Coaching_In_Sports

Coaching In Sports “Not only is there more to life than basketball, there's a lot more to basketball than basketball.” – (Phil Jackson) This quote came from one of the all time greatest coaches in all sports and possibly the best coach ever in the NBA. He is non-other than the Zen master himself Phil Jackson. In this paper I will discuss the legendary life and unique style of leadership of Phil Jackson from the time he was born until present day. Phil was born Sept. 17,1945 in Deer Lodge, Montana. His parents were evangelical preachers who had sworn an oath of poverty. Phil’s parents restricted him from dances, movies, comic books, and other perceived evils. The only activity he was aloud to participate in was music and sports. Phil later on went to a small NAIA college in North Dakota where he still followed and expanded his strong spiritual path in the classroom and in life. Phil also played basketball in college, then he got drafted by the Knicks in the second round seventeenth pick overall. After basketball Phil joined the Nets and did some commentary work on television. After a year he jackson, coach, players, team, style, phil, coaching, basketball, coaches, bulls, one, after, unique, league, being, years, quote, nba, lakers, jackson’s, first, believe, year, win, teams, part, out, offensive, leader, head, games, different, chicago, always, work