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Author Winter, Scott, author.

Title Nebrasketball : coach Tim Miles and a Big Ten team on the rise / Scott Winter ; foreword by Tom Izzo
Published Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2015]
©2015

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Contents Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Photographs -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue -- 1. Money at the Bank -- 2. Making Do -- 3. Us Always -- 4. Planting Two Feet -- 5. Tougherness -- 6. Why Not Us? -- Epilogue
Summary "When fall rolls into winter, most sports fans in Nebraska long for spring football. But Coach Tim Miles has given hibernating fans a reason to cheer through winter for the first time in twenty years. Since taking over the men's basketball program in 2012, Miles has gone from being relatively unknown outside college coaching circles to a big name on the national stage as an up-and-coming, funny, and fan-friendly college coach. Miles scores big with Nebraska's fans with his social media acumen--he tweets during halftime--and his fan interaction--he applied (and failed) to become the leader of the student section at Pinnacle Bank Arena. But on the court and in practice, Miles is all about winning. His combination of toughness, togetherness, and humor has rejuvenated Nebraska basketball. Nebrasketball provides a full-access account of Tim Miles's path to Nebraska and his team's inaugural season in the $186 million Pinnacle Bank Arena. With full access to Miles and the team, Scott Winter provides basketball fans with an intimate look at a rising star in college basketball, detailing what it's like to coach an NCAA men's program today with all of its triumphs and struggles, along with Miles's larger story as a transformational coach who has made Nebraska basketball, and other college programs, relevant. The book also shows the small-town legacy and tenacity that created Miles, including his mother's prodding, his benching as a college player, and his significant history of losing, which he claims was his most important mentor"-- Provided by publisher
"An episodic biography of Nebraska men's basketball coach Tim Miles, and a chronicle of the memorable 2013-2014 season"-- Provided by publisher
Notes Print version record
Subject Miles, Tim, 1966-
Miles, Tim, 1966-
University of Nebraska--Lincoln -- Basketball
University of Nebraska--Lincoln
Basketball coaches -- Nebraska -- Biography
SPORTS & RECREATION -- Basketball.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Sports.
GAMES -- Gambling -- Sports.
SPORTS & RECREATION -- Business Aspects.
SPORTS & RECREATION -- Essays.
SPORTS & RECREATION -- History.
SPORTS & RECREATION -- Reference.
TRAVEL -- Special Interest -- Sports.
Basketball
Basketball coaches
Nebraska
Genre/Form Biographies
Biographies.
Biographies.
Form Electronic book
Author Nebraska Cornhuskers (Basketball team)
ISBN 9780803299306
0803299303