A Coach's Life : My Forty Years in College Basketball : New Final Chapter
by Smith, Dean E.; Kilgo, John; Jenkins, Sally
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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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- A Coach's Life : My Forty Years in College Basketball : New Final Chapter
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- Smith, Dean E.; Kilgo, John; Jenkins, Sally
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- New York, NY, U.S.A.: Random House Adult Trade Publishing Group, 2002
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- FOOTBALL BIOGRAPHY COACHING SPORTS RECREATION 0375758801 BASKETBALL
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