My Losing Season

My Losing Season
First edition
Author	Pat Conroy
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre	Autobiographical novel
Publisher	Doubleday
Publication date	2002
Media type	Print (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages	416 pp (hardback edition)
ISBN	0-385-48912-9
Preceded by	The Pat Conroy Cookbook: Recipes of My Life
Followed by	South of Broad

My Losing Season is a memoir by Pat Conroy. It primarily deals with his senior season as the starting point guard on the basketball team of The Citadel in 1966–67. Conroy describes his tumultuous relationship with his coach, Mel Thompson, as well as the harsh, malevolent, male-dominated society of The Citadel. Pat Conroy tells the story using flashbacks going back to his rough childhood where he remembers growing up with a tough father. He describes one memory when his mother tried to stab his father with a butcher knife and his father backhanded her and started laughing. The book also deals with the team's experience of losing. In his final season, his team finished with an 8–17 record. .

As a side note, there is a reference of a basketball game against Asheville Catholic on page 54 that states incorrectly that Asheville Catholic lost the game, when in fact Asheville Catholic won. Jerry Vincent, who is mentioned, made Mr Conroy aware of this fact and sent Mr Conroy the local newspaper article as proof.

References

Works of Pat Conroy

Novels	The Boo (1970) The Water Is Wide (1972) The Great Santini (1976) The Lords of Discipline (1980) The Prince of Tides (1986) Beach Music (1995) The Pat Conroy Cookbook: Recipes of My Life (1999) My Losing Season (2002) South of Broad (2009) The Death of Santini (2013)

Adaptations	Conrack (1974) The Great Santini (1979) The Lords of Discipline (1983) The Prince of Tides (1991) The Water Is Wide (2006)

The Citadel Bulldogs basketball

Venues	Thompson Hall (1938–1939) The Citadel Armory / McAlister Field House (1939–1988) Deas Hall (1988–1989) McAlister Field House (1989–present)

Rivalries	Furman VMI

Culture & lore	My Losing Season All–Military Classic

People	Head coaches

Seasons	1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

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