Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Jerry Esther Tarkanian (born August 8, 1930), also known as "Tark the Shark", is a retired college basketball coach known as one of the most successful coaches in college basketball history. He is also well known for his colorful behavior, including habitually chewing on a towel during games, and for his public criticisms and legendary clashes with the NCAA, which eventually paid Tarkanian the largest settlement in NCAA history.Tarkanian coached at Long Beach State, the University of Nevada-Las Vegas, and Fresno State University in his college career. He also coached the San Antonio Spurs of the National Basketball Association for twenty games during the 1992-93 NBA season.With a 729–201 career coaching record (78.4%) across all college divisions, Tarkanian is in the top 21 for collegiate wins among all men's coaches. Only four other coaches have a higher winning percentage. He is also one of few college coaches to lead three different schools to 20-win seasons. He accomplished a 20-win season at each school in his first year. Tarkanian's first twelve teams won twenty or more games, setting a record that was not broken until 2013 when Thad Matta, who has coached at Butler University, Xavier University, and Ohio State University, recorded his thirteenth consecutive 20-plus win season (a streak that is still active).After his first season of winning less than twenty games, Tarkanian did not have another season winning less than twenty until his final year at Fresno State in 2001–02 when his team won nineteen games. He recorded a total of twenty-nine seasons with twenty or more wins, with four of those seeing the Rebels win 30 or more, including a then-NCAA record 37 in 1987 and 34 in 1991. The 1990–91 UNLV team was the last to end the regular season undefeated until Wichita State finished the season undefeated in 2014.One of Jerry's sons, Danny Tarkanian, played for him at UNLV and was an Academic All-American.. }
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- Jerry_Tarkanian abstract "Jerry Esther Tarkanian (born August 8, 1930), also known as "Tark the Shark", is a retired college basketball coach known as one of the most successful coaches in college basketball history. He is also well known for his colorful behavior, including habitually chewing on a towel during games, and for his public criticisms and legendary clashes with the NCAA, which eventually paid Tarkanian the largest settlement in NCAA history.Tarkanian coached at Long Beach State, the University of Nevada-Las Vegas, and Fresno State University in his college career. He also coached the San Antonio Spurs of the National Basketball Association for twenty games during the 1992-93 NBA season.With a 729–201 career coaching record (78.4%) across all college divisions, Tarkanian is in the top 21 for collegiate wins among all men's coaches. Only four other coaches have a higher winning percentage. He is also one of few college coaches to lead three different schools to 20-win seasons. He accomplished a 20-win season at each school in his first year. Tarkanian's first twelve teams won twenty or more games, setting a record that was not broken until 2013 when Thad Matta, who has coached at Butler University, Xavier University, and Ohio State University, recorded his thirteenth consecutive 20-plus win season (a streak that is still active).After his first season of winning less than twenty games, Tarkanian did not have another season winning less than twenty until his final year at Fresno State in 2001–02 when his team won nineteen games. He recorded a total of twenty-nine seasons with twenty or more wins, with four of those seeing the Rebels win 30 or more, including a then-NCAA record 37 in 1987 and 34 in 1991. The 1990–91 UNLV team was the last to end the regular season undefeated until Wichita State finished the season undefeated in 2014.One of Jerry's sons, Danny Tarkanian, played for him at UNLV and was an Academic All-American.".