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Legenday UTEP Coach Don Haskins Dies
Sep 7th 2008 – 9:57PM
Don Haskins, the coach who is best known for starting five black players for Texas Western in the 1966 NCAA Championship game, died today at the age of 78.In that 1966 game, Haskins famously broke color barriers by starting an all-black lineup in their championship victory over Adolph Rupp's Kentucky Wildcats. The story...
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- 05/02/12 UTEP basketball player's life still resonates 25 years... Source: El Paso Times - El Paso TX In the summer of 1983, before my first season coaching at UTEP, Don Haskins would moan about the basketball team's desperate straits.
- 04/30/12 Memories of "Jeep" Burn Bright, 25 Years After His... Source: UtepAthletics.com Dave Feitl had a lot to look forward to on May 2, 1987.
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Donald Lee Haskins (March 14, 1930 – September 7, 2008), nicknamed "The Bear", was an American collegiate basketball coach and player.
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