Born to Coach: A Season with the New York Knicks - Hardcover

Pitino, Rick; Reynolds, Bill

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0453006205 ISBN 13: 9780453006200

Publisher: New American Library, 1988

Synopsis

The youngest head coach in the NBA recalls the games and strategies of the 1987-88 season and his attempts to transform the beleaguered New York Knicks into a winning team

About this title

From Publishers Weekly:

Pitino became basketball's Wunderkind when, after only two years at the helm, he took the Providence Friars to the Final Four of the NCAA (National College Athletic Assoc.) tournament in 1986. The next year, he was named the Knicks' head coach, and here he and Providence Journal-Bulletin staffer Reynolds tell what that initial season was like. In Pitino's personal life, the year was traumatic, for he lost both a son and a father. But life on the court was almost as trying, as he attempted to convert himself from a college to a pro coach, working as hard to get attuned to his players as they did to get attuned to him. He introduced a new style of play to the Knicks, one designed to throw opponents off stride. That it worked is proved by the team's ability to reach the playoffs; cager fans will find this a stirring saga of losers who became winners. Photos.
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: New American Library
• Publication date: 1988
• ISBN 10: 0453006205
• ISBN 13: 9780453006200
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 306