Clem Haskins

Clem Smith Haskins, born July 11, 1943, is an American former college and professional basketball player and college basketball coach. He was born and grew up in Campbellsville, Kentucky, the county seat, the fifth of eleven children of Charles Columbus and Lucy Edna Haskins, who were sharecroppers. During his freshman and sophomore seasons he attended the all-black Durham High School. In 1961 he enrolled at Taylor County High School, becoming the first African American to attend the school.

In the fall of 1963, Haskins and fellow star player Dwight Smith became the first black athletes to integrate the Western Kentucky University basketball program, placing Western Kentucky at the forefront of efforts to integrate college basketball in the South. He went on to play professionally before moving into coaching.

Haskins served thirteen years, from 1986 to 1999, as head coach of the University of Minnesota men's basketball team. He was forced to resign due to his part in the University of Minnesota basketball scandal. As a result of his actions in the scandal, he was given a seven-year show-cause penalty, which effectively ended his coaching career.