Don Haskins
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Don Haskins was an American college basketball coach best known for leading Texas Western (now UTEP) to the 1966 NCAA championship with a historic all-Black starting lineup that challenged racial barriers in sports.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Don Haskins canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9725727 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Don Haskins Context triple: [Texas Western College, coachIn1966, Don Haskins]
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A.
Frank Broyles
Frank Broyles was a highly influential American college football coach and athletic director best known for transforming the University of Arkansas Razorbacks into a national powerhouse.
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B.
Al McGuire
Al McGuire was a Hall of Fame American college basketball coach best known for leading Marquette University to the 1977 NCAA championship and later becoming a popular television commentator.
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C.
Darrell K Royal
Darrell K Royal was a highly successful American college football coach best known for leading the University of Texas Longhorns to three national championships and becoming a legendary figure in the program’s history.
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D.
Lamar Edwards
Lamar Edwards is an American hip-hop producer and songwriter known for his work on tracks like "Walk It Out."
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E.
Pat Riggin
Pat Riggin is a former Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender who played in the World Hockey Association and the National Hockey League during the late 1970s and 1980s.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Don Haskins Target entity description: Don Haskins was an American college basketball coach best known for leading Texas Western (now UTEP) to the 1966 NCAA championship with a historic all-Black starting lineup that challenged racial barriers in sports.
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A.
Frank Broyles
Frank Broyles was a highly influential American college football coach and athletic director best known for transforming the University of Arkansas Razorbacks into a national powerhouse.
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B.
Al McGuire
Al McGuire was a Hall of Fame American college basketball coach best known for leading Marquette University to the 1977 NCAA championship and later becoming a popular television commentator.
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C.
Darrell K Royal
Darrell K Royal was a highly successful American college football coach best known for leading the University of Texas Longhorns to three national championships and becoming a legendary figure in the program’s history.
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D.
Lamar Edwards
Lamar Edwards is an American hip-hop producer and songwriter known for his work on tracks like "Walk It Out."
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E.
Pat Riggin
Pat Riggin is a former Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender who played in the World Hockey Association and the National Hockey League during the late 1970s and 1980s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
basketball coach
ⓘ
college basketball coach ⓘ human ⓘ |
| almaMater |
Oklahoma A&M (now Oklahoma State University)
ⓘ
linked to:
Oklahoma State University
|
| authorOf | Glory Road ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
NCAA championship (1966)
ⓘ
linked to:
NCAA Final Four (1966)
|
| basedIn |
El Paso, Texas, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
El Paso
|
| causeOfDeath | congestive heart failure ⓘ |
| coachingCareerEnd | 1999 ⓘ |
| coachingCareerStart | 1961 ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1930-03-14 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2008-09-07 ⓘ |
| employer |
Texas Western College
ⓘ
University of Texas at El Paso ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
White American
ⓘ
linked to:
Whites
|
| familyName | Haskins ⓘ |
| fullName | Donald Lee Haskins ⓘ |
| genre | sports biography ⓘ |
| givenName | Donald ⓘ |
| hallOfFameInductionYear | 1997 ⓘ |
| honor |
UTEP named its basketball arena "Don Haskins Center"
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linked to:
Don Haskins Center
|
| influenced | integration of college basketball ⓘ |
| leagueCoachedIn |
NCAA Division I
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NCAA University Division ⓘ
linked to:
NCAA Division I
|
| memberOfSportsHallOfFame | Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame ⓘ |
| nickname | The Bear ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
coached Texas Western to 1966 NCAA championship
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helped challenge racial segregation in college sports ⓘ started an all-Black lineup in the 1966 NCAA championship game ⓘ |
| notableWork | 1966 NCAA University Division basketball championship ⓘ |
| numberOfConferenceTitles | 7 ⓘ |
| numberOfNCAATournamentAppearances | 14 ⓘ |
| occupation |
basketball coach
ⓘ
college basketball coach ⓘ |
| overallCollegeCoachingRecord | 719–353 ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Enid, Oklahoma, United States ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
El Paso, Texas, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
El Paso
|
| playedFor |
Oklahoma A&M Cowboys basketball
ⓘ
linked to:
Oklahoma State Cowboys basketball
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| portrayedBy | Josh Lucas ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
head coach of Texas Western Miners men's basketball team
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head coach of UTEP Miners men's basketball team ⓘ |
| residence |
El Paso, Texas, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
El Paso, Texas, United States of America
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| sport | basketball ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
film "Glory Road"
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linked to:
Glory Road
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| teamCoached |
Texas Western Miners men's basketball
ⓘ
linked to:
Texas Western College
UTEP Miners men's basketball ⓘ
linked to:
UTEP Miners athletic program
|
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Instruction
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Subject: Don Haskins Description of subject: Don Haskins was an American college basketball coach best known for leading Texas Western (now UTEP) to the 1966 NCAA championship with a historic all-Black starting lineup that challenged racial barriers in sports.
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