Reading Log

So far this quarter I have not been up to par with keeping up with my logs.  But recently I have been reading Glory Road, a quick biography and a recollection of the events of the 1966 men's basketball season for college.  This was a monumental story for the advancement of black players in college sports.  At small Texas Western College, coach Don Haskins was having trouble recruiting the best white players, so he eventually turned to recruiting the playgrounds of New York City, Gary Indiana, and other black players around the country.  A hard-nosed and extremely vocal coach was what the players who chose Texas Western found when they arrived on campus.  You come late to dinner, you are now suspended.  You have a girlfriend, and become suspended. The first 100 pages mainly cover Haskins personal life, however, and his climb from high school superstar, to college role player, to high school girls coach, and finally to head men's basketball coach at TWC.  His mentors and former coaches were the predominant path finders for Haskins as a coach.