My story of the 1966 ncaa basketball championship and how one team triumphed against the odds. He is best remembered for starting five black players against adolph rupps allwhite kentucky wildcats in the 66 finals. Dan wetzel a basketball coach describes how, in 1966, as coach of texas western college, he used a starting lineup of five black players to beat the topranked university of kentucky team, paving the way for. Led by don haskins, a gruff, straighttalking coach known as the bear, the texas western miners lit up the 196566 regular season with a 231 record. A film glory road, based on a true story features a coach. The hall of fame basketball coach describes how, in 1966, as coach of texas western college, used a starting lineup of five black players to unseat the.
That game was the subject of a recent movie that shares the title of haskins autobiography, glory road. Its most intriguing moments occur not on game days, but in the feverish practices haskins inflicted on his. The book opens with haskins briefly writing about his childhood through his high school years. That book came out after the movie in an effort to cash in on it. The book obviously gives a more fuller picture of haskins and does not solely focus on the monumental victory by texas western college utep over kentucky in the 1966 ncaa finals. Jan 12, 2006 glory road tells its story not through personalities but in terms of the issues involved. Included on the site is an activity guide for youth leaders, educators and families which can be adapted to fit students of fire. Don haskins only coached in one final four, but it was arguably the most important such appearance in history.
Against all odds, the team achieved the impossible. A completely different book that tells the story of coach don haskins from. Nonetheless, glory road tells a good story, and in many ways an eyeopening one. In 1966, texas western coach don haskins led the first allblack starting lineup for a college basketball team to the ncaa national championship.
Glory road by coach don haskins with dan wetzel 248 pages ages and up glory road is the inspiring true story about the texas western basketball team changing america forever. Filmbook discussion consider having a few students read coach don haskins and dan wetzels glory road. Glory road by james gartner james gartner, josh lucas. He agreed to write this book because he wants everyone to know the truththat he wasnt a racial pioneer or a civil rights hero, he was just a simple coach seeking victory. Why haskins wrote the book glory road because he wants everyone to know the truththat he wasnt a racial pioneer or a civil rights hero, he was just a.
My story of the 1966 ncaa basketball championship and how one team triumphed against the odds, which can be purchased at a lower price at. Glory road is a pretty good sports drama, yet it uses all the usual cliches to tell its story. Glory road timed to the release of jerry bruckheimers movie, the moving autobiography of hall of fame basketball coach don haskins and his storied team of players, the texas western miners in 1966, college basketball was almost completely segregated. This book is about so much more than just the 1966 game. Glory road timed to the release of jerry bruckheimers movie, the moving autobiography of hall of fame basketball coach don haskins and his storied team of players, the texas western miners in.
Fifty years ago, a small school in west texas quietly climbed the national collegiate basketball rankings. Behind the scenes of the making of glory road in reel life. Coach don haskins inspired the book and movie, glory road. Glory road tries hard to relay strong, positive morals, but it also sends a few mixed messages. Glory road don haskins texas western miners by truesportsmovies september 22, 2016 glory road is based on the true story of don haskins and his 19651966 texas western miners basketball team that won the ncaa championship title. Jan 21, 2006 glory road plays fast and loose with facts hollywood sports films often ignore facts in favor of plot, and the new hit glory road is no exception. From a book now to a major motion picture, he explains as a utep student how one team changed everything, though nba basketball was the most popular this man made college basketball a world wide sensation, with coaches all black team, he defeated the all white university of kentucky. Glory road was produced by jerry bruckheimer, and was based upon haskins official sametitled autobiography, written with dan wetzel and released by hyperion books in 2005. Don haskins books list of books by author don haskins. The book details haskins early life as a player including a oneonone game against a black friend that opened his eyes and womens basketball coach. Mar 26, 2006 nonetheless, glory road tells a good story, and in many ways an eyeopening one.
Haskins 1966 team remains the only one to have ncaa championship in texas. A film glory road, based on a true story features a coach, don haskins, who is a basketball coach for the western texas miners. My story of the 1966 ncaa basketball championship and how one team triumphed against the odds is a hyperion book, written by coach don haskins and sports colum nist dan wetzel. Thats the thing i noticed with every sports films, no matter what story kit is, no matter how they. The only thing this book has in common with the movie glory road is the title. With convincing acting and a redemptive message, glory road is a winner, full of teamwork, drama, heart, and soul. Haskins, a nofrills personality if there ever was one, tells the overdue story. This marked the beginning of new things to come in the history of usa college basketball. The book and movie share the title glory road which is a name of a street on the utep campus to commemorate the championship basketball season. Glory road by james gartner james gartner, josh lucas, derek. A tightknit group of blacks, whites and one hispanic.
Nov 30, 2005 glory road by don haskins, 9781407912, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. His cowriter is the one who highlights his achievements. Glory road is a phenomenal novel about the texas western team who prevailed to a national championship. After winning the ncaa championships, haskins wrote the book. The movie takes place in 1965, haskin is going against the societys standards of leading african americans players to play basketball in college. The self discipline and importance of hard work and team.
