Jerry Tarkanian

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Jerry Tarkanian

Jerry Tarkanian (born August 8, 1930 in Euclid , Ohio - † February 11, 2015 in Las Vegas , Nevada ) was an American basketball coach of Armenian descent. He is known for his time as coach of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas from 1973 to 1992. Tarkanian ended his career in 2002 with a record of 778 wins and only 202 defeats. With a win rate of 78.4%, Tarkanian ranks fifth in college basketball history as a coach.

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Jerry Tarkanian is the eldest son of Armenian immigrants. His mother fled during the Armenian genocide after her father and eldest brother were beheaded by Turkish soldiers. Tarkanian has a younger sister Alice and a brother Myron Tarkanian. When Jerry was 13 years old, his birth father passed away. Tarkanian studied at Fresno State University until 1955 . Jerry Tarkanian was married. He and his wife Lois had four children and seven grandchildren.

Between 1956 and 1960, Tarkanian coached various high schools in the Fresno area . He began his career as a college coach at Riverside City College , where he was employed from 1961 to 1966. This was followed by two years at Pasadena City College and five years as a trainer at Long Beach State University . He finally came to UNLV in 1973. With the Running Rebels he won the 1990 NCAA Division I Basketball Championship against Duke . The following year, the team remained undefeated for the entire season. Until the final, in which you met Duke again, and this time lost.

In 1992 Tarkanian left the Running Rebels . From 1995 to 2002 he was the coach of his alma mater Fresno State, where he celebrated his 700th victory as a college coach. Tarkanian ended his career as the fourth most successful coach in National Collegiate Athletic Association history . His record as a junior college trainer (212-26) is the best at this level.

In 2013 he was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame . He died on February 11, 2015 at the age of 84 from complications from an infection in a Las Vegas hospital.

literature

  • Jerry Tarkanian and Terry Pluto: Tark. College Basketball's Winningest Coach , New York 1988. ISBN 0070628025 (Eng.)

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Sammy Sucu: The 10 Most Influential Armenians in Sports History . In: Bleacher Report. Published April 24, 2012 (last accessed February 4, 2013)
  2. ↑ Jerry Tarkanian's Hall of Fame Acceptance Speech . Yahoo . September 8, 2013. Retrieved September 10, 2013
  3. ↑ Jerry Tarkanian in the Basketball Hall of Fame ( January 13, 2014 memento in the Internet Archive )
  4. ^ Richard Goldstein: Jerry Tarkanian, College Basketball Force and NCAA Foe, Dies at 84. Obituary in The New York Times, February 11, 2015 (accessed February 11, 2015).
personal data
SURNAME Tarkanian, Jerry
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American basketball coach
DATE OF BIRTH August 8, 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH Euclid , Ohio
DATE OF DEATH February 11, 2015
Place of death Las Vegas , Nevada