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A Coach's Life

My 40 Years in College Basketball

My 40 Years in College Basketball

My 40 Years in College Basketball

By Dean Smith, John Kilgo and Sally Jenkins

By Dean Smith, John Kilgo and Sally Jenkins

By Dean Smith, John Kilgo and Sally Jenkins

By Dean Smith, John Kilgo and Sally Jenkins

By Dean Smith, John Kilgo and Sally Jenkins
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By Dean Smith, John Kilgo and Sally Jenkins
Read by Eric Conger

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Feb 12, 2002 | ISBN 9780375758805

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Feb 29, 2000 | ISBN 9780375504594

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Mar 24, 2015 | 288 Minutes

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    About A Coach’s Life

    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.

    About A Coach’s Life

    Legendary University of North Carolina basketball coach Dean Smith tells the full story of his fabled career, and shares the life lessons taught and learned over forty years of unparalleled success as a coach and mentor.

    For almost forty years, Dean Smith coached the University of North Carolina men’s basketball program with unsurpassed success- on the court and in shaping young men’s lives. In his long-awaited memoir, he reflects on the great games, teams, players, strategies, and rivalries that defined his career, and explains the philosophy that guided him. There’s a lot more to life than basketball- though some may beg to differ- but there’s a lot more to basketball than basketball, and this is a book about basketball filled with wisdom about life. Dean Smith insisted that the fundamentals of good basketball were the fundamentals of character- passion, discipline, focus, selflessness, and responsibility- and he strove to unite his teams in pursuit of those values.

    To read this book is to understand why Dean Smith changed the lives of the players he coached, from Michael Jordan, who calls him his second father and who never played a single NBA game without wearing a pair of UNC basketball shorts under his uniform, to the last man on the bench of his least talented team. We all wish we had a coach like Dean Smith in our lives, and now we will have that chance.

    About A Coach’s Life

    Legendary University of North Carolina basketball coach Dean Smith tells the full story of his fabled career, and shares the life lessons taught and learned over forty years of unparalleled success as a coach and mentor.

    For almost forty years, Dean Smith coached the University of North Carolina men’s basketball program with unsurpassed success- on the court and in shaping young men’s lives. In his long-awaited memoir, he reflects on the great games, teams, players, strategies, and rivalries that defined his career, and explains the philosophy that guided him. There’s a lot more to life than basketball- though some may beg to differ- but there’s a lot more to basketball than basketball, and this is a book about basketball filled with wisdom about life. Dean Smith insisted that the fundamentals of good basketball were the fundamentals of character- passion, discipline, focus, selflessness, and responsibility- and he strove to unite his teams in pursuit of those values.

    To read this book is to understand why Dean Smith changed the lives of the players he coached, from Michael Jordan, who calls him his second father and who never played a single NBA game without wearing a pair of UNC basketball shorts under his uniform, to the last man on the bench of his least talented team. We all wish we had a coach like Dean Smith in our lives, and now we will have that chance.

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    About Dean Smith

    Dean Smith was born in Emporia, Kansas, in 1931. At age thirty he became head coach of UNC, and over… More about Dean Smith

    About John Kilgo

    John Kilgo is an award-winning newspaper columnist in North Carolina. He hosted Dean Smith’s television show for fourteen years and… More about John Kilgo

    About Sally Jenkins

    Sally Jenkins is an award-winning journalist for The Washington Post and the author of eight books, three of which were New York Times bestsellers. Her… More about Sally Jenkins

    About Dean Smith

    Dean Smith was born in Emporia, Kansas, in 1931. At age thirty he became head coach of UNC, and over… More about Dean Smith

    About John Kilgo

    John Kilgo is an award-winning newspaper columnist in North Carolina. He hosted Dean Smith’s television show for fourteen years and… More about John Kilgo

    About Sally Jenkins

    Sally Jenkins is an award-winning journalist for The Washington Post and the author of eight books, three of which were New York Times bestsellers. Her… More about Sally Jenkins

    About Dean Smith

    Dean Smith was born in Emporia, Kansas, in 1931. At age thirty he became head coach of UNC, and over… More about Dean Smith

    About John Kilgo

    John Kilgo is an award-winning newspaper columnist in North Carolina. He hosted Dean Smith’s television show for fourteen years and… More about John Kilgo

    About Sally Jenkins

    Sally Jenkins is an award-winning journalist for The Washington Post and the author of eight books, three of which were New York Times bestsellers. Her… More about Sally Jenkins

    Product Details

    Category: Biography & Memoir | Sports

    Paperback | $16.00
    Published by Random House Trade Paperbacks
    Feb 12, 2002 | 464 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780375758805

    Category: Biography & Memoir | Sports

    Ebook | $12.99
    Published by Random House
    Feb 29, 2000 | 384 Pages | ISBN 9780375504594

    Category: Biography & Memoir | Sports | Audiobooks

    Audiobook Download | $15.00
    Published by Random House Audio
    Mar 24, 2015 | 288 Minutes | ISBN 9780147521736

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    Praise

    “Dean Smith epitomizes what a coach can be—teacher, counselor,
    mentor, example, friend.”—Bill Bradley

    “Coach taught me the game. . . . He’s 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 is a better teacher of basketball than anyone else.”
    —John Wooden, former coach, UCLA

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