The basketball and sporting accomplishments of Tex Winter rolled in a well-produced video at his Celebration of Life service on Saturday at Bramlage Coliseum.
The essence of Winter, the extraordinary coach whose triangle offense-fueled teams won eight conference championships in 15 season at Kansas State and who served as an assistant for 11 NBA championship teams, provided the emotional moments of this occasion.
Speakers had trouble getting through prepared speeches and poems in tribute of Winter, who died on Oct. 10 at 96.
“One of the best human beings I’ve met in my life,” said Jim Cleamons, who served as an assistant with Winter on four of the six Chicago Bulls title teams and all five won by the Los Angeles Lakers under Phil Jackson.