Indiana University’s innovative and colorful basketball coach…a national champion both as a player (Ohio State, ’60) and as a coach…he’s done that 3 times with Indiana, in ’76, ’81, and ’87 …won nearly 73% of his games during first 25 years of coaching 532-198…coached at West Point 6 seasons before coming to I.U….nine Big-10 championships in 19 years at Bloomington…430-140 record with Hoosiers…youngest coach to reach 300 victories…coached IU to NIT championship in ’79 …coached Pan American team to gold medal that same year …coached U.S. team to gold medal in ’84 Olympic games…four times named national coach of the year…Big Ten’s Coach of the Year six times.

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