A Coach's Life

Authors:

By Dean Smith, John Kilgo, Sally Jenkins

Format:

Paperback

Availability:

In print, usually dispatched within 3-4 days.

Price:

£13.95

Tagged with:

Basketball, Basketball Coaches, Biography, College Basketball, Dean Smith, North Carolina Tar Heels

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Further Details

• Published: 12th Feb 2002
• ISBN: 0375758801
• Pages: 464

From the Publisher:

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, selflessness, and responsibility--and superlative mentor and coach Dean Smith imparts them all with equal authority.

From the Critics:

“Dean Smith is a better teacher of basketball than anyone else”

John Wooden, former coach, UCLA

“Coach taught me the game..... He's like a second father to me”

Michael Jordan

“Dean Smith epitomizes what a coach can be - teacher, counselor, mentor, example, friend”

Bill Bradley

“Dean Smith is not merely a basketball coach of historic accomplishments. He is also a man of uncommon integrity and decency. His life story will be heartening to the many Americans who have watched him shape two generations of young athletes to reach their full potential as men”

Senator John McCain