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      • Set in the 1960s and based on a true story, GLORY ROAD follows Don Haskins (Josh Lucas), who takes a new job coaching the NCAA team at Texas Western University in El Paso.
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  2. Glory Road is a 2006 American sports drama film directed by James Gartner, based on a true story surrounding the events leading to the 1966 NCAA University Division Basketball Championship.

  3. "Glory Road" is based on the inspiring true story of the underdog Texas Western basketball team whose drive to win superceded some of the most bruising and difficult challenges during a point in U.S. history of massive cultural and philosophical turmoil.

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    • Mehcad Brooks
    • James Gartner
  4. Glory Road: Directed by James Gartner. With Josh Lucas, Derek Luke, Austin Nichols, Jon Voight. In 1966, Texas Western coach Don Haskins led the first all-black starting line-up for a college basketball team to the NCAA national championship.

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    • Biography, Drama, Sport
    • James Gartner
    • 2006-01-13
  5. Jan 12, 2006 · “Glory Road” tells its story not through personalities but in terms of the issues involved. It uses the basketball season as a backdrop to the story of how Haskins inherited a weak, losing team at Texas Western and set out to recruit gifted black players from the schools and playgrounds of the North. The school’s administration and some ...

  6. Summaries. In 1966, Texas Western coach Don Haskins led the first all-black starting line-up for a college basketball team to the NCAA national championship. In 1965, the coach of the high school girl basketball team Don Haskins is invited by the Texas Western Miners to be their coach.

  7. www.rottentomatoes.com › m › 1155467-glory_roadGlory Road - Rotten Tomatoes

    When black players like Bobby Joe Hill (Derek Luke) and team captain Harry Flournoy (Mehcad Brooks) begin to dominate the court with flashy moves, the racial tension increases, jeopardizing the...

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    • Drama
    • PG
  8. Glory Road is a 2006 American sports drama film directed by James Gartner, based on a true story surrounding the events leading to the 1966 NCAA University Division Basketball Championship.

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