Thursday, August 23rd, 2007 | 19 Comments
Ex-Coach Butch van Breda Kolff Is Dead
What’s with all of the sad news in the basketball world lately? van Breda Kolff, who coached professionally and at the collegiate level for 38 years (!) and won nearly 500 games as a college coach, was 84 years old when he passed away yesterday.
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19 Responses to “Ex-Coach Butch van Breda Kolff Is Dead”
Aug.23 at 3:59 pm
jbn74sb says:
The poet known as Kool Keith named drops one of the Van Breda Kolff’s in Livin’ Astro:
“Movin roughly, straight to the desert, san antonio
I talk swift the rock king black romeo
I pack clubs, promoters put me out in tokyo
Damage your area, ima launch a fierce missile
I roll schools, movin butt like Im toilet tissue
What is your issue? you over man, I dont miss you
Scottie soft, you play like jan van breda kolff
New jersey nets real man, you aint no donald hillman
Bald head like slick watts, I run rap like mayor koch
Forward your info, while tony lou, crank the benzo
Move out your driveway, white girls look, turn they eyeway
Jealous in fact, tryin to rip the capes off my back
I move with calm and, potential, through instrumentals
Yall front on bet with slum gold, drivin rentals
I get real dino, runnin groups like a rhino
Endin careers, thats my job, yo your rap is final
Cancel your in-stores, your new job is moppin floors
Fixin tiles, stoppin potholes up on the roof
You work for service no tips man I speak the truth
Aug.23 at 4:07 pm
Ryan Jones says:
Bodie, you’ve forever earned my respect with that one.
Aug.23 at 4:09 pm
Ryan Jones says:
BTW, Adande just wrote about how coaches who retire before they win their 500th game are more likely to die before they reach 90.
Aug.23 at 4:15 pm
jbn74sb says:
Thanks Ryan. My life is complete.
Aug.23 at 4:24 pm
mutoni says:
ryan’s bitterness towards other writers makes me happy.
Aug.23 at 4:46 pm
Tarzan Cooper says:
ryan is a turd sandwich
Aug.23 at 5:17 pm
Ryan Jones says:
I live to make you hapy, Marcel.
Aug.23 at 5:17 pm
Ryan Jones says:
…but I hold back one “p,” just so you don’t get spoiled.
Aug.23 at 5:24 pm
jbn74sb says:
It’s never a good idea to hold back the “p”, Ryan.
Aug.23 at 5:32 pm
Ryan Jones says:
Fair point.
Aug.23 at 5:35 pm
jbn74sb says:
You have no idea how difficult it was for me to not type in a certain former colorado hotel employee’s name in my previous comment.
Aug.23 at 5:54 pm
Tarzan Cooper says:
r-e-a-d-a-b-o-OKAAAAAAAAAAY!
Aug.23 at 5:57 pm
Ryan Jones says:
?
Aug.23 at 6:00 pm
Ryan Jones says:
Oh, the Read a Book song. My bad. I’m not sure what it has to do with this conversation, but I apologize for not getting it at first.
Aug.23 at 6:08 pm
H to the izzo says:
Well done Tarzan,well done
Aug.23 at 7:52 pm
Tarzan Cooper says:
for what? temporarily confusing ryan? from what i hear, he is easily distracted and has a penchant for kicking small dogs
Aug.23 at 8:40 pm
BETCATS says:
Tarzan dont you got a vine to swing on or something?
Aug.24 at 3:37 am
Russ Bengtson says:
Jan was Butch’s kid.
Aug.24 at 8:25 am
Ryan Jones says:
Nah, that’s not me Tarzan. I like to take big dogs and put them on r@pe stands!