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
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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
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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
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NCAA University Division NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memberOfSportsHallOfFame | Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nickname | The Bear NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
coached Texas Western to 1966 NCAA championship
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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
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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
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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
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UTEP Miners men's basketball NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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