| A Coach's Life: My 40 Years in College Basketball Contributor(s): Smith, Dean (Author), Kilgo, John (Author), Jenkins, Sally (Author) |
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ISBN: 0375758801 ISBN-13: 9780375758805 Publisher: Random House Trade OUR PRICE: $14.40 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2002 Annotation: 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Sports & Recreation | Basketball - Biography & Autobiography | Sports - Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2001048537 |
| Physical Information: 1.07" H x 5.26" W x 7.5" (0.83 lbs) 464 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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." |