▁case , ▁time ▁worked ▁in ▁his ▁favor ," ▁said ▁Hall ▁of ▁Fame ▁chairman ▁Jerry ▁Col ang elo . ▁The ▁controvers y ▁from ▁his ▁NCAA ▁deal ings ▁was ▁widely ▁believed ▁to ▁have ▁contributed ▁to ▁the ▁delay . ▁ ▁ESP N ▁wrote ▁that ▁T ark an ian ▁" help ed ▁revolution ize ▁the ▁way ▁the ▁college ▁game ▁was ▁played ". ▁Hall ▁of ▁Fame ▁coach ▁Larry ▁Brown ▁said ▁he ▁" infl uen ced ▁a ▁lot ▁of ▁coach es ", ▁and ▁coach ▁Mike ▁Kr zy zew ski ▁added ▁that ▁he ▁" t aught ▁pressure ▁man - to - man ▁defense ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁anyone ▁has ▁ever ▁done ." ▁Upon ▁T ark an ian ' s ▁ret irement , ▁future ▁Hall ▁of ▁Fame ▁coach ▁Jim ▁Cal h oun ▁proc laimed ▁him ▁" one ▁of ▁the ▁best ▁teachers ▁of ▁defense ▁in ▁the ▁last ▁ 2 5 ▁to ▁ 3 0 ▁years ▁of ▁basketball ." ▁In ▁ 3 1 ▁years ▁of ▁co aching ▁over ▁five ▁dec ades ▁at ▁three ▁Division ▁I ▁schools , ▁he ▁compiled ▁a ▁career ▁record ▁of ▁ 7 2 9 – 2 0 1 . ▁At ▁UN L V , ▁ 3 9 ▁of ▁his ▁players ▁were ▁selected ▁in ▁the ▁NBA ▁draft ; ▁Larry ▁Johnson ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁overall ▁pick ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 1 , ▁and ▁Armen ▁Gill iam ▁was ▁No . ▁ 2 ▁overall ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 7 . ▁ ▁T ark an ian ▁was ▁an ▁innov ator ▁who ▁had ▁his ▁teams ▁play ▁a ▁pressing ▁defense ▁that ▁forced ▁turno vers ▁to ▁trigger