Table of Contents

Foreword   Billy Packer     ix
Foreword   Ian Naismith     xiii
Preface     xv
Acknowledgments     xix
Introduction     xxi
A Kansas Childhood and the Love of the Game, 1915-33     1
The University of Kansas and Dr. James Naismith, 1933-36     11
Establishing a Tradition of Excellence: North Carolina College, 1937-52     25
A Pioneer for Integration: The National Basketball Association and the National Athletic Steering Committee, 1950-53     59
Groundbreaking Championship Years at Tennessee A&I State University, 1954-59     75
Blazing New Trails: The Cleveland Pipers, 1959-62     111
Back to the College Game: Kentucky State College and Cleveland State University, 1963-69     149
The First Black Coach in the American Basketball Association: The Denver Rockets, 1969     169
National and International Ambassador of Basketball for Converse, Inc., 1969-89     181
Return to Cleveland State University: Professor, Advisor, Historian, and "Just a Man," 1989-99     199
Appendix     221
Notes     225
Bibliography     243
Index     250