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Getting to Us

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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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