Led by Their Dreams The Inside Story of Carolina's Journey to the 2005 National Championship

Name: Led by Their Dreams The Inside Story of Carolina's Journey to the 2005 National Championship
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ISBN: 9781592289189

ISBN-10: 1592289185

ISBN-13: 9781592289189

Edition: 2005

Authors: Adam Lucas, Steve Kirschner, Matt Bowers, Dean Smith

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"Only those who have the patience to do simple things perfectly will acquire the skills to do difficult things easily." --Thought for the Day, March 22, 2005, Carolina practice plan At the start of the 2005 season, the North Carolina Tar Heels were a talented yet dysfunctional team made up of gifted yet unfocused athletes. Head coach Roy Williams had his work cut out for him: to piece the team back together and inspire the players to use their adversity as the surest path to victory. On April 4, 2005, Carolina defeated Illinois in the championship finals. "How else could it have ended?" reflected forward Jawad Williams. "We've been the lowest and now we're the highest." Led By Their…

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List price: $29.95
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Globe Pequot Press, The
Publication date: 10/1/2005
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 256
Size: 8.25" wide x 10.00" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 2.442
Language: English

Steve Kirschner is associate director of athletics for communications at the University of North Carolina.

Dean Edwards Smith was born in Emporia, KS in 1931. He attended Topeka High School and graduated from the University of Kansas in 1953. Smith began his basketball coaching career as an assistant coach at Kansas in 1953, moved briefly to Air Force, and then began at UNC in 1958. In 1961, he took over as head coach of UNC and over 36 years established an unparalleled record (879-254) as the winningest coach in college basketball history. He has won numerous coaching awards, including 8 ACC Coach of the Year titles. He was inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in 1983.



Acknowledgments


Foreword



Preface


The Action



See the Future



Workdays in Maui



The Silence & the Roar



Building a Program



The Difference of Defense



The Blue Team



History Repeats Itself



Awards & Rewards



The Perils of Hesitation



Back on Track



Road Warriors



Senior Day



Letdown in D.C.



The Spark Returns



Two Steps to St. Louis



The Pit



National Champions



Saying Goodbye