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Don Meyer was born on 16 December, 1944 in Wayne, Nebraska, U.S., is an A Northern Colorado Bears men's basketball players. Discover Don Meyer's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 69 years old?

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Age 69 years old
Zodiac Sign Sagittarius
Born 16 December 1944
Birthday 16 December
Birthplace Wayne, Nebraska, U.S.
Date of death 18 May, 2014
Died Place Aberdeen, South Dakota, U.S.
Nationality United States

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1944

Donald Wayne Meyer (December 16, 1944 – May 18, 2014) was an American college basketball coach who completed his career in 2010 as head coach of the men's team at Northern State University.

He was once head coach at Hamline University and Lipscomb University.

Meyer was born in 1944 in Wayne, Nebraska.

1966

Meyer graduated with a major in physical education from the University of Northern Colorado and excelled in baseball and basketball, being named an NCAA All-American in 1966 while playing in the 1966 NCAA College Division Basketball Tournament.

1967

He graduated in 1967.

1999

He is the subject of the book, Playing for Coach Meyer written by Steve Smiley, who played for Meyer as a point guard (1999–2004), and who served as an assistant coach from 2006 to 2008.

Meyer is also the subject of a more extensive biography, How Lucky You Can Be: The Story of Coach Don Meyer, written by ESPN baseball analyst Buster Olney, who has had a close relationship with Meyer since Olney was assigned to cover baseball in Nashville while Meyer was coaching at Lipscomb.

2008

Meyer had cancer that was discovered in his liver and intestines (bowels ) during emergency surgery after a car crash on September 5, 2008.

His lower left leg had to be amputated below the knee due to injuries from the car crash.

During the surgery they found cancer and later operated on it.

2009

Pat Summitt cites Meyer as a major influence on her development as a coach, noting in a 2009 interview:

"He taught me how to teach others how to play the game. When I started coaching at Tennessee, I was 22 years old. I had four players that were seniors. And I never coached a day in my life. So did Coach Meyer help me? Tremendously."

He had 3 major rules:

At the ESPY Awards 2009, Meyer was awarded the Jimmy V (Jim Valvano) Award For Perseverance.

2010

On February 22, 2010, Northern State announced that Meyer would be retiring at the end of the 2009–10 season after 38 years of coaching.

Later that year, on June 30, the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame announced that Meyer was that year's recipient of the John Bunn Award, given by the Hall for significant contributions to the sport.

Casey Bond, a Lipscomb alum, produced the independent film about Meyer called My Many Sons, along with producing partner Brad Wilson.

2011

Meyer held the record for most wins by a men's basketball coach whose career included at least one stint with an NCAA member school, until it was surpassed by Duke University coach Mike Krzyzewski in November 2011.

His career win total includes stints as a NAIA coach.

In February 2011, Coach Meyer was inducted into the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame not only for his basketball coaching skills and records but was also recognized as an outstanding collegiate basketball and baseball athlete and administrator.

2012

In 2012, Meyer was inducted into the South Dakota Hall of Fame.

2014

Meyer died of complications from his cancer on May 18, 2014, aged 69, in Aberdeen, South Dakota.

2015

The film was produced on a budget of between $2 and $5 million under Bond and Wilson's production company, Higher Purpose Entertainment, and was released in 2015, starring Judge Reinhold as Meyer.

The filming took place in Nashville, Tennessee and Aberdeen, South Dakota.