Good Man

Bruce Jenkins is a sports columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle and the author of Goodbye: In Search of Gordon Jenkins, North Shore Chronicles, and Inside Maverick's. Ron Fimrite is a sportswriter, enjoying a thirty-four-year career with Sports Illustrated, and the author or editor of several books, including Golden Bears: The History of Football at the U.C. Berkeley and  Birth of a Fan.

• Foreword by Ron FimriteIntroductionChapter One: Allie's BoardinghouseChapter Two: This Pier is CondemnedChapter Three: FlorenceChapter Four: The USF YearsChapter Five: The Michigan State YearsChapter Six: Berkeley, Before the StormChapter Seven: Cursing the HillsChapter Eight: Mr. Newell and Mr. WoodenChapter Nine: The Ref Was CrookedChapter Ten: My Name's Dalton, What's Yours?Chapter Eleven: Smoke from the HallwaysChapter Twelve: The Original Dream TeamChapter Thirteen: Tear Gas on CampusChapter Fourteen: Two Really Bad DriversChapter Fifteen: In Search of KareemChapter Sixteen: The Big Man's CampChapter Seventeen: Dissecting the NBAChapter Eighteen: Loose EndsChapter Nineteen: An Afternoon at Kapp'sPete Newell's Coaching Record: Scores and StatisticsIndex

"James Naismith invented basketball. He did so in order that Pete Newell would come along a few years later to perfect it. Newell operates what is called a 'Big Man's Camp' each year, but the biggest man of all runs it. Count me among the embarrassed legions who only now realize that the greatest unwritten story in basketball was Pete Newell's. Thanks to Bruce Jenkins, it is unwritten no longer."—Bob Ryan, Boston Globe "Every fan of hoops and hoops history should get this book."—Jack McCallum, Sports Illustrated "Enlightening and interesting on every page. . . . [Newell] has a wonderful basketball mind, and his story has been told by a wonderful writer."—Dan McGrath, Chicago Tribune "Pete Newell is a basketball treasure, the game's guru, and he is needed now more than ever to educate a fundamentally deficient generation of basketball players. Bruce Jenkins has captured the man and the coach perfectly."—Dave Newhouse, Oakland Tribune "An insightful look at one of the game's most renowned coaches."—Mal Florence, Los Angeles Times "The Pete Newell story, told with great detail and affection by Bruce Jenkins, is a portrayal of a great man who just happens to be a basketball lifer. It is about a coach from a much simpler time whose wisdom is as contemporary as it is old. . . . Get to know Pete Newell. He truly has had an amazing life."—Mike Wise, New York Times