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COACH TO COACH

By Steve Lavin (as told to Chris Sprow)

Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Rick Reilly may have a special relationship with the great Coach Wooden, but he's certainly not the only one. Steve Lavin, whose name is being mentioned (here's one) as a candidate for the Arizona job, also shares a great affection for the man. Lavin had a peculiar crossroads with The Wizard: he coached at Purdue, where Wooden was a three-time All-American as a player and then he got to know the coach as a friend and mentor when he went to Westwood in 1991, first as an assistant, and finally a ...

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