Draft:Phil Jackson

Phil Jackson (born September 17, 1945) is best known as a basketball coach, but has written numerous books addressing spirituality as well, often in the context of his basketball philosophy, such as Sacred Hoops. As far back as 1990, Jackson reported in a Chicago Tribune interview: "I’ve always liked the concept of God being beyond anything that the human mind can conceive. I think there is a pantheistic-deistic-American Indian combination religion out there for Americans. That rings true to me."