by Seth Davis
Kelly, Jim, 112
Knight, Bob, 72–73, 74–75, 91, 96–97
Knight, Tim, 36
Auriemma and, 161, 162–63, 172, 179, 182–83, 184
Boeheim and, 133–34, 143, 151–52
Harbaugh and, 114, 115, 125
Izzo and, 49, 51
Krzyzewski and, 69, 71, 83, 86, 93, 94–95
Meyer and, 32–33
Rivers and, 190, 191, 196–97, 202, 208, 214
Stevens and, 218, 224, 230, 236, 239
Swinney and, 257, 259, 261
Kross, Emily, 72, 73, 75
Kross, William, 67–68, 72, 73, 75
Krzyzewski, Bill, 98
Krzyzewski, Debbie, 77, 94, 99
Krzyzewski, Jamie, 81–82, 99
Krzyzewski, Lindy, 81, 99
Krzyzewski, Mickie Marsh, 75–76, 77, 81–82, 87–88, 98, 99
Krzyzewski, Mike, 33, 67–100
Allen kicking incident and, 95–96
army career of, 76–77
authenticity and, 69, 71, 76, 83, 92, 93, 94–95
back and health problems of, 87–89
childhood of, 71–72
coaching U.S. National Team at 2012 Olympics, 91
as Duke head coach, 77–100
empathy and, 69, 71, 72, 81, 83, 89–91, 94–95
ethnic roots of, 67–69
facial expressions and body language of players and, 89–92
Final Four appearances of, 70–71, 84–85, 90
Final Four upset of UNLV, 1991, 70–71, 85
history and values at Duke, player awareness of, 97–98
instinctiveness and adaptability of players, fostering, 91–92
knowledge and, 69, 71, 83, 86, 93, 94–95
motion offense of, 91
in Naismith National Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, 70, 96–97
NBA coaching offers, turns down, 92
NCAA championship loss to Arkansas, 1992, 86
NCAA championship win over Kansas, 1991, 85
NCAA championship win over Kentucky, 1992, 85–86
NCAA championship win over UCLA, 2015, 94
1983–84 season, 81–83
1984–85 season, 84
1985–86 season, 84
1987–88 season, 84
1991–92 season, 85–86
1998–99 season, 89
persistence and, 69, 71, 85–86, 94–95
philanthropic projects of, 99
recruited by and attends West Point, 72–75
recruiting philosophy of, 78–79
social media use, views on, 94
as Team USA national coach (2006), 92–93
wine as hobby of, 99–100
work/family balance and, 81–82, 98–99
zone defense of, 94
LA Clippers, Rivers as head coach of, 207–16
Laettner, Christian, 71, 85, 86
Lamb, Chris, 172
Larrañaga, Jim, 152
Lead . . . For God’s Sake! (Gongwer), 34
Leak, Chris, 23
Legal Services Corporation, 126
Lewis, Fred, 137, 138, 139
Lickliter, Todd, 228, 229
Linehan, Scott, 17
Lobo, Rebecca, 163, 173–74, 178
Loflin, Annemarie, 199
Lothamer, Jack, 224
Lubick, Sonny, 14
Luck, Andrew, 117
Lynam, Jim, 169
Mack, Shelvin, 232, 236
McCallum, 144
McClain, Steve, 28
McCorvey, Woody, 258, 275
McGrady, Tracy, 201
McIntosh, Larry, 260
McMahon, Jim, 102
McMillan, Nate, 93
McNamara, Gerry, 143, 146–47, 150, 153–54, 158
Maddon, Joe, 272
Majerus, Rick, 194
Marchibroda, Ted, 112
Mariucci, Steve, 47–48, 59, 64, 65
Marotti, Mickey, 15, 23, 24, 28, 36
Martelli, Phil, 163, 168–69, 187–88
Matta, Thad, 226, 227, 228, 229, 243–44
Matthews, Wes, 196
Meyer, Bud, 8, 10, 11, 16, 29, 35
Meyer, Erika, 11, 21, 35
Meyer, Gigi, 14, 30
Meyer, Gisela, 11, 16, 35
Meyer, Nicki, 14, 35
Meyer, Shelly Mather, 13–14, 15–16, 20–21
Meyer, Urban, 4, 7–41
arrests of players of, 30–31
authenticity and, 14, 32
baseball minor league career of, 10, 12
as Bowling Green head coach, 16–19
brain cyst of, 16, 21–22
under Bruce and Lubick at Colorado State, 14
childhood of, 11
culture instilled by, 16–17, 19, 23
early coaching jobs of, 12–14
empathy and, 10, 19, 21, 32, 40
health issues and, 28–29
knowledge and, 32–33
leave of absence of, 29–30
losses, dealing with, 37–38, 39
national championship wins of, 23, 25, 38–39
Nine Units concept and, 23
as Notre Dame wide receivers coach, 15–16
as Ohio State head coach, 36–41
persistence and, 12–13, 18–19, 22, 32
“pink contract” and, 35–36, 39
retirement of, 31
running home after striking out, 7–10
SEC championship game loss to Alabama and, 28
spread option offense and, 9, 17–18
transference of motivation and, 9
