Pat Heery

At the highest levels, college basketball has produced some of the game’s most transformative and innovative men’s and women’s coaches. Here are eight who left lasting legacies.

In the league's first-ever night game, the Providence Steam Roller played the Chicago Cardinals with a football painted white, giving it the appearance of a large egg.

In the 1960s, Red Auerbach, Bill Russell, John Havlicek and four other Hall of Famers led the team to nine titles—a decade of dominance unparalleled in major North American pro sports.

Babe Didrikson Zaharias, Deion Sanders, Bo Jackson and others flashed rare skills.