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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| Clarence "Big House" Gaines canonical | 2 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Clarence "Big House" Gaines Context triple: [Winston-Salem State Rams men's basketball, notableFormerHeadCoach, Clarence "Big House" Gaines]
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Floyd McKissick
Floyd McKissick was a prominent American civil rights attorney and activist who led the Congress of Racial Equality in the 1960s and later became a key advocate of Black economic empowerment and political participation.
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Clarence Edwin Gaston
Clarence Edwin Gaston is a former Major League Baseball outfielder and manager best known for leading the Toronto Blue Jays to back-to-back World Series championships in 1992 and 1993.
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John Coffee
John Coffee was an American military leader and politician from the early 19th century, known for his service as a general in the Creek War and as a close associate of Andrew Jackson.
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Earl Felton
Earl Felton was an American screenwriter best known for his work on mid-20th-century Hollywood films, including several collaborations with director Richard Fleischer.
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Willie McGee
Willie McGee is a former Major League Baseball outfielder best known for his speed, defense, and clutch hitting with the St. Louis Cardinals, with whom he won multiple World Series titles and the 1985 NL MVP award.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Clarence "Big House" Gaines Target entity description: 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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A.
Floyd McKissick
Floyd McKissick was a prominent American civil rights attorney and activist who led the Congress of Racial Equality in the 1960s and later became a key advocate of Black economic empowerment and political participation.
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B.
Clarence Edwin Gaston
Clarence Edwin Gaston is a former Major League Baseball outfielder and manager best known for leading the Toronto Blue Jays to back-to-back World Series championships in 1992 and 1993.
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C.
John Coffee
John Coffee was an American military leader and politician from the early 19th century, known for his service as a general in the Creek War and as a close associate of Andrew Jackson.
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D.
Earl Felton
Earl Felton was an American screenwriter best known for his work on mid-20th-century Hollywood films, including several collaborations with director Richard Fleischer.
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E.
Willie McGee
Willie McGee is a former Major League Baseball outfielder best known for his speed, defense, and clutch hitting with the St. Louis Cardinals, with whom he won multiple World Series titles and the 1985 NL MVP award.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| 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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