Pete Newell

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Pete Newell was a Hall of Fame American basketball coach renowned for his success in college basketball and his influential teaching of post play and defensive fundamentals.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame inductee
basketball coach
college basketball coach
human
awardReceived NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship
NIT Championship
Olympic gold medal in basketball
causeOfDeath cardiac arrest
coachedNationalTeam United States men's national basketball team
coachedTeam California Golden Bears men's basketball team
Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team
University of San Francisco men's basketball team
conflict World War II
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1915-08-31
dateOfDeath 2008-11-17
educatedAt Loyola Marymount University
University of Southern California
employer Los Angeles Lakers
Michigan State University
University of California, Berkeley
University of San Francisco
familyName Newell
fullName Peter Francis Newell
givenName Peter
hallOfFame Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame
knownFor teaching defensive fundamentals
teaching post play fundamentals
languageSpoken English
memberOfSportsTeam Loyola Marymount Lions men's basketball (player)
militaryService United States Navy
notableStudent Bill Russell
Hakeem Olajuwon
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
notableWork Pete Newell’s Big Man Camp
occupation basketball administrator
basketball coach
basketball scout
placeOfBirth Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
placeOfDeath Rancho Santa Fe, California, United States
positionPlayed center
residence California, United States
role general manager of the Los Angeles Lakers
sexOrGender male
sport basketball


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