Dean Smith epitomizes what a coach can beteacher,
counselor,
mentor, example, friend.Bill Bradley
Coach taught me the game. . . . Hes like a second father to
me.
Michael Jordan
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
Dean Smith
內容簡介:
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.
關於作者:
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.