Lucy - Earlier this week we celebrated cousin Stew's business accomplishments in the Energy Business and I posted five of Stew's favorite podcasts from Tim Ferriss. I have spent most of my podcast time this week listening to Tim's interview with Coach George Raveling. In Tim's words:
Coach George Raveling (@GeorgeRaveling) is an 80-year-old living legend and Nike’s former Director of International Basketball. Coach Raveling was the first African American head basketball coach in the PAC-8 (now PAC-12), and he is often referred to as the “Human Google."
Coach Raveling has held head coaching jobs at Washington State, The University of Iowa, and USC. Following a prolific basketball coaching career, he joined Nike at the request of Phil Knight, where he played an integral role in signing a reluctant Michael Jordan. He’s also been inducted in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as well as the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame.
In this episode we cover a lot of things including how he came to possess the original copy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech, how his practice team ended up beating the 1984 US Olympic Dream Team in basketball, and much, much more!
I hope you’ll emerge from this conversation walking on air as I did!Check out Coach Raveling's website here. I like the Infographics section and found the below to be a good on for Fit as a Fiddle Friday.
