Basketball, Multiple Offense and Defense

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Allyn and Bacon, 1999 - Education - 304 pages
Any coach or player who wants to improve his or her knowledge and skills of the game of basketball will benefit from reading this book. It contains the secrets, strategies, and techniques that produced the greatest winning tradition in college basketball. Although the book is based upon the college game, the essence of the book, when applied, will produce results and successes for coaches and players at all scholastic levels. The book brings together two outstanding basketball coaching talents. Dean Smith's analytical and innovative coaching strategies are complemented by Bob Spear's special section that highlights the shuffle offense. Among basketball people, Bob Spear (U.S. Air Force Academy), is regarded as one of the finest teachers of the game. Their combined talents have produced a new standard of excellence in coaching books.

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Dean Edwards Smith was born in Emporia, KS in 1931. He attended Topeka High School and graduated from the University of Kansas in 1953. Smith began his basketball coaching career as an assistant coach at Kansas in 1953, moved briefly to Air Force, and then began at UNC in 1958. In 1961, he took over as head coach of UNC and over 36 years established an unparalleled record (879-254) as the winningest coach in college basketball history. He has won numerous coaching awards, including 8 ACC Coach of the Year titles. He was inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in 1983.

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