“The Bear” began his coaching career at Benjamin High School in Texas in 1955. She put it to me: 'What else can you really do?' "I told them I was making $23,000 in El Paso. I told him two or three times just to drop it, not to nominate me anymore. They're not going to give us anything, so you've got to go out there and you've got to take it. Coach Don Haskins will be remembered not only for his contribution to the University of Texas at El Paso basketball program, but to the sport as a whole. "Bobby Joe (Hill) really struggled.

And he told me they needed a head coach in a little place called Benjamin.

Heart, Play, Giving. It stems from those NCAA sanctions that limited us to two scholarships for two years. And I spent nearly every penny of it trying to get Jim Barnes. FameRank: 6 "Donald Lee Haskins", nicknamed "The Bear", was an United States/American collegiate Player (game)/player and basketball Coach (sport)/coach. Not for a lifetime, nor for next week, nor for tomorrow, just for this day.” — Marjorie Holmes, “And I guess Im a kid at heart in that when I go for entertainment, I want to be totally transported.

Don Haskins quotes Add to Chapter... “ The worst time of my life was the next two weeks that we won the championship and thousands of hate letters started coming in.

She's always been so supportive, never complained. "Nine minutes into that game they finally got their first field goal. (Nevil) Shed had 18 in the first half.

He was talking about how to stop a fast break. I found out what it's like being 22-6 after winning the national championship.

Its what the” — Tim Huelskamp, “Positive work environments outperform negative work environments.” — Daniel Goleman, “It just seemed to me so utterly wrong to credit someones work just for the fact that this someone migrated from one place” — Sasa Stanisic, “Going about ones native land one is inclined to take many things for granted, roads and buildings, roofs, windows and doorways, the walls” — Victor Hugo, “Oh, God, give me grace for this day. We were up 34-4.

Explore our collection of motivational and famous quotes by authors you know and love. In his 38-year-long career as a basketball coach at UTEP, formerly Texas Western, Haskins led the Miners to 719 wins, 14 NCAA tournament appearances and 7 Western Athletic Conference Championships. Nolan (Richardson) was here, Willie Brown was here, Bobby Joe Hill was already here and Bobby Lesley (now-retired Eastwood High coach) had been with me at Hedley (Texas) and came from a junior college here my first year.
His team becomes the first black team ever to win the championship amidst all the ridiculing and mocking. His team becomes the first black team ever to win the championship amidst all the ridiculing and mocking. Quotes from Don Haskins. He played for three years under legendary coach Henry Iba at Oklahoma A&M (now Oklahoma State University). James Woodard dropped in 24 points as the Tulsa Golden Hurricane ran past the Tulane Green Wave 70-49 in the quarterfinals of the Conference USA Tournament at the Don Haskins Center. His senior year, Haskins was selected as a 2nd team All-Conference player. -- Same interview after learning of his Basketball Hall of Fame selection in 1997. I'll get you a skirt if you keep playing like a girl! Our defense was about as pathetic as it gets. Bill Cosby was a supporter of Haskins and his dedication to the game. You'll play basketball my way.

I was in Albuquerque and ran into George McCarty. "That's like being compared to the greatest of all time in my eyes. "Freaky with You" rapper Nelly, TLC and Flo Rida will kick off an outdoor amphitheater tour July 23 in Tuscaloosa, Ala. COL BKB: Fresno State 61, Texas-El Paso 56.

Tweet +1. "Ben Collins was the football coach and athletic director and he was behind me all the way. Coach Don Haskins- “The Bear” Most of the time I'd drive.

The Bear was right: the Miners lost to the Lobos and lost in the first round of the WAC Tournament, but 16-12 record was first winning mark after three straight losing seasons.

It's about who can go out there and play the hardest. His playground coach talked me into taking him. Coaching players like these also led to his induction in the Texas Sports Hall of Fame in 1987. ), 4 Times (Tourn.)

Don Haskins quotes. It was UTEP's worst home defeat in Haskins' tenure. "I didn't feel I belonged. Come by and have a beer and taco with me."

El Paso Times. '"Benjamin might not be very big. Many who can spy faults in others” — Thomas Watson, “The fittest survive. -- Recalling the Miners' double overtime win over Kansas, led by All-America guard Jo Jo White, in the 1966 regional final.

It's the way he learned to play. “Let the children learn to see in nature an expression of the love and the wisdom of God; let the thought of Him” — Ellen G. White, “The moment in The Bell Jar when Esther Greenwood realizes after thirty days in the same black turtleneck that she never wants to” — Elizabeth Wurtzel, “The abbot told me once that lying was a betrayal to ones self.

I'd drive all the way to Oklahoma ... Jim was at Cameron Junior College and everybody was after him. Haskins led UTEP to 17 20-plus win seasons and served as an assistant Olympic team coach in 1972. This page was last edited on 1 January 2020, at 05:54. I wasn't intimidated by Adolph Rupp.

NCAA Tournament: 14 Years (14-13), 1 Final Four, 1 Championship NCAA Champion: 1966 More info "The reason I'm getting this done now is I can't see. We got two players out of the four and 50 percent is about right. "I owe so much to my wife, Mary. The 1966 team was nominated in its entirety to the Basketball Hall of Fame, and was inducted to the Hall on September 7, 2007. of age.

He wanted me to come over to Texas Western and be the graduate assistant for him.

Haskins’ starting lineup for the game consisted of five black players. But Polk Robinson was there, too.

The team credited with that championship is the 1966 Miners. "I'm going to be around -- I love UTEP. "Shows you how dumb I was back then. Eddie was a sports writer in Amarillo and he was calling to get the results of the Hedley Owls. I thought I'd much rather be a head coach than an assistant in college. During his college basketball career, he played the positions of guard and forward. Texas Western basketball coach Don Haskins, second from left, and players celebrated after beating Kentucky to win the 1966 NCAA basketball championship in College Park, … Don Haskins.
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Copyright © 2020 More Famous Quotes. "There were no blacks in the Southwest Conference in 1966. Pin. With Josh Lucas, Derek Luke, Austin Nichols, Jon Voight. Like. Before the game we feared their shooting. This is after a 22-6 season." -- The night before his induction into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on Sept. 29, 1997. Tim Hardaway, Antonio Davis, Mike Richmond, and Juden Smith are just a few of the professional athletes coached by Haskins. He was 6-8 and he could guard a guard. Nelly, TLC, Flo Rida to embark on summer tour. He was fun to coach. World Series: Kershaw, Bellinger guide Dodgers to Game 1 win over Rays, NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy, two cosmonauts to depart space station, 'The Conners' cast addresses COVID-19 pandemic in Season 3, Trump donor pleads guilty to secretly lobbying for foreign interests, Head of South Korea ruling party sees chance of inter-Korean 'breakthrough'.

And it really didn't dawn on … That shows some discipline. 59 Copy quote. Don Haskins Quotes. The Disney film, Glory Road, tells the story of Haskins and his team defeating the Kentucky Wildcats 72-65 for the national title.

He played for three years under coach Henry Iba at Oklahoma State Cowboys basketball/Oklahoma A&M (now Oklahoma State University). They're not going to give us anything, so you've got to go out there and you've got to take it.”, “I really did not think a thing about playing five black players to start the game; they were our best players and deserved to start. It's about who can go out there and play the hardest.

El Paso Times. Coach Haskins decided to change that. It shows what a player he was. Later on, we took our eight guys to the state tournament in Austin and Eddie went with us."

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