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Don VanDersnick coached Dan Issel at Batavia High School until he graduated in 1966. The coach taught him how to dunk by using a volleyball for training drills and made him jump up and grab the rim fifty times each day.
On the 7th of February 1970, Dan Issel scored 53 points in a victory over Ole Miss. This performance broke Cliff Hagan's single-game record of 51 points at the University of Kentucky.
The Kentucky Colonels selected Dan Issel in the first round of the American Basketball Association draft after he graduated from college in 1970. He signed with the team and immediately led the league in scoring during his rookie season.
Dan Issel resigned 34 games into the 1994, 95 season after facing criticism for his coaching style. He stated that the pressures had started to make him something he did not want to be.
The College Basketball Hall of Fame inducted Dan Issel in 2006. He also joined the Colorado Sports Hall of Fame in 1987 and entered the Kentucky Sports Hall of Fame in 2018.