Haskins

<B>DON HASKINS</B> is one of the greatest coaches in the history of college basketball. He won 719 games seven conference championships and earned a trip to 14 NCAA Tournaments. </P><P>His biggest feat however was coaching Texas Western College to a stunning 72-65 upset victory over University of Kentucky in the finals of the NCAA Tournament in 1966. His decision to start five black players against the all-white Kentucky team changed the sport forever. It disproved the theory of some that blacks could not function as a team and soon previously segregated colleges throughout the South began recruiting black players. </P><P>Several books have been written about the game and a movie Glory Road has been made of the unforgettable season. </P> <P><B>Don Haskins</B> wrote his biography in 1987. This is a reprint of it with an addendum by Ray Sanchez who cooperated in writing his biography. Sanchez continues Haskins' remarkable coaching career through his retirement in 1999. </P><P>Here is the Haskins story in his own words. </P>