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Bookmark or Share- Don Haskins: The Bear - The University of Texas at El PasoHaskins, who was nicknamed “The Bear,” was the head coach at UTEP from 1961-99, leading the Miners to 719 wins, as well as a national title (1966), 14 NCAA Tournament appearances and seven Western Athletic Conference championships.
- Don Haskins' legacy endures in El Paso 10 years after his deathUTEP Coach Don Haskins' legacy endures in El Paso 10 years after his death. Haskins' 1966 team remains the only one to have NCAA championship in Texas.
- Don Haskins - WikipediaDonald Lee Haskins (March 14, 1930 – September 7, 2008), nicknamed "The Bear", was an American basketball player and coach. He played college basketball for three years under coach Henry Iba at Oklahoma A&M (now Oklahoma State University).
- Don Haskins, Barrier-Breaking Coach, Is Dead at 78Don Haskins, the Hall of Fame coach who transformed college basketball when he started five black players on a Texas Western team that defeated an all-white University of Kentucky squad...
- Don Haskins, 78; basketball coach was first to win NCAA title with 5 ...Don Haskins, who was credited with helping break color barriers in college sports in 1966 when he used five black starters to win a national basketball title for Texas Western, died Sunday.
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