From Enid to Glory
Enid native, Don Haskins died Sept. 7 at his home in El Paso, Texas of congestive heart failure. He was 78.Haskins, a hard-nosed basketball coach made sports and civil rights history when, as coach of the Texas Western Miners, he led the first all-black starting lineup to the 1966 national championship.
The Walt Disney movie, Glory Road, was based on the life of Don Haskins and was produced by Jerry Bruckheimer.
Glory Road tells how the Texas Western University Miners literally changed the complexion of college basketball when it fielded an all-black starting squad during the 1966 national college championships against the all-white University of Kentucky Wildcats. The role of coach Don Haskins was played by Josh Lucas.
Haskins graduated from Enid High School in 1948, earning All-Conference and All-State honors in basketball and baseball. He went on to become one of the top college basketball coaches in the country. He will be missed.


















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