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by Lute Olson (Author), David Fisher (Author), John Wooden (Foreword by)
Lute! presents the autobiography of one of college basketball's greatest coaches, Lute Olson. "It was love at first sight. . . . One day I picked up a basketball, and it never let me go."
For fifty seasons Lute Olson taught young athletes the skills of basketball--and life. Starting as a high school coach, he worked his way to the top of the basketball world, winning more than a thousand games, a national championship, and a world championship, producing some of the NBA's biggest stars, and eventually being enshrined in the basketball Hall of Fame.
Lute! is the story of his upbringing in Mayville, North Dakota, where he learned his famous work ethic and survival skills; the telling of the eighteen years it took to finally coach for a major college team; the fond memories of coaching famed players as well as the stories of bitter losses and breathtaking wins. This is his story, from recruiting in the big cities and the vast farmlands of the Midwest, to finally winning an NCAA championship. It's the inside-the-locker-room story of many extraordinary emotional moments that will live forever in basketball lore. "Lute! Lute! Lute!" The cheer by which the Arizona fans greet their coach before each game is the story of a man with a lifelong passion for a game. This book will take the reader inside the incredibly popular world of collegiate basketball, as seen through the eyes of a giant of the sport.
Author Biography
LUTE OLSON (1934 - 2020) won more than 800 games while coaching at Long Beach City College, Long Beach State, the University of Iowa, and the University of Arizona. He made 26 NCAA Tournament appearances and 45 NCAA wins. Olson was national Coach of the Year in 1988 and 1990, and was the gold medal-winning coach of the 1986 World Championship teams. In 2002 he was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame.
DAVID FISHER has collaborated on more than a dozen New York Times bestsellers. Among his sports books are It's Only a Game and Keep It Simple with Hall of Fame quarterback and broadcaster Terry Bradshaw.
