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Jerry Tarkanian is a basketball coach, basketball player born in Euclid OH (Armenia).
Jerry Tarkanian (August 8, 1930 – February 11, 2015) was an American basketball coach. He coached college basketball for 31 seasons over five decades at three schools. He spent the majority of his career coaching with the UNLV Runnin' Rebels, leading them four times to the Final Four of the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, winning the national championship in 1990. Tarkanian revolutionized the college game at UNLV, utilizing a pressing defense to fuel its fast-paced offense. Overall, he won over 700 games in his college coaching career, only twice failing to win 20 games, while never having a losing season. Tarkanian was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2013. Tarkanian studied at Pasadena City College and later Fresno State, earning a bachelor's degree while playing basketball.
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| Born | 8 August 1930, Euclid OH |
| Profession | basketball coach, basketball player |
| Nationality | Armenia |
| Educated at | University of Redlands, Pasadena High School, Pasadena City College |
| Children | Danny Tarkanian |
| Awards | Distinguished Nevadan |
| Moon Sign (Rashi) | Capricorn |
| Nakshatra | Uttara Ashadha (Pada 4) |
| Sun Sign | Cancer |
| Ascendant (Lagna) | Taurus |
| Birth data reliability | Reference |
Birth details come from a published reference (source: Web) and have not been checked against a birth record, so the Moon sign is usually right but the Ascendant could differ.
Computed with Swiss Ephemeris (Lahiri ayanamsa).
Our library holds 194 sportspeople with a computed Vedic chart from reliable birth data. 16 of them (8%) have the Moon in Capricorn, like Jerry Tarkanian, and 7 (4%) share the Uttara Ashadha Nakshatra — the #14 most common Moon Nakshatra among sportspeople, where Pushya leads with 13 (7%).
For scale, an even spread would put about 3.7% in each of the 27 Nakshatras and 8.3% in each Moon sign. These are simple counts from our dataset, not a prediction.
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Jerry Tarkanian was born on 8 August 1930 in Euclid OH. Birth details come from a published reference (source: Web) and have not been checked against a birth record, so the Moon sign is usually right but the Ascendant could differ.
Jerry Tarkanian's Moon sign (Rashi) is Capricorn and the Nakshatra is Uttara Ashadha, pada 4, computed with Swiss Ephemeris using the Lahiri ayanamsa.
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