As I’ve said before, I spent 8 years coaching NCAA basketball at Claremont McKenna College. Claremont was and remains a top-flight Division III program. Our primary rival has always been the Pomona-Pitzer Sagehens, where some fellow named Gregg Popovich had his first coaching job, from 1977 through 1988. (I lost track of Gregg after he left Pomona-Pitzer – if anyone knows what became of him, please let me know.)
One of my favorite moments from coaching occurred near the start of my seventh season. We were coming off an excellent year in which we won the league. Our 6’6’’ post player Henry Albrecht, from Seattle, Washington, had won Player of the Year as a junior, and our 6’7’’ shooting guard Chris Greene was first team All-conference as a sophomore.