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Timed to the release of Jerry Bruckheimer’s movie, the moving autobiography of Hall of Fame basketball coach Don Haskins and his storied team of players, the Texas Western Miners
In 1966, college basketball used to be almost completely segregated. Within the championship game for the NCAA title that year, Don Haskins, coach of the then little-known Texas Western College, did something that had never been done before Within the history of college basketball. He began five black players, and Within the now legendary game, unseated the nationally top-ranked University of Kentucky. Broadcast on tv all through the country, the Miners victory became the impetus for the desegregation of all college teams Within the South all the way through the following few years.
Now, for the first time, Hall of Fame coach Don Haskins tell his story. Beginning as a small-town high school basketball coach, Haskins used to be known for his tough coaching methods and larger-than-life personality. As a child growing up all the way through the Dust Bowl in Oklahoma, he developed a strong set of values and discipline that he would instill in his players all through his coaching career. With recollections from his former players, including those of the 1966 team, in conjunction with Haskins’s own Seven Principles for Success, Glory Road is the inspiring story of a living legend and some of the respected coaches of all time.
With a foreword by basketball legend Bobby Knight, and coinciding with the release of the film Glory Road, the story of Don Haskins and his championship team is sure to turn out to be a classic for sports fans and historians.