailed Subjects: Sports & Recreation / Basketball
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):5.15 x 8 x 0.95 Inches
Book Weight:0.7 Pounds
Author Biography
Smith, Dean (Author)
Dean Edwards Smith was born in Emporia, KS in 1931. He attended Topeka High School and graduated from the University of Kansas in 1953. Smith began his basketball coaching career as an assistant coach at Kansas in 1953, moved briefly to Air Force, and then began at UNC in 1958. In 1961, he took over as head coach of UNC and over 36 years established an unparalleled record (879-254) as the winningest coach in college basketball history. He has won numerous coaching awards, including 8 ACC Coach of the Year titles. He was inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in 1983.

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