basketball coaches

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.

A portrait of the basketball coach of the Georgetown Hoyas and of his team members.

Follows a high school basketball coach through a day of classes which includes an afternoon game.

An account of the author's career in basketball, focusing on her work as the head coach of the U.S. women's Olympic basketball team, which went on to win a gold medal in the 1996 summer games.

An account of the author's career in basketball, focusing on her work as the head coach of the U.S. women's Olympic basketball team, which went on to win a gold medal in the 1996 summer games.

Provides career summaries of five hundred of basketball's greatest players and most influential figures.

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.

Since their first varsity game was played in 1911, the University of North Carolina Tarheels have been making their mark on the basketball court. The team has won four NCAA titles. This volume explores the rich history of Tarheels basketball, sharing stories of many of the most highly regarded coaches and players and some game-stopping moments.

Basketball legend Bill Russell pays homage to his mentor and coach, the inimitable Red Auerbach, in this story of an unlikely and enduring friendship set against the backdrop of the greatest basketball dynasty in NBA history. When Bill Russell joined the Boston Celtics in 1957 as the nation's first prominent black basketball star, he was not expecting much from his coach. Despite two national college championships and an Olympic gold medal, Russell's previous coaches--all whites--had barely spoken to him. Russell's style was unorthodox, redefining the meaning of defense and offense, and many scouts dismissed him. Yet Auerbach, the Jewish outsider in Irish Boston, immediately took to Russell, the African American from Louisiana and Oakland, and he was a coach like no other. Together they made sports history, battled prejudice both on and off the court, created a team chemistry for the ages--and became lifelong friends.--From publisher description.