My Losing Season is a memoir by Pat Conroy.
It primarily deals with his senior season as the starting point guard on the basketball team of The Citadel in 1966–67.
Conroy describes his tumultuous relationship with his coach, Mel Thompson, as well as the harsh, malevolent, male-dominated society of The Citadel.
Pat Conroy tells the story using flashbacks going back to his rough childhood where he remembers growing up with a tough father.
The book also deals with the team's experience of losing.