Bob Samaras
Appearance
Bob Samaras (August 16, 1927 - February 21, 2018) was a basketball coach at Eastern High School in Detroit and later at the University of Windsor. He was also the author of the book Blitz Basketball in which he laid out the plan for playing basketball in a manner that would latter be termed a Full-court press.
Samaras is Greek Orthodox and spent most of his adult life living in St. Clair Shores, Michigan.
Samaras also wrote the book Mom, I'll Stop Crying if You Stop Crying.
Sources
[edit]- St. Theotokos website
- University of Windsor sports hall of fame website
- Open Library listing of books by Samaras
- Obituary
Categories:
- 1927 births
- 2018 deaths
- American men's basketball coaches
- American male writers
- Basketball coaches from Michigan
- High school basketball coaches in the United States
- People from St. Clair Shores, Michigan
- Sportspeople from Metro Detroit
- Academic staff of University of Windsor
- Wayne State Warriors men's basketball coaches
- Writers from Detroit
- American basketball biography, 1920s birth stubs