Billie Moore, Olympic and UCLA basketball coach who won championships, dies at 79
LOS ANGELES — Ann Meyers Drysdale never let up while playing for the first U.S. women's Olympic basketball team, even in practice. That meant she would occasionally have some explaining to do.
Her roommate Juliene Simpson wanted to know why she had done this or that, such as when Meyers Drysdale once unnecessarily slammed into her on a pick and roll.
It was because of their coach.
"You wanted to impress Billie, you wanted to please Billie, to know that you were playing hard for her, you were playing hard for the team," Meyers Drysdale remembered.
