71.   Anything less could result in the association moving toward unionization, or even a work stoppage by assistant coaches in training camp this summer.

72.   As an assistant coach at Duke, Amaker also worked with the likes of Christian Laettner, Bobby Hurley, Cherokee Parks and many more great talents.

73.   As an assistant coach in the Chris Ford and M.L. Carr Boston regimes, he was gaining leaguewide respect for both his diligence and intelligence.

74.   As an assistant coach on the USA Basketball team last February, Woolridge first saw Grubin when Yugoslavia played the U.S. in a European Tour.

75.   As a Washington State assistant, Price spent three Christmas Days not knowing whether he would be kept as an assistant coach.

76.   As an assistant coach with the Boston Celtics, Casey remembered how Larry Bird could not sit in a chair during timeouts because his back was so bad.

77.   As an assistant coach, Van Gundy rarely had to be stern with players.

78.   As for Ohio State, the assistant coach who came to recruit him fell asleep while watching Hutson in a summer league game.

79.   As he sat stewing on the bench, assistant coach Don Casey hurried down to deliver a pep talk.

80.   As an assistant coach with Cleveland, Ewbank had urged the Browns to draft Don Shula as a defensive back.