Clarence "Big House" Gaines
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Clarence "Big House" Gaines was a legendary college basketball coach who built Winston-Salem State into a powerhouse program and became one of the winningest coaches in NCAA history.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Clarence "Big House" Gaines canonical | 2 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
basketball coach
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college basketball coach ⓘ human ⓘ sports Hall of Famer ⓘ |
| almaMater | Lincoln University (Missouri) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived | CIAA Coach of the Year NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Evergreen Cemetery, Winston-Salem, North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coachedPlayer | Earl Monroe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coachedYearsAtWinstonSalemState | 47 ⓘ |
| coachingCareerEnd | 1993 ⓘ |
| coachingCareerStart | 1946 ⓘ |
| conferenceCoachedIn | CIAA NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1923-05-21 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2005-04-18 ⓘ |
| employer | Winston-Salem State University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Black Americans
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surface form:
African American
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| familyName | Gaines NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Clarence NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hallOfFameInduction |
Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame 1982
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National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame 2006 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| headCoachOf | Winston-Salem State Rams men's basketball NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| height | 6 ft 3 in ⓘ |
| legacy | namesake of the Clarence Gaines Award for Division II coach of the year ⓘ |
| memberOf |
College Basketball Hall of Fame
NERFINISHED
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Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame ⓘ |
| nickname | Big House NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
built Winston-Salem State into a national small-college basketball power
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first African-American coach to win an NCAA national basketball championship ⓘ one of the winningest coaches in NCAA basketball history ⓘ |
| notableFor | longest-tenured coach in CIAA history ⓘ |
| occupation |
American football coach
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basketball coach ⓘ college athletics administrator ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Paducah, Kentucky, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| playedCollegeSport |
basketball
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football ⓘ |
| positionPlayedInFootball | lineman ⓘ |
| residence | Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sport |
American football
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basketball ⓘ |
| teamChampionshipWith | Winston-Salem State Rams men's basketball NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| totalCollegeBasketballLosses | 447 ⓘ |
| totalCollegeBasketballWins | 828 ⓘ |
| wonChampionship | 1967 NCAA College Division men's basketball championship NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workedFor | Winston-Salem State University athletics department NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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