Topic: Don Haskins

Las Vegas Sun | 2008-11-29 16:01:43
Pete Newell strode dugouts, too, and local man recalls coach’s fire

It’s a good thing giant shadows cast by coaching icons can’t shoot or play defense or the UNLV basketball team might have found a heap of trouble this week. On Monday the Rebels played at Texas-El Paso, whose legendary former coach, Don Haskins, died in September ...

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AP News | 2008-11-06 01:20:42
Correction: Obit-Haskins story

In initial versions of a Sept. 7 obituary for Hall of Fame college basketball coach Don Haskins, The Associated Press erroneously reported the surname of a member of Haskins' 1966 national championship team. His correct name is Harry Flournoy, not Floury.


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AP News | 2008-09-16 23:25:10
Thousands fill Don Haskins Arena in Texas to remember coach fondly recalled as 'The Bear'

Thousands of people filled the Don Haskins Center on Thursday night to remember the basketball coach in a memorial service that took on the atmosphere of a college game. The arena's television screens showed a 1997 roast of Haskins, known to the basketball world ...

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AP News | 2008-09-10 21:51:14
UTEP says former Hall of Fame coach Don Haskins has died

Don Haskins, credited with helping break color barriers in college sports in 1966 when he used five black starters to win a national basketball title for Texas Western, died Sunday. He was 78. Texas-El Paso spokesman Jeff Darby died Sunday afternoon. He had no other details. Haskins was an ...

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Jan. 4 Men's Basketball Weekly Awards

C-USA.com | 2010-01-04 14:26:35

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