Jerry Tarkanian Born: 8-Aug-1930 Birthplace: Euclid, OH Died: 11-Feb-2015 Location of death: Las Vegas, NV Cause of death: unspecified
Gender: Male Race or Ethnicity: White Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: Basketball Nationality: United States Executive summary: Longtime UNLV basketball coach 729 wins as a college basketball coach, against only 201 losses. Took the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship with the University of Nevada at Las Vegas in 1990. Frequently the subject of NCAA investigations, he resigned at UNLV in 1992 after several of his players were photographed in a hot tub with a convicted game fixer. Father: (d. tuberculosis) Mother: Haigouhie Tarkanian ("Rosie") Brother: Myron Wife: Lois Huter Tarkanian (m. 1966, two daughters, two sons) Daughter: Pamela Daughter: Jodie Son: Danny Son: George
University: Pasadena City College University: Fresno State University (1955) University: MA Education, University of Redlands Coach: Riverside City College (1961-66) Coach: Pasadena City College (1966-68) Coach: Long Beach State University (1968-73) Coach: University of Nevada at Las Vegas (1973-92) Coach: Fresno State University (1995-2002)
Armenian Ancestry
SPORTS FRANCHISE HISTORY San Antonio Spurs coach (1992)
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR The Sixth Man (28-Mar-1997) · Himself Blue Chips (18-Feb-1994) · Himself Honeymoon in Vegas (28-Aug-1992) The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh (21-Nov-1979)
Official Website: http://www.tarkanian.com/
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