Author Clayton Trutor Discusses his Upcoming Book-BOSTONBALL-Rick Pitino,Jim Calhoun, Gary Williams and The Forgotten Cradle of Basketball Coaches

Author Clayton Trutor joined HODGEPOD to talk about his upcoming book BOSTONBALL RICK PITINO, JIM CALHOUN, GARY WILLIAMS, AND THE FORGOTTEN CRADLE OF BASKETBALL COACHES. In the early 1980's Rick Pitino (Boston University,) Jim Calhoun Northeastern and Gary Williams (Boston College) raised the profile of these 3 schools during the Boston Celtics run of NBA World Championships.

This episode covers:

-The coaches setting the foundation for all three becoming Hall of Famers

-The college basketball scene in the early 80's

-Great players like Reggie Lewis, Jay Murphy, John Bagley, Michael Adams and more.

-How the concept of the book started

-Their coaching styles and extremely successful careers

-Other coaches who started their careers on the college basketball scene.

-Recruiting and more cool facts.

-Must listen and BOSTONBALL is a must read.

You can preorder the book and save 40% by using the PROMO CODE  6FWC23 AT bit.ly/Bostonball

Episode recorded 6-19-2023

 

 

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