| At the Hang-Up: Seeking Your Purpose, Running the Race, Finishing Strong Contributor(s): Owens, Ted (Author), Krause, Jim (With), Tuel, Jesse (With) |
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ISBN: 0988996448 ISBN-13: 9780988996441 Publisher: Ascend Books OUR PRICE: $22.46 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2013 |
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| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Sports |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.3" W x 9.1" (1.23 lbs) 269 pages |
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Contributor Bio(s): Owens, Ted: - Basketball Coach Ted Owens leads readers on a journey from his days growing up on a cotton farm during the depression, playing high school sports, playing basketball at Oklahoma, serving in the Army in Korea and building a resume to qualify him to be an assistant and then head coach at the University of Kansas for 19 years. He talks about the highs of winning multiple Big 8 Championships and earning two NCAA Final Four appearances. He also shares the lows of losing that job and life after KU basketball. He talks family and faith and provides 25 life lessons as he completes his life story. lathe, KSKrause, Jim: - Dr. Jim Krause, author of "Guardians of the Game-A Legacy of Leadership" and contributing author for "Hoops Heaven," in which he discusses the 50th class to be inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, a group that that included Michael Jordon and David Robinson, joins Coach Owens in writing the Owens Memoir "At The Hang-Up." Krause is a 40-year veteran of the sports industry, coaching basketball at every level from middle school to NCAA Division I at the University of Oregon.Tuel, Jesse: - Jesse Tuel is an editor at Virginia Tech, where he leads a creative team in the planning and production of Virginia Tech Magazine. He also oversees the university's monthly email newsletter and supervises the editorial services team for the marketing and publications unit. Before moving to Virginia, Jesse was the communications director and magazine editor for Emporia State University's alumni and foundation. From Lawrence, Kansas, he began his career as a reporter for the Chanute Tribune and then the Emporia Gazette. He has degrees from Emporia State, where he was a basketball walk-on. |