Lute!" is the chronicle of one American boys dream to become a great basketball coach: his achievements, his coaching strategies, and how he has dealt with love, loss, and renewal. Two 8-page photo inserts, one in color.
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Lute!" is the chronicle of one American boys dream to become a great basketball coach: his achievements, his coaching strategies, and how he has dealt with love, loss, and renewal. Two 8-page photo inserts, one in color.
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Seller's Description:
Very Good. Very Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.
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Seller's Description:
Stated First Edition October 2006, first printing with full number line in fine / like new condition. The pages are clean and crisp with no bent corners. Boards are as new, and the spine is square and tight. The dust jacket is clean and undamaged. The book is in excellent condition with an unclipped DJ, and no remainder mark. All items guaranteed, and a portion of each sale supports social programs in Los Angeles. Ships from CA.
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Very good in very good dust jacket. Signed by previous owner. Page insert addresses signed bookplate, which is NOT present. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. [14], 321, [1] p. Illustrations. Index. Robert Luther "Lute" Olson (born September 22, 1934) is a retired American men's basketball coach. He was most recently head coach at the University of Arizona for 25 years. He was also head coach at the University of Iowa for nine years and California State University, Long Beach for one season. Olson was known for player development, and many of his former players have gone on to impressive careers in the NBA after having played under him. On October 23, 2008, Olson announced his retirement from coaching. Olson was voted Pac-10 Coach of the Year seven times, made 5 Final Four appearances and won the 1997 NCAA championship with Arizona, where his team accomplished the feat of defeating three #1 seeds in the same tournament. In 2002, Olson was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame. He also coached the US national team in the 1986 FIBA World Championship, the last U.S. amateur basketball team to win in international competition. His team defeated the U.S.S.R. 87-85 in the gold medal game, the first time the U.S. had won the world championship in 32 years.
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Near Fine in Fine jacket. Book. Signed by Author(s) First edition, first printing, hardcover. Black cloth with metallic red titles on spine. 321 pages. Acknowledgments. Foreword by John Wooden. B&W photos. Index. Near fine with head/tail of spine bumped, in a fine, mylar-covered dust jacket with light edgewear. SIGNED without inscription by Lute Olson on front free endpaper.