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| System ID: | jl-f5e27062dcc1ad3d176f3b6e60bf2038 |
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| Title: | A college basketball coach made 418 mistakes his first year. He kept track of all of them |
| Link: | Original article on nytimes.com |
| Region: | US |
| Topics: | things; coach; basketball; going; neighbors; goals; thought; stopped; track; 418; college; mistakes; kept; assistant; head; washington; College basketball; Head coach; Basketball; NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament; The Athletic; Dallas Wings; Mike Neighbors; Washington Huskies; Xavier University; University of Arkansas; Will Ferrell; Women's basketball; University of Washington; Women's National Basketball Association; Freshman; Kelsey Plum |
| Datetime: | 3/27/2026, 10:00:54 AM |
| Summary: | Thirteen years ago, a college basketball coach dreamed up an idea to help others: He started writing down his mistakes. The distance from assistant to head coach, as Neighbors puts it, is only 18 inches along the bench. These days, he’s an assistant coach for the WNBA’s Dallas Wings. By the time he became the head coach at Washington, he counted upward of 75,000 recipients. (Williams Paul / Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)On his first day as Washington’s head coach, Neighbors came to understand a life maxim: Nobody really understands what their boss does.... |
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