Basketball Legend Pete Newell Dies: Former California, Michigan State and San Francisco coach Pete Newell, 93, died Nov. 17. Newell affected the lives of many of basketball’s most celebrated coaches and players, including Bob Knight, Jerry West, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Bill Walton and Shaquille O’Neal. Newell coached in college basketball from 1946 through 1960, when doctors advised him to retire. Newell earned a reputation for being emotionally high strung. His teams usually fared well — San Francisco won the NIT championship in 1949, and Cal won the NCAA championship in 1959. After coaching, Newell created a camp for big men. He also worked with several NBA teams as a scout or adviser. [11/18/08]
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The Seven C’s of Leadership
Former college basketball coach Mike Jarvis is back with a new book, The Seven C's of Leadership.
"Every one of us has leadership within us and this book offers fascinating principals that work in any setting—from the locker room to the executive board room. In The Seven C's of Leadership, Coach Jarvis lays out the essential ingredients of leadership."
-Jay Wright, NCAA Championship Men’s Basketball Coach, Villanova University
"At a time in America when we are witnessing an epidemic of opioid addictions and deaths, along with suicides, we need Coach Jarvis' Seven C's of Leadership – grounded in the power of Christ alone where we should all make our stand.”
-Lietenant Colonel Allen B. West (U.S. Army, Retired), Bronze Star recipient, and Member 112th U.S. Congress
"The Seven C's of Leadership is a slam dunk! Coach Jarvis has always been an outstanding leader because he has the ability to decipher what true leadership really means.”
-Dale Brown, Head Men’s Basketball Coach, LSU, 1972-1997, Member of the College Basketball Hall of Fame, and Shaquille O’Neal’s college coach