undefeated season, at Ohio State, 37
undefeated season goal of, 27–28
as University of Florida head coach, 22–32
as University of Utah head coach, 19–22
wanting to quit minor league baseball, father’s reaction to, 10
work/life balance and, 30, 32–36, 39
Michigan State Spartans, Izzo as head coach of, 51–66
Michigan Wolverines, Harbaugh as head coach of, 124–25
Miller, Braxton, 38
Miller, Sean, 230–31
Morris, Chad, 263
motion offense, 91
Mullen, Dan, 9, 17–18, 26, 27
Mullins, Chris, 78
Naismith National Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
Izzo in, 44
Krzyzewski in, 70, 96–97
Nine Units concept, 23
Nored, Ronald, 232–33
Ohio State, Meyer as head coach of, 36–41
Okafor, Jahlil, 94
Old Man and the Sea, The (Hemingway), 122
One Word That Will Change Your Life (Gordon), 247
Orlando Magic, Rivers as head coach of, 199–201
Orlando Sentinel, 30
Orr, Louis, 140
Otule, Chris, 152
Outliers (Gladwell), 231
Paterno, Joe, 154
Paul, Chris, 207, 209, 212
Paulus, Greg, 91–92
PEAK profile, 2–5
Pearman, Danny, 275–76
Penna, Tom, 8
perimeter-oriented offense, 183
Auriemma and, 161, 183
Boeheim and, 134, 155, 157
Harbaugh and, 115–16
Izzo and, 49, 51, 60
Krzyzewski and, 69, 71, 85–86, 94–95
Meyer and, 12–13, 18–19, 22, 32
Rivers and, 191, 214
Stevens and, 218, 220, 224, 236
Swinney and, 248–49, 254, 257, 258, 264, 274
Peterson, Morris, 58
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br /> Pierce, Paul, 202–3, 204
Pollock, Rob, 107
Popovich, Gregg, 199
Price, S. L., 8
Prosser, Skip, 26
Rainey, Chris, 30, 31
Ralph, Shea, 180–82
Raymonds, Hank, 195
Redick, J. J., 90
Renfrow, Hunter, 246, 274
Riley, Pat, 197–98
Rivers, Austin, 210–12, 214
Rivers, Bettye, 193, 195
Rivers, Callie, 197
Rivers, Glenn “Doc,” 189–216
authenticity and, 191
as Boston Celtics head coach, 201–6
childhood of, 191–94
communication methods of, 200–201
drafted by Atlanta Hawks, 196
empathy and, 190, 191, 208
fire at home of, 189–90, 198–99
as first NBA head coach to coach own son, 210–12
inspirational letters sent to players by, 199
knowledge and, 190, 191, 196–97, 202, 208, 214
as LA Clippers head coach, 207–16
at Marquette, 194–96
named McDonald’s All-American, 194
NBA championship win of Celtics, 205–6
NBA playing career of, 196–98
as Orlando Magic head coach, 199–201
persistence and, 191, 214
racial prejudice faced by, 195
Sterling’s racist comments and, 207–9
vision of, imparting to players, 205
on winning, 206
Rivers, Grady, 192–93, 204
Rivers, Grady, Jr., 193–94
Rivers, Jeremiah, 197
Rivers, Kris Campion, 194–95, 198–99, 211, 215–16
Rodriguez, Rich, 18
Rogers, Aaron, 20
Rondo, Rajon, 204–5
Roundfield, Dan, 196
Ryan, Debbie, 163, 168–69, 177
Saban, Nick, 262, 271
Saia, Norm, 255, 276
Sales, Nykesha, 175
Sandusky, Jerry, 154
San Francisco 49ers, Harbaugh as head coach of, 118–24
Saunders, Flip, 43
Schembechler, Bo, 107–8, 109, 110
Schwartz, Jim, 119
Seikaly, Rony, 142, 143–44, 153
servant leadership, 225
Shaw, David, 117, 118
Silver, Adam, 209
Singler, Kyle, 90–91
Smart, Keith, 142
Smith, Alex, 19–20, 22
Smith, Antonio, 52, 56
Smith, Dean, 82
Smith, Gene, 35
Smith, Jimmy, 120
Snyder, Bill, 18
social media
Harbaugh and, 125
Izzo and, 62–63
Krzyzewski and, 94
Southerland, James, 158
Spiller, C. J., 262
Sports Illustrated, 56
spread option offense, 9, 17–18
Stallings, Gene, 258, 259
Stand By Me (film), 132–33
Stanford Cardinals, Harbaugh as head coach of, 116–18
Steele, Kevin, 264
Sterling, Donald, 207, 209
Stevens, Brad, 4, 217–45
analytics, use of, 236–37
as assistant to Matta and Linkliter at Butler, 227–30
authenticity and, 224, 225, 227, 234, 236
as Boston Celtics head coach, 217–21, 237–45
as Butler University head coach, 230–37
childhood of, 221, 222–23
coaching routine of, 218–20, 235
competitiveness of, 217–18
demeanor of, 241–42
at DePauw University, 221–22, 224–26
