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Originally Aired On: Wednesday, June 18, 2008

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June 18

SPORTS SPECTRUM TODAY

College Basketball

Guest: Bob Huggins
Head Men’s Basketball Coach
West Virginia University 

Interviewed by: Frank Giardina

     

This past weekend families around the nation celebrated Father's Day. One of the unique Father-Son stories in sports comes from the college basketball community. Bob Huggins is a future Hall of Famer and the head coach at West Virginia University. He previously coached at Akron, Cincinnati and Kansas State.

Bob is the son of a legendary Ohio high school coach, Charlie Huggins. Charlie won Ohio state championships in 1972 and 1976. Bob was a member of the 1972 team.

On this edition of Sports Spectrum Today, Bob talks about playing for his Dad and shares some of the things his dad taught him about life and basketball. He also talks about his dad as his coaching advice.

Bob also talks about how special it is to be coaching at his alma mater. And, he shares how he tries to take his father's work ethic into coaching his current team. Don't miss this visit with college basketball coach, Bob Huggins, on Sports Spectrum Today.


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