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Got to Do Some Coachin': Nolan's Play

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* Nolan Richardson became coach of the University of Arkansas Razorback basketball team in 1984 under a triple he was the first black head basketball coach not only at Arkansas but in the entire Southwest Conference; he followed an enormously difficult act in Coach Eddie Sutton, who left a glittering string of conference championships, NCAA appearances, All-Americans and NBA stars to remember him by; and his teen-aged daughter Yvonne was soon diagnosed as having leukemia. Frank Deford, one of Sports Illustrated’s best writers, dramatized the human side of Nolan‘s athletic and coaching career in screenplay form in the March 7, 1988 issue. It is reprinted in its entirety here and shows that many aspects of Coach Richardson‘s life are more important than winning games, although he does that, too. His story is not an ordinary one, and Deford traces Richardson’s long rise from a segregated neighborhood to national respect through his relationship with his wife Rose, Yvonne, his players, and his mother.

Language: English

Format: Paperback

ISBN 13: 9780914546788

Got to Do Some Coachin': Nolan's Play

0/5 ( ratings)

* Nolan Richardson became coach of the University of Arkansas Razorback basketball team in 1984 under a triple he was the first black head basketball coach not only at Arkansas but in the entire Southwest Conference; he followed an enormously difficult act in Coach Eddie Sutton, who left a glittering string of conference championships, NCAA appearances, All-Americans and NBA stars to remember him by; and his teen-aged daughter Yvonne was soon diagnosed as having leukemia. Frank Deford, one of Sports Illustrated’s best writers, dramatized the human side of Nolan‘s athletic and coaching career in screenplay form in the March 7, 1988 issue. It is reprinted in its entirety here and shows that many aspects of Coach Richardson‘s life are more important than winning games, although he does that, too. His story is not an ordinary one, and Deford traces Richardson’s long rise from a segregated neighborhood to national respect through his relationship with his wife Rose, Yvonne, his players, and his mother.

Language: English

Format: Paperback

ISBN 13: 9780914546788

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