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Don Haskins

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American basketball player and coach (1930-2008)

United StatesBasketball PlayersLived 1930 to 2008 · aged 78
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Donald Lee Haskins, nicknamed "the Bear", was an American basketball player and coach. He played college basketball for three years under coach Henry Iba at Oklahoma A&M. He was the head coach at the University of Texas at El Paso from 1961 to 1999.

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Oklahoma State Cowboys basketball1952-1953

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Donald Lee Haskins, nicknamed "the Bear", was an American basketball player and coach. He played college basketball for three years under coach Henry Iba at Oklahoma A&M. He was the head coach at the University of Texas at El Paso from 1961 to 1999. In 1966 his team won the NCAA tournament over the Wildcats of the University of Kentucky, coached by Adolph Rupp. The watershed game highlighted the end of racial segregation in college basketball.

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United States
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Basketball Players
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Basketball Player
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deceased
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Lived 1930 to 2008 · aged 78
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