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The building includes Friel Court, the name of the basketball playing surface honoring the late Jack Friel. Friel coached the Cougar men's basketball team to 495 victories over 30 years. Beasley Coliseum is home to both the Washington State Cougars men's and women's Basketball teams. It replaced Bohler Gymnasium which is now home to Cougar Volleyball . Current men's basketball coach is Tony Bennett (basketball) , while the current women's basketball coach is June Daugherty . Despite the building's full name, it is not only used for Concerts , big-name speakers, dinners and Commencement, but also for basketball as mentioned above. Seating capacities for concerts range from 2,500 in a theater configuration to 9,000 in an end-stage configuration and 12,000 in the round. The Coliseum's Hall of Fame -- famous entertainers who have performed there --include comedians such as Bob Hope , Bill Cosby , Jay Leno and Whoopi Goldberg and musical stars or shows such as The Fifth Dimension , Tony Orlando And Dawn , Stevie Wonder , Grease (musical) and Cats (musical) . The Harlem Globetrotters have performed there five times. According to the promoters' page of the Coliseum's website, one item that Beasley Coliseum does not have is a banana--a play on the old standard " Yes, We Have No Bananas ." EXTERNAL LINK |
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