Clem Haskins

Clem Haskins
	Haskins as a senior at WKU
Personal information
Born	July 11, 1943 (age 81); Campbellsville, Kentucky, U.S.
Listed height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight	195 lb (88 kg)
Career information
High school	Taylor County; (Campbellsville, Kentucky)
College	Western Kentucky (1964–1967)
NBA draft	1967: 1st round, 3rd overall pick
	Selected by the Chicago Bulls
Playing career	1967–1976
Position	Point guard
Number	11, 14
Coaching career	1977–1999
Career history
As player:
1967–1970	Chicago Bulls
1970–1974	Phoenix Suns
1974–1976	Washington Bullets
As coach:
1977–1980	Western Kentucky (assistant)
1980–1986	Western Kentucky
1986–1999	Minnesota
Career highlights and awards
	As player Consensus first-team All-American (1967); 3× OVC Player of the Year (1965–1967); No. 22 jersey retired by Western Kentucky Hilltoppers; As coach NCAA Division I Regional – Final Four (1997); 2x NIT champion (1993, 1998); OVC tournament champion (1981); 2× OVC regular season champion (1981, 1982); Big Ten regular season champion (1997); AP Coach of the Year (1997); Henry Iba Award (1997); NABC Coach of the Year (1997); Clair Bee Coach of the Year Award (1997); OVC Coach of the Year (1981); Sun Belt Coach of the Year (1986); Big Ten Coach of the Year (1997); * Vacated by the NCAA or Big Ten
Career NBA statistics
Points	8,743 (12.8 ppg)
Rebounds	2,087 (3.1 rpg)
Assists	2,382 (3.5 apg)
	Stats at NBA.com
	Stats at Basketball Reference
Assistant coach for United States
men's national basketball team
Olympic Games

Clem Smith Haskins (born August 11, 1943) is an American former college and professional basketball player and college basketball coach. In the fall of 1963, he and fellow star player Dwight Smith became the first black athletes to integrate the Western Kentucky University (WKU) basketball program.^[1] This put Western Kentucky at the forefront to integrate college basketball in the South.^[2]

Haskins served 13 years (1986–1999) as head coach of the University of Minnesota's men's basketball team, but was forced to resign due to his part in the University of Minnesota basketball scandal.^[3] Due to his actions in the scandal, he was given a seven-year show-cause penalty which effectively ended his coaching career.^[4]

^ Hilltopper Legend Dwight Smith Archived 2008-05-09 at the Wayback Machine Hilltopper Haven
^ Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem – "My thoughts on UCLA in the Final Four". Archived from the original on March 4, 2008. Retrieved May 13, 2008. Los Angeles Times, 31 March 2008. Western Kentucky was at the forefront of the fight to integrate college basketball in the 1960s and early 1970s.
^ Thamal, Pete – Catching Up With Clem, New York Times, 27 March 2008.
^ PLUS: COLLEGE BASKETBALL; N.C.A.A. Upholds Haskins Penalties, New York Times, 7 April 2001.

[1] Hilltopper Legend Dwight Smith Archived 2008-05-09 at the Wayback Machine Hilltopper Haven

[2] Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem – "My thoughts on UCLA in the Final Four". Archived from the original on March 4, 2008. Retrieved May 13, 2008. Los Angeles Times, 31 March 2008. Western Kentucky was at the forefront of the fight to integrate college basketball in the 1960s and early 1970s.

[THAMAL-3] Thamal, Pete – Catching Up With Clem, New York Times, 27 March 2008.

[4] PLUS: COLLEGE BASKETBALL; N.C.A.A. Upholds Haskins Penalties, New York Times, 7 April 2001.

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