Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Born
August 8, 1930
Died
February 11, 2015 (age 84)
Place of Birth
Euclid, Ohio, USA
Jerry Tarkanian
Biography
Jerry Tarkanian was an American basketball coach who coached college basketball for 31 seasons over five decades at three schools. He spent the majority of his career coaching the UNLV Runnin’ Rebels, leading them four times to the Final Four of the NCAA Division I men’s basketball tournament and winning the national championship in 1990.1 Tarkanian was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2013, becoming the first UNLV coach or player to be enshrined.
Known For
TV
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
2003
TV
Arli$$
Jerry Tarkanian
1996
TV
Basketball: A Love Story
Self (archive footage)
2018
Film
Blue Chips
Himself
1994
Film
The 6th Man
Self
1997
Film
Honeymoon in Vegas
Sid Feder
1992
Film
The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh
L.A. Coach
1979
Film
Runnin' Rebels of UNLV
Self
2011
Film
Raymond Lewis: L.A. Legend
2022
Filmography
2022FilmRaymond Lewis: L.A. Legend2018TVBasketball: A Love Storyas Self (archive footage)2011FilmRunnin' Rebels of UNLVas Self2003TVJimmy Kimmel Live!as Self1997FilmThe 6th Manas Self1996TVArli$$as Jerry Tarkanian1994FilmBlue Chipsas Himself1992FilmHoneymoon in Vegasas Sid Feder1979FilmThe Fish That Saved Pittsburghas L.A. Coach