Forrest

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Forrest "Phog" Allen was a pioneering American college basketball coach, often called the "Father of Basketball Coaching," who led the University of Kansas program for decades and mentored numerous future coaching legends.

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instanceOf basketball coach
college basketball coach
human
physician
sports administrator
awardReceived Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame inductee
National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame inductee
coachedTeam Baker Wildcats men's basketball
Central Missouri State Mules men's basketball
Haskell Indians men's basketball
Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
educatedAt University of Kansas
employer Baker University
Central Missouri State
Haskell Institute
University of Kansas
familyName Allen
fieldOfWork basketball coaching
sports medicine
givenName Forrest
hasPart Allen Fieldhouse named in his honor
headCoachOf Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball
influencedBy James Naismith
languageSpoken English
memberOfSportsTeam Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball
nickname Phog
notableAchievement advocated for basketball's inclusion in the Olympic Games
helped popularize basketball coaching as a profession
nicknamed "Father of Basketball Coaching"
notableStudent Adolph Rupp
Dean Smith
Dutch Lonborg
Frosty Cox
Ralph Miller
notableWork development of modern basketball coaching techniques
promotion of basketball as an Olympic sport
occupation athletic director
basketball coach
college basketball coach
physician
positionPlayed basketball player
residence Lawrence, Kansas
sexOrGender male
sport basketball
workLocation Lawrence, Kansas

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Phog Allen givenName Forrest
Forrest "Phog" Allen givenName Forrest
subject linked to: Forrest