A Coach's Life : My Forty Years in College Basketball
by Smith, Dean E.; Kilgo, John; Jenkins, Sally
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- Hardcover
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- ISBN 10
- 037550270X
- ISBN 13
- 9780375502705
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Dean Smith was born in Emporia, Kansas, in 1931. At age thirty he became head coach of the University of North Carolina, and in his more than thirty-six years there, he established a peerless record—879-254, .776—as the winningest coach in college basketball history. Smith has won numerous coaching awards, including eight ACC Coach of the Year titles, and was named coach of the 1976 U.S. Olympic team. He lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. John Kilgo is a writer who has known Dean Smith for three decades. He publishes a UNC sports magazine, Carolina Blue, and was the co-host of Smith's TV show for fourteen years. Kilgo lives in Davidson, North Carolina. Sally Jenkins is the author of Men Will Be Boys and the co-author of Pat Summitt's first book, Reach for the Summit . A veteran sports reporter whose work has been nominated for the Pulitzer Prize, she has worked for The Washington Post, Sports Illustrated , and Condé Nast's Women's Sports and Fitness .
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- Windy City Books (US)
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- 004706
- Title
- A Coach's Life : My Forty Years in College Basketball
- Author
- Smith, Dean E.; Kilgo, John; Jenkins, Sally
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 037550270X
- ISBN 13
- 9780375502705
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1999
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