Glory Road (film) - Wikipedia
Don Haskins is the newly wed men's basketball coach at Texas Western College in El Paso, Texas. Lacking necessary financial resources, he makes an effort to recruit the best players regardless of race to form a team that can compete for a national championship.
Glory Road (2006) - IMDb
Jan 13, 2006 · Glory Road: Directed by James Gartner. With Josh Lucas, Derek Luke, Austin Nichols, Jon Voight. In 1966, Texas Western coach Don Haskins led the first all-black starting line-up for a college basketball team to the NCAA national championship.
1965–66 Texas Western Miners men's basketball team - Wikipedia
The 1965–66 Texas Western Miners basketball team represented Texas Western College, now the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP), led by Hall of Fame head coach Don Haskins. The team won the national championship in 1966, becoming the first team with an all-black starting lineup to do so. [1]
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In 1966, a coach leads the first college basketball team with an all-black starting lineup to the NCAA championship in this riveting true story.
True Story Of Glory Road: Texas Western Shocks Kentucky In …
Feb 22, 2021 · The movie erroneously paints a picture of a team of new recruits that takes a while to gel during that 1966 season.
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Apr 10, 2024 · Based on the inspiring true story of the 1966 Texas Western College Miners team that won the NCAA men’s basketball championship with an all-African American starting lineup, Glory Road would win the 2006 ESPY Award for Best Sports Movie.
Glory Road – Don Haskins’ Texas Western Miners - True. Sports. Movies.
Sep 22, 2016 · Glory Road is based on the true story of Don Haskins and his 1965-1966 Texas Western Miners basketball team that won the NCAA Championship title.
Glory Road (2006) - User reviews - IMDb
"Glory Road" tells the true story of Don Haskins, the basketball coach for Western Texas College, who in the mid 1960's, broke the color barrier in the NCAA by being the first to feature a majority of black players on his team.
Glory Road: the movie’s good, but the truth’s better
Feb 28, 2020 · The plot focuses on the 1966 Texas Western men’s basketball team’s struggle to reach the national championship and to deal with the reactions society had regarding their accomplishment (Arnold).
The road to 'Glory Road' - Deseret News
Jan 13, 2006 · The movie is about the 1966 Texas Western basketball team that won the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship by defeating the University of Kentucky. As Walt Disney's "Glory Road" opens today across the nation, it marks the movie-directing debut of former Utahn James Gartner.