| Name |
Don Meyer |
| Height |
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| Naionality |
American |
| Date of Birth |
16-December-1944 |
| Place of Birth |
Wayne, Nebraska, U.S |
| Famous for |
Basketball Player |
Don Meyer is a retired American college basketball coach who completed his career in 2010 as head coach of the men's team at Northern State University. He previously was head coach at Hamline University and Lipscomb University. Meyer held the record for most wins by a men's basketball coach whose career included at least one spell with an NCAA member school, until it was surpassed by Duke University coach Mike Krzyzewski in November 2011. His career win total includes stints as a NAIA coach.
He is the subject of the book, playing for Coach Meyer written by Steve Smiley, who played for Meyer as a point guard (1999–2004), and who served as an assistant coach from 2006 to 2008. Meyer is also the subject of a more extensive biography, How Lucky You Can Be: The Story of Coach Don Meyer, written by ESPN baseball analyst Buster Olney, who has had a close relationship with Meyer since Olney was assigned to cover baseball in Nashville while Meyer was coaching at Lipscomb. Don Meyer had cancer discovered in his liver and intestines (bowels) during emergency surgery after a car crash on September 5, 2008.[5] His lower left leg had to be amputated below the knee due to injuries from the car crash. During the surgery they found cancer and later operated on it. At the ESPY Awards 2009, Meyer was awarded the Jimmy V (Jim Valvano) Award For Perseverance. In 2012, Meyer was inducted into the South Dakota Hall of Fame.
