Fulfilling his lifelong ambition to be a coach, Lemons won games as one of the nation's premier major college basketball coaches from to One major publication chose Lemons's famous line, "Doctors bury their mistakes; ours are still on scholarship," as the sports quote of the twentieth century.
Behind the coach's funny-man exterior was a superb basketball mind. Some have said that Lemons's ability to coach basketball players on offense was unparalleled in the history of the game. Season tickets guarantee your seating for all men's and women's home games, provide you with exclusive benefits, and save you money off individual game pricing.
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Lemons was born in Ryan, Oklahoma and given the initials-only name "A. After the war, he enrolled at Hardin College , which had just added a four-year senior college in In —48, the Chiefs had an 18—13 record, which improved to 20—6 in — Lemons spent 25 years as head coach at OCU.
He took the head coaching position at the University of Texas in Lemons' last season at Texas was — That year, they were ranked number one throughout the season.
In , he was named Basketball Times Coach of the Year. During his 25 years with OCU, Lemons posted a record of — One Of Lemmon's Players Krivacs says he has "people dying laughing on the sideline, Everybody we played against was bigger, faster, stronger, and quicker, but that's not what winning is all about. We had a smarter coach. He treated us like men. The grand jury investigation on gambling is quickly dispelled, but the investigation still hurts Abe Lemons's reputation.
In news would get worse for Abe. Jan 26th Wacker gets hurt against Baylor and the team loses for the first time that season. Mike shatters his knee and Ken Montgomery replaces him. Abe Lemons is not at the game. He is in Oklahoma City at the bedside of his ailing brother. A sequence of events at the Arkansas game that ends in punches and Texas players involved in a fight was the final straw.
Lemons is totally shocked. The players are stunned, and the fans are upset with the announcement. Thompson threatened to leave the program and go pro if assistant coach Barry Dowd did not get the head coaching job. The UT administrators and powerful boosters felt that Abe Lemons's demeanor did not reflect the UT basketball program's future.
Lemons' indiscriminate offensive cutting remarks, refusal to discipline the players, lack of curfew, constant sarcasm, acid tongue, and basketball court behavior are reasons Abe Lemons is fired.
Coach Lemons did not leave quietly. He commented that he wanted a glass-bottom car so he could see Dodd's face as he ran him over, and adding, "I hope they notice the mistletoe tied to my coattails as I leave town, which was a not too subtle way of saying to the UT administration they could kiss his a Coach Lemons made some mistakes that were costly to his career. Still, no one can dispute that he turned UT basketball around and showed the Longhorn administration the formula necessary to reach the next college basketball level.
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