Coach Hall (eBook)

My Life On and Off the Court

Joe B. Hall (Autor)

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2019
248 Seiten
The University Press of Kentucky (Verlag)
978-0-8131-7858-5 (ISBN)

Infos

Until I was nine or ten, everyone called me Joe or Joe Hall. Then one day my grandmother, for reasons known only to her, pulled me aside and told me my name was "e;too short and too plain."e; She said, "e;Let's add your middle initial to make it more interesting. From now on, you say your name is Joe B., not just Joe. It's Joe B. Hall."e;Joe B. Hall is one of only three men to both play on an NCAA championship team (1949, Kentucky) and coach an NCAA championship team (1978, Kentucky), and the only one to do so for the same school. In this riveting memoir, Hall presents intimate details about his remarkable life on and off the court. He reveals never-before-heard stories about memorable players, coaches, and friends and expresses the joys and fulfillments of his rewarding life and career. During his thirteen years as head coach at the University of Kentucky, from 1972 to 1985, Joe B. Hall led the team to 297 victories. The most memorable of these is the 1978 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship. This legendary coach followed in the colossal footsteps of Adolph Rupp but ultimately found his own path to success, becoming one of college basketball's all-time greats.

Autor

Joe B. Hall was head coach of the University of Kentucky's men's basketball team from 1972 to 1985. He had previously coached at Central Missouri State University and Regis University and served as UK's assistant coach under Adolph Rupp. In the 1978 NCAA tournament, he coached the Wildcats to their fifth NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship. He was named National Coach of the Year in 1978 and Southeastern Conference Coach of the Year on four different occasions. His record at UK was 297–100, and 373–156 over his career. Marianne Walker is a retired professor of English and philosophy at Henderson Community College. She is the author of Margaret Mitchell and John Marsh: The Love Story Behind Gone With the Wind and The Graves County Boys: A Tale of Kentucky Basketball, Perseverance, and the Unlikely Championship of the Cuba Cubs.

Inhalt

1. Foreward
2. Why 'Joe B. Hall'?
3. Hard Times
4. The Epiphany
5. Back to Kentucky
6. Fishing
7. Teenage Years
8. Football
9. My Early Influences and Role Models
10. About Working
11. Wildcats' World, 1944-1947
12. A UK Freshman
13. First Practice, 1947
14. The Fabulous Five
15. Sewanee
16. My World Tour
17. Katharine
18. Shepherdsville
19. Regis College
20. Great Opportunity
21. Adjusting to Coach Rupp's Routines
22. More Adjusting to Coach Rupp's Routines
23. Recruiting
24. Beginning of the End, 1967
25. The Heir Apparent, 1969-1970
26. The Agony, 1971-1972
27. UK Head Coach, 1972
28. Australian Tour, 1974
29. The Avengers! 1975
30. John Wooden's Ploy: NCAA, 1975
31. Running the Wall
32. About Boys Being Boys
33. Wildcat Lodge
34. NCAA Championship, 1978
35. The Georgetown Game, 1984
36. Life After Coaching
37. Farewell
38. My Thank-You Note

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 19.11.2019
• Co-Autor: Marianne Walker
• Vorwort: Rick Bozich
• Zusatzinfo: 62 b&w halftones
• Verlagsort: Lexington
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 150 x 150 mm
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport
• Schlagworte: adolph rupp • Athletes • athletic • Basketball • Big Blue • big blue nation • Biographies • Bobby Knight • Championship • coach adolph rupp • Coaches • Coaching • College • college basketball • Conference • Cynthiana, Kentucky • Denny Crum • Fabulous Five • Fans • goose givens • harry lancaster • History • Jack Givens • Joe B. Hall • John Wooden • Kentucky • kentucky basketball history • kentucky wildcats • kevin grevey • Memoirs • men's • Men’s • NCAA • ncaa championship • players • playing • Programs • Rupp • Rupp Arena • schools • SEC • southeastern • Sports • Sports coaching • Sports History • sports memoir • sports recruiting • State • Student • Teams • Titles • UK Basketball • uk wildcats • University • University of Kentucky • University of Kentucky basketball • university of kentucky wildcats • Wildcat Lodge • Wildcats
• ISBN-10: 0-8131-7858-4 / 0813178584
• ISBN-13: 978-0-8131-7858-5 / 9780813178585