Haskins doesnt waste much time before he moves on to talk about his college basketball playing days. Starting out in 1846, it soon moves into the story of. Glory road, by don haskins, explains hi life as a 1966 college coach and the steps he took through his journey. My story of the 1966 ncaa basketball championship and how one team triumphed against the odds is a hyperion book, written by coach don haskins and sports colum nist. The self discipline and importance of hard work and team work imposed on the team by coach haskins was portrayed. Sep 22, 2016 glory road don haskins texas western miners by truesportsmovies september 22, 2016 glory road is based on the true story of don haskins and his 19651966 texas western miners basketball team that won the ncaa championship title. Timed to the release of jerry bruckheimers movie, the moving autobiography of hall of fame. Hey, after the game, when you get a minute id like to talk to you about playin for me. Starting out in 1846, it soon moves into the story of the american civil war and its impact on the jett family on their family farm near salt springs, georgia, just west of atlanta.
Glory road was inspired by a true story of texas westerns coach don haskins josh lucas, who led the first allblack starting lineup team to the 1966 ncaa national basketball championship title. Nov 30, 2005 the book and movie share the title glory road which is a name of a street on the utep campus to commemorate the championship basketball season. As the supposed leader of the team, bobby joe sets a bad example throughout the season by overtly. Don haskins was the coach of this texas western team. A documentary approach might have been truer to the facts, but glory road scores by following the triedandtrue hollywood playbook, pitting feisty underdogs against seemingly overwhelming odds. Moe evan jones is a very young and geeky assistant coach who helps haskins recruit some of the 196566 miners. The book opens with haskins briefly writing about his childhood through his. With a foreword by basketball legend bobby knight, and coinciding with the release of the film glory road, the story of don haskins and his championship team is sure to become a classic for sports fans and historians.
Don haskins american college basketball coach britannica. After winning the ncaa championships, haskins wrote the book glory road which this movie was based off of. It does a great job explaining how haskins got into coaching as well as all the details a person would want to know about the historic 1966 team. Nevil shed, one of the glory road gang, a member of that 1966 team, said, you talk about glory road. It uses the basketball season as a backdrop to the story of how haskins inherited a weak, losing team at texas western and set out to recruit gifted black players from the schools and playgrounds of the north. His arrival came in 1961 where they had two ncaa tournament runs and an nit run in their years leading up to the 19651966 season. Some think it was based on the book of the same name. In 1966, texas western coach don haskins led the first allblack starting lineup for a college basketball. Josh lucas plays coach don haskins, a southerndrawled flamethrower determined to find success on college basketballs grandest stage. Coach don haskins is portrayed by the actor josh lucas.
Glory road plays fast and loose with facts hollywood sports films often ignore facts in favor of plot, and the new hit glory road is no exception. The book that i am reading is called glory road by don haskins. Glory road is based on the true story of don haskins and his 19651966 texas western miners basketball team that won the ncaa. Timed to the release of jerry bruckheimers movie, the moving autobiography of hall of fame basketball coach don haskins and his storied team of players, the texas. With josh lucas, derek luke, austin nichols, jon voight. Glory road was inspired by a true story, as described by texas westerns head coach don haskins in his autobiography of the same title, a national bestseller released in 2005 by hyperion books.
The glory road is a tell all book about the trilogy series fallow are the fields, we danced until dawn, and under the wedding tree. Glory road tells its story not through personalities but in terms of the issues involved. Glory road by don haskins, 9781407912, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. This has instantly become one of my favorite books because of how just reading the book made me become such a big fan of don haskins and his texas western. Lead a discussion between students who have read the book and those who watched the film. He agreed to be a part of disneys glory road movie only because hollywood would have made it without his permission anyway. Glory road is an amazing autobiography by don haskins that really captures what he was about, both as a coach and as a man. A tightknit group of blacks, whites and one hispanic, the miners played their way to the ncaa championship game against adolph rupps no. If you liked remember the titans, you will love glory road. What is the name of the school the team represented. The book does a much better job of telling the stories through haskins point of view. Glory road showed that enough exposure and bonding can defeat racism. The season was memorialized in the 2006 movie glory road, based on a 2005 book of the same title by haskins and coauthor dan wetzel. Timed to the release of jerry bruckheimers movie, the moving autobiography of hall of fame basketball coach don haskins and his storied.
The movie takes place in 1965, haskin is going against the societys. Purpose of the chapter is to introduce the main character, don haskins to the reader and explain why haskins is important. The book was later made into a movie by disney called glory road. The hall of fame basketball coach describes how, in 1966, as coach of texas western college, used a starting lineup of five black players to unseat the topranked team of the university of kentucky, an. Glory road is a true story about a college basketball coach who led the first all black starting lineup to win a national championship. Presentation of the retiring of bobby joe hills jersey at the don haskins center members of the 1966 championship team during a book signing in 2006.
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