Don Haskins

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Don Haskins was an American college basketball coach best known for leading Texas Western (now UTEP) to the 1966 NCAA championship with a historic all-Black starting lineup that challenged racial barriers in sports.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf basketball coach
college basketball coach
human
almaMater Oklahoma A&M (now Oklahoma State University) NERFINISHED
authorOf Glory Road NERFINISHED
awardReceived NCAA championship (1966) NERFINISHED
basedIn El Paso, Texas, United States NERFINISHED
causeOfDeath congestive heart failure
coachingCareerEnd 1999
coachingCareerStart 1961
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1930-03-14
dateOfDeath 2008-09-07
employer Texas Western College NERFINISHED
University of Texas at El Paso NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup White American NERFINISHED
familyName Haskins NERFINISHED
fullName Donald Lee Haskins NERFINISHED
genre sports biography
givenName Donald NERFINISHED
hallOfFameInductionYear 1997
honor UTEP named its basketball arena "Don Haskins Center" NERFINISHED
influenced integration of college basketball
leagueCoachedIn NCAA Division I NERFINISHED
NCAA University Division NERFINISHED
memberOfSportsHallOfFame Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame NERFINISHED
nickname The Bear NERFINISHED
notableAchievement coached Texas Western to 1966 NCAA championship
helped challenge racial segregation in college sports
started an all-Black lineup in the 1966 NCAA championship game
notableWork 1966 NCAA University Division basketball championship NERFINISHED
numberOfConferenceTitles 7
numberOfNCAATournamentAppearances 14
occupation basketball coach
college basketball coach
overallCollegeCoachingRecord 719–353
placeOfBirth Enid, Oklahoma, United States NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath El Paso, Texas, United States NERFINISHED
playedFor Oklahoma A&M Cowboys basketball NERFINISHED
portrayedBy Josh Lucas NERFINISHED
positionHeld head coach of Texas Western Miners men's basketball team
head coach of UTEP Miners men's basketball team
residence El Paso, Texas, United States NERFINISHED
sport basketball
subjectOf film "Glory Road" NERFINISHED
teamCoached Texas Western Miners men's basketball NERFINISHED
UTEP Miners men's basketball NERFINISHED

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