define('DISALLOW_FILE_EDIT', true); define('DISALLOW_FILE_MODS', true); coaching legends – Rush The Court http://rushthecourt.net The Independent Voice of College Basketball Thu, 12 Feb 2015 06:32:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.9 http://rushthecourt.net http://rushthecourt.net/wp-content/mbp-favicon/RTC.jpg Rush The Court A Column of Enchantment: Dean Smith, Jerry Tarkanian & Why We Root For Who http://rushthecourt.net/2015/02/12/a-column-of-enchantment-dean-smith-jerry-tarkanian-why-we-root-for-who/ http://rushthecourt.net/2015/02/12/a-column-of-enchantment-dean-smith-jerry-tarkanian-why-we-root-for-who/#respond Thu, 12 Feb 2015 16:01:40 +0000 http://rushthecourt.net/?p=107788

It is a bittersweet week to be a college basketball fan. Heck, not even just for college basketball fans, but for people who love sports or love good people and/or interesting characters. The biggest story, obviously, is that the sport lost one of its most important, endearing and historical figure this week in Dean Smith. That’s not it, though. Another legendary coach, Jerry Tarkanian, lost his life on Wednesday in a Las Vegas hospital.

Dean Smith With Michael Jordan in the Early 1980s

Many people have already weighed in on the importance of Dean Smith in far better essays than anything I could [...]]]> http://rushthecourt.net/2015/02/12/a-column-of-enchantment-dean-smith-jerry-tarkanian-why-we-root-for-who/feed/ 0 RIP to The Bear, Don Haskins http://rushthecourt.net/2008/09/10/rip-to-the-bear-don-haskins/ http://rushthecourt.net/2008/09/10/rip-to-the-bear-don-haskins/#respond Thu, 11 Sep 2008 03:48:54 +0000 http://rushthecourt.net/?p=1202

Over the weekend, we too heard the disheartening news that one of the game’s most historically important figures had died.  Don Haskins, longtime coach of UTEP (nee’ Texas Western), passed away on Sunday at the age of 78. 

(photo credit: UTEP)

Most of Haskins’ career was before our time, and it’s not like UTEP games were burning up the airwaves anyway, but the 1997 Hall of Fame coach (719 wins) consistently put quality teams into the NCAA Tournament (14 trips) throughout his 39 seasons in El Paso.  Of course, Haskins will forever be historically notorious for his 1966 Texas Western [...]]]> http://rushthecourt.net/2008/09/10/rip-to-the-bear-don-haskins/feed/ 0