at Eli Lilly, 225–26
empathy and, 224, 226, 236, 240
Final Four appearances of, 234–35
humility of, 243–44
knowledge and, 218, 224, 230, 236, 239
persistence and, 218, 220, 224, 236
recruiting by, 231, 232
TGHT (The Game Honors Toughness) motto of, 233
2009-2010 season (Bulldogs), 234–35
2010-2011 season (Bulldogs), 235
2016-2017 season (Celtics), 239–41
video game playing of, 217–18, 220–21
Stevens, Jan, 221, 224
Stevens, Mark, 221
Stevens, Tracy Wilhelmy, 220, 222, 223–25, 227, 229, 244
Stewart, Breanna, 180
Stoops, Bob, 33
Sulaimon, Rasheed, 94
Summitt, Pat, 174
Super Bowl XLVII, 119–21
Swinney, Carol McGraw, 249–50, 251, 254, 257, 260, 269, 276–77
Swinney, Dabo, 4, 246–77
acronyms of, 265
at AIG Baker Real Estate, 260–61
“All In” meetings of, 268
as assistant coach at University of Alabama, 259, 260
attends and plays football at University of Alabama, 254–59
authenticity and, 257, 274
childhood/youth of, 251–54
as Clemson University receivers coach and recruiter, 261–62
as Clemson University Tigers head coach, 246–48, 262–68, 270–74
coaching style of, 264–68
communication structure established by, 266–68
culture instilled by, 264–65
empathy and, 257, 261, 275
family history and, 252–54, 259–60, 268–71, 274–76
father’s alcoholism an, 252–54
humiliating losses (“Clemsoning”) suffered by, 263–64
investment in staff and infrastructure at Clemson, 264, 265
knowledge and, 257, 259, 261
one word exercise and, 247–48
persistence and, 248–49, 254, 257, 258, 264, 274
“Tiger Walk” tradition of, 263, 264
2016 season, 272–74
vision board exercise of, 272
work-play balance and, 270–71
Swinney, Ervil, 252–53, 254, 259–60, 269, 274–75
Swinney, Kathleen Bassett, 252, 253–54, 269–70
Swinney, Tracy, 251, 252, 269
Swinney, Tripp, 251, 252, 269, 275
sympathy, 3
Syracuse Post-Standard, 144
Taggart, Willie, 113
Tarkanian, Jerry, 84
Taurasi, Diana, 180, 188
Team USA, 92–93
Tebow, Tim, 24–25, 26–27
Thamel, Pete, 29
Thibodeau, Tom, 93
Thomas, Isaiah, 239–40, 245
Thompson, John, 141
Tiger Walk, 263, 264
Title IX, Civil Rights Act of 1964, 169
Toner, John, 170
Tressel, Jim, 34
triangle offense, 183
Triche, Brandon, 158
UConn Lady Huskies, Auriemma as head coach of, 162, 170–87
University of Florida Gators, Meyer as head coach of, 22–32
University of San Diego Toreos, Harbaugh as head coach of, 114–16
University of Utah Utes, Meyer as head coach of, 19–22
U.S. National Team
Auriemma coaching, 187–88
Krzyzewski coaching, 91
Valentine, Denzel, 45–46, 57
Valvano, Jim, 99
VanDerveer, Tara, 184
Venables, Brent, 264
V Foundation, 99
vision board exercise, 272
Walker, Randy, 26
Wallace, Ben, 200
Wa
lton, Travis, 58
Warrick, Hakim, 147–48
Washington, Dwayne, 141
Washington Post, 264
Watson, Deshaun, 247, 271, 272, 273–74
Wilkins, Dominique, 196
Williams, Elliot, 91–92
Williams, Monty, 210
Williams, Rodney, 78–79
Wilson, Chris, 237
Wingo, Rich, 255, 260
Wolters, Kara, 177–78
Woods, Kam, 231
work/family balance
Harbaugh and, 127–30
Krzyzewski and, 81–82, 98–99
Meyer and, 30, 32–36, 39
York, Jed, 122
Zarren, Mike, 237–38
zone defense
of Boeheim, 151–52
of Krzyzewski, 94
Zoubeck, Brian, 93
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Seth Davis is the author of the New York Times bestsellers Wooden: A Coach’s Life and When March Went Mad: The Game That Transformed Basketball. He is an on-air studio analyst for CBS Sports and CBS Sports Network during coverage of college basketball and the NCAA tournament, and he is also the managing editor of The Fieldhouse, a national college basketball platform at The Athletic. Before joining The Athletic, Davis spent twenty-two years covering college basketball for Sports Illustrated. A graduate of Duke University, he lives with his family in Los Angeles.
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