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Pat Riley Praises Long-Time Friend And Colleague Jerry West, Who Anointed Him Lakers Head Coach
In 1981, owner Jerry Buss held a confusing press conference in which he sought to explain he was splitting the coaching role between West and then-assistant Pat Riley. West wasn’t having it.
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Jerry West: What drove him and how he defined a state and a school
Chuck Howley did it for the Dallas Cowboys in Super Bowl V in 1971. Jerry West did it for the Los Angeles Lakers in the 1969 NBA Finals. Both are West Virginia University legends. I met Howley ...