Basketball hasn’t changed so much throughout the years that advice from the early 20th century can’t be applied to situations and players in 2016—and beyond.

Thus, 101 Leadership Lessons From Basketball’s Greatest Coaches includes an extensive mix of coaches from different professional leagues—including the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the American Basketball Association (ABA)— and from different college levels as well as some high school coaches.

What makes this book unique is the inclusion of some of the most successful female coaches—a testament to how diverse coaching has become in the last 30 years. Because these coaches—male and female—come from many different eras and have vastly different temperaments and attitudes about coaching, you might find conflicting approaches, but you should also find plenty of agreement—even on the most peculiar aspects—and you’ll certainly come across some funny coaches who have enlivened basketball and its many players, teams, and fans.

Indeed, you might find Leadership Lessons that seem to contrast with each other, but the general concept is to offer you—the basketball coach and/or the workplace manager or supervisor—enough different options, opinions, and ideas to help you pick and choose those that best suit your personality and your style as well as the environment in which you work. Life and basketball are all about perspective, but as you’ll also find as you read this book, life and basketball are about passing along life lessons and especially about having fun. This book can help you, your team, your players, your workers, your fans, your employers, and even your families reach goals and reach dreams.

Featuring: 

    Rick Adelman 

    Steve Alford 

    Phog Allen 

    Leta Andrews 

    Red Auerbach 

    Geno Auriemma 

    Leon Barmore 

    John Beilein 

    Jim Boeheim 

    Hubie Brown 

    Larry Brown 

    Jim Calhoun 

    John Calipari 

    Pete Carril 

    Van Chancellor 

    John Chaney 

    Jody Conradt 

    Michael Cooper 

    Tom Crean 

    Denny Crum 

    Billy Cunningham 

    Chuck Daly 

    Everett Dean 

    Billy Donovan 

    Lefty Driesell 

    Mark Few 

    Steve Fisher 

    Sue Gunter 

    Joe B. Hall 

    Alex Hannum 

    Don Haskins 

    Sylvia Hatchell 

    Jud Heathcote 

    Tom Heinsohn 

    Red Holzman 

    Bob Huggins 

    Bob Hurley 

    Hank Iba 

    Tom Izzo 

    Phil Jackson 

    K.C. Jones 

    Ed Jucker 

    George Karl 

    Gene Keady 

    Bob Knight 

    Mike Krzyzewski 

    John Kundla 

    Andy Landers 

    Jim Larrañaga 

    Bobby “Slick” Leonard 

    Rick Majerus 

    Rollie Massimino 

    Thad Matta 

    Branch McCracken 

    Muffet McGraw 

    Al McGuire 

    Frank McGuire 

    Ray Meyer 

    Kim Mulkey 

    James Naismith 

    Don Nelson 

    Pete Newell 

    Lute Olson 

    Jim Phelan 

    Digger Phelps 

    Rick Pitino 

    Gregg Popovich 

    Jack Ramsay 

    Nolan Richardson 

    Pat Riley 

    Doc Rivers 

    Adolph Rupp 

    Bill Russell 

    Bo Ryan 

    Bill Self 

    Bill Sharman 

    Marsha Sharp 

    Jerry Sloan 

    Norm Sloan 

    Shaka Smart 

    Dean Smith 

    Steve Smith 

    Tubby Smith 

    Erik Spoelstra 

    Brad Stevens 

    C. Vivian Stringer 

    Pat Summitt 

    Jerry Tarkanian 

    Fred Taylor 

    Mike Thibault 

    John Thompson 

    Rudy Tomjanovich 

    Jim Valvano 

    Tara VanDerveer 

    Paul Westhead 

    Lenny Wilkens 

    Roy Williams 

    John Wooden 

    Phil Woolpert 

    Morgan Wootten 

    Kay Yow