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One year after his death, memories of Tark still linger

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It's hard to believe it has been a year since Tark died.

Jerry Esther Tarkanian was an American basketball coach. He coached college basketball for 31 seasons over five decades at three schools.

Those are the two sentences that pop up when you type his name into a Google search box.

Born Aug. 8, 1930, Euclid, Ohio.

Died Feb. 11, 2015, Las Vegas, Nevada.

Above his name are seven tiny photographs, four of which show Jerry Tarkanian chomping on a towel.

There's a bronzed statue on the UNLV campus that depicts him chomping on a bronzed towel.