Harsh The Life, Times and Philosophy of Hall of Fame Coach Marv Harshman

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This is the story of a man who had the misfortune to coach in the shadow of John Wooden. It is the story of a national basketball coach of the year, of a man who is second in career games coached, who stands seventh in years coached, is ninth all-time with 642 career victories & is in five halls of fame. But it also is a story of a man who is largely unknown. Public unveiling comes here. To unveil Harshman is to understand his humble background, his Depression-era upbringing in a small Washington state town. From there Mosher takes the reader through Harshman's All-American high school & college athletic careers, into World War II & finally to college coaching, where this simple but tremendously competitive man begins to carve his hall of fame niches. For 40 years, Harshman stalks the maplewoods, first at tiny Pacific Lutheran College & later at the two powerhouse universities in the state of Washington-- Washington State & Washington. It is at the two latter schools where Harshman develops fully his down-home philosophy of not only basketball, but of life. And it is at these two schools where he becomes known as the man who gets the most out of the least. The book is not without controversy nor tragedy. To order: Mo Books, P.O. Box 1332, Silverdale, WA 98383 or call 1-206-377-6029.