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Glory road : my story of the 1966 NCAA basketball championship and how one team triumphed against the odds and changed America forever / Don Haskins with Dan Wetzel.

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: New York : Hyperion, 2006.Edition: 1st edDescription: xv, 254 pages : illustrations ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1401307914
  • 9781401307912
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Online version:: Glory road.LOC classification:
  • GV 884 .H26 A29 2006
Contents:
Legend -- Enid, Oklahoma -- Oklahoma A & M -- Tumbleweed High -- Shootin' pool -- Texas western -- Bad news -- Five black players -- The pipeline -- 1966 season -- NCAA tournament -- Final hour -- The fallout -- Recruiting battles -- El Paso -- Retirement -- Acknowledgments.
Summary: A basketball coach describes how, in 1966, as coach of Texas Western College, he used a starting lineup of five black players to beat the top-ranked University of Kentucky team, paving the way for desegregation of all Southern college teams.
Holdings
Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Status Date due Barcode
Books Books American University in Dubai American University in Dubai Fiction Main Collection GV 884 .H26 A29 2006 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 5191428

Legend -- Enid, Oklahoma -- Oklahoma A & M -- Tumbleweed High -- Shootin' pool -- Texas western -- Bad news -- Five black players -- The pipeline -- 1966 season -- NCAA tournament -- Final hour -- The fallout -- Recruiting battles -- El Paso -- Retirement -- Acknowledgments.

A basketball coach describes how, in 1966, as coach of Texas Western College, he used a starting lineup of five black players to beat the top-ranked University of Kentucky team, paving the way for desegregation of all Southern college teams.

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