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A Coach's Life
Times Books
January 2014
On Sale: January 14, 2014
600 pages
ISBN: 0805092803
EAN: 9780805092806
Kindle: B00E719068
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Non-Fiction Biography
A provocative and revelatory new biography of the legendary
UCLA coach John Wooden, by one of America’s top college
basketball writers No college basketball coach has
ever dominated the sport like John Wooden. His UCLA teams
reached unprecedented heights in the 1960s and ’70s capped
by a run of ten NCAA championships in twelve seasons and an
eighty-eight-game winning streak, records that stand to this
day. Wooden also became a renowned motivational speaker and
writer, revered for his “Pyramid of Success.” Seth
Davis of Sports Illustrated and CBS Sports has
written the definitive biography of Wooden, an unflinching
portrait that draws on archival research and more than two
hundred interviews with players, opponents, coaches, and
even Wooden himself. Davis shows how hard Wooden strove for
success, from his All-American playing days at Purdue
through his early years as a high school and college coach
to the glory days at UCLA, only to discover that reaching
new heights brought new burdens and frustrations. Davis also
reveals how at the pinnacle of his career Wooden found
himself on questionable ground with alumni, referees,
assistants, and even some of his players. His was a life not
only of lessons taught, but also of lessons
learned. Woven into the story as well are the players
who powered Wooden’s championship teams – Kareem
Abdul-Jabbar, Bill Walton, Walt Hazzard, and others – many
of whom speak frankly about their coach. The portrait that
emerges from Davis’s remarkable biography is of a man in
full, whose life story still resonates today.
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