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Won't Back Down: Teams, Dreams, and Family

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Won't Back Down: Teams, Dreams, and Family
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Kim Mulkey
By (author) Peter May
With Kim Mulkey
With Peter May
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:256
Dimensions(mm): Height 210,Width 140
Category/GenreBasketball
ISBN/Barcode 9780306817465
ClassificationsDewey:796.323092
Audience
General
Illustrations 8 pages b/w photographs

Publishing Details

Publisher Hachette Books
Imprint Da Capo Press Inc
Publication Date 1 September 2008
Publication Country United States

Description

Whether on a baseball field as the only girl on an all-boys team in Hammond, Louisiana, or on a basketball court where her play-making ability was compared to Louisiana legend Pistol Pete Maravich, Kim Mulkey was a young athlete so gifted she was named to Parade magazines 1980 All-America High School Girls Basketball team. Mulkey went on to win two national championships at Louisiana Tech, as well as a gold medal with the 1984 U. S. Womens Olympic basketball team. She served as an assistant coach on Louisiana Techs 1988 national championship, then turned around Baylor Universitys womens basketball program by coaching them to a national championship in a mere five years. In Wont Back Down, Mulkey reveals the many trials she has overcome, and how her children and her coaching have sustained her in her most difficult moments.

Author Biography

Kim Mulkey is the current head coach of the women's basketball team at Baylor University. She lives outside of Waco, Texas. Peter May covers the Boston Celtics and pro basketball for the Boston Globe. He lives outside of Boston, Massachusetts.