King Kelly Coleman Kentucky’s Greatest Basketball Legend – New Expanded Edition –

In a state where the love of basketball itself is legendary, there are its rare heroes who also, through the dispassionate lens of history, rise to legendary status.  When that legend rises so far above the others as to acquire mythical or rather, folk hero, proportions – and then enigmatically vanishes – you have King Kelly Coleman.

This shy, humble mountain boy blessed with extraordinary talent and drive captured Kentucky’s hearts and all-time national record books with performances that were not surpassed for nearly seven decades.

Originally published in 2005, the authorized King Kelly Coleman story, as told by award-winning author Gary P. West from actual interviews and information from Coleman himself, has been revised and expanded to include dozens of new photographs and facts about Coleman’s life up until his death in 2019.