basketball coaches

John Tilden reexamines the successes of his youth as his twentieth high school reunion approaches, which brings his old girlfriend--newly single--into town and the chance to play an exhibition basketball game with his old team, and he begins to wonder how he ended up with a dysfunctional family and a boring job.

Autobiography of John Wooden, basketball coach at UCLA between 1948 and 1975, in which he reveals details of his personal life and discusses various aspects of his lengthy, record-breaking career.

Phil Jackson chronicles his career as a coach for the NBA, discussing the rises and falls of the sport, the key players, his coaching strategies, and other related topics.

An Indiana University basketball player recounts his experiences while playing under the controversial coach.

Presents the life and career of Jim Boeheim, head basketball coach for Syracuse University, where he guided the Orangemen to 829 wins, and reveals his keen eye for talent, his devotion to raising money to fight cancer, the ups and downs of his life and career, and statistics and records from his career.

Morgan Wooten, the basketball coach who has led his DeMatha High School team to five national championships, discusses his life since 1980 when he turned down an offer of $700,000 to coach a big-time college team, tells about his brush with death as a result of liver disease, and urges people to sign up as future organ donors.

Former NBA star "Sleepy" Phillips finds himself coaching a ragtag freshman basketball team. Under Sleepy's guidance the team begins to focus on what is truly important on and off the court. The players make amazing progress right up to the championship tournament.

C. Vivian Stringer, head coach of the Rutgers University women's basketball team, shares the story of her life, discussing her childhood, the challenges she has met in the course of her personal and professional life, and the philosophy that guides her career.

Basketball great Jerry West tells his story--from his tough childhood in West Virginia, to his unbelievable college success at West Virginia University, his 40-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers, and his relationships with NBA legends. The NBA icon was created from a photo of West.

Bob Knight chronicles his life, focusing on the twenty-nine years he spent as the head coach of Indiana University's basketball team, and discussing the new coaching position he took at Texas Tech after being fired from Indiana in September 2000.