Larry Bird's high school coach, Gary Holland

In April, 2009 Matt Ginella, Senior Travel Editor of Golf Digest, went to French Lick, Ind. to report a story on the new Pete Dye golf course at the French Lick Resort. He met Gary Holland, Larry Bird's high school basketball coach in 1974, the year Bird was a senior. Holland is now mowing fairways in French Lick, and Ginella interviewed him about what it was like to lead a legend. This is a video of the highlights of their conversation in the house that Bird built--the Springs Valley High School gym--where Bird averaged 30 points (and 20 rebounds) his senior year--and that was before there was a three-point line. For the complete story on the new golf course, the resort and what to do when you're in town, go to: golfdigest.com/courses/2009/07/awaygame_frenchlickindiana

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• Larry Bird
• French Lick
• Golf Digest
• Gary Holland
• Dave Harner
• French Lick Resort
• Matt Ginella
• Where's Matty G?

[TheAshmarie1988]

@gamppj gary holland is not a janitoe jackass

[mrmahn3]

Love it



[rlaj40]

@MrPimp69er

yeah there is a lot of famous athletes from southern indiana...lol

[MrPimp69er]

i go to perry central and i give credit to all the famious althlets that come from southern indana

[ra33bulldogs]

This isnt the gym floor larry bird played on.... i play basketball in springs valley... the real floor was tookin out years ago... u can find pieces on ebay.. yet it was the real gym... not the same floor or goals....

[gamppj]

yea larry shouldve help'd his coach.janitor outta the sticks

[WiltatKansas]

I love how the americans respect the past, they always say: "the legendary coach...".

[Alex052480]

his coach looks like the janitor

[agirard77]

very cool