| − | '''James Naismith''' (1861-1939) was a Canadian-born physical education instructor who invented the game of basketball in Springfield, Massachusetts in 1892. | + | '''James Naismith''' (1861-1939) was a Canadian-born physical education instructor who invented the game of basketball in Springfield, Massachusetts in 1892. He later became the basketball coach at the University of [[Kansas]]. Ironically, he is the only coach in the university's history to have an overall losing record. |