When I was a boy, I used to go to watch Coach Don Meyer pace the sideline in the old McQuiddy Gymnasium as he coached the Lipscomb University Bisons. He was often as enteraining as the game. Coach Meyer never smiled on the sideline (although he has an amazing sense of humor), would bark game notes to his assistant coaches who would scibble furiously on their legal pads, and whisper personal reminders into his hand-held tape recorder.
Coach Meyer's teams were remarkably fundamental, could always shoot the lights out, and played tenacious defense. During his tenure at Lipscomb, Meyer compiled a 665-179 record and led the Bisons to the National Tournament 12 out of his last 18 years as head coach with a National Championship in 1985-86.
Now coaching at Northern State, last night (January 10, 2009), Coach Meyer became the all-time winningest coach in NCAA basketball history, surpassing Bobby Knight. However, he had a very difficult road to the top.
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