Gamecock Odyssey : University of South Carolina Sports in the Independent Era...

Description: Gamecock Odyssey : University of South Carolina Sports in the Independent Era, Hardcover by Piercy, Alan, ISBN 1643364480, ISBN-13 9781643364483, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US "Meet the coaches, athletes, and other larger-than-life characters that laid the foundation for today's Gamecock NationIn A Gamecock Odyssey: University of South Carolina Sports in the Independent Era, author Alan Piercy chronicles the significant eventsand describes the larger-than-life characters of the years following the university's departure from the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). The University of South Carolina experienced some of the highest highs and lowest lows in its athletics history. With colorful storytelling and Gamecock pride, Piercy gives curious college sports fans and diehard Gamecocks a behind-the-scenes tour of these raucous decades. Tales of interpersonal clashes between football head coach Paul Dietzel and men's basketball headcoach Frank McGuire, the Icarian rise and fall of women's basketball coach Pam Parsons, George Rogers and his magical Heisman Trophy-winning season, the birth of USC's beloved mascot, Cocky, and other USC sports stories converge, stirring feelings of amusement, nostalgia, and pride. A Gamecock Odyssey captures the spirit of the time and shows the reader how those years influenced today's Gamecock athletics culture"--

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