About the Book

For almost forty years, Dean Smith coached the University of North Carolina men's basketball program with unsurpassed success, on the court and in shaping young men's lives. In his long-awaited memoir, he reflects back on the great games, teams, players, strategies and rivalries that defined his career, and explains the philosophy that guided his way. There's a lot more to life than basketball -- though some might beg to differ -- but there's a lot more to basketball than basketball, and this is a book about basketball filled with wisdom about life. Dean Smith insisted that the fundamentals of good basketball are the fundamentals of character -- passion, discipline, focus, selflessness, and responsibility -- and he strove to unite each of his teams in pursuit of those values.

To read this book is to understand why Dean Smith changed the lives of the players he coached, from Michael Jordan, who calls him his second father, and who never played a single NBA game without wearing a pair of UNC basketball shorts under his uniform, to the last man on the bench of his least talented team. Everyone wishes they had a coach like Dean Smith in their lives, and now they will have that chance.

Product Details

Media: Hardcover Book, 672 pages

Language: English

Publisher: Random House Large Print Publishing

Edition: Unknown

ISBN-10: 0375408649

Publication Date: Unknown

ISBN-13: 9780375408649

Dimensions: 6.50 x 9.55 x 1.75 inches

Shipping Weight: 2.30 lbs

• Categories: Basketball Biography & Basketball Autobiography