Coach Nolan Smith on his winning revival at TSU
Nolan Smith still has a vivid memory of heaving a basketball into the Atlantic Ocean from the deck of a cruise ship. It was the loss-induced tantrum of a highly competitive 8-year-old. He was on a family trip with the NBA team his father coached for, playing pickup basketball with some older boys who also had their own basketball pedigrees.
His father, who won a national championship in college and played nine years in the NBA, demanded better.
“Son, if you’re going to play this game, you have to always have a great attitude and be a great teammate,” he told his son.
The scolding seared into…
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