Charley Eckman

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Charles Markwood "Charley" Eckman, Jr. (September 10, 1921 – July 3, 1995) was an NBA basketball coach, minor league baseball player, NCAA and NBA basketball referee, broadcaster, and author.

He was born in Baltimore, Maryland. Eckman officiated over 3,500 games in 29 years. He is best known, however, as the head coach of the Fort Wayne/Detroit Pistons from 1954 through 1957. His hiring came as something of a surprise; he'd never coached at any level before. However, he led the Pistons to the 1955 and 1956 NBA Finals losing to the Syracuse Nationals in 1955 and the Philadelphia Warriors in 1956. He later became a longtime sportscaster in Baltimore.

In 1995, he died of colon cancer. His autobiography, It's a Very Simple Game! The Life and Times of Charley Eckman was published posthumously.

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Charley Eckman at Find a Grave

Detroit Pistons head coaches

Carl Bennett (1948)
Curly Armstrong (1948–1949)
Murray Mendenhall (1949–1951)
Paul Birch (1951–1954)
Charley Eckman (1954–1957)
Red Rocha (1957–1960)
Dick McGuire (1959–1963)
Charles Wolf (1963–1964)
Dave DeBusschere (1964–1967)
Donnie Butcher (1967–1968)
Paul Seymour (1968–1969)
Butch van Breda Kolff (1969–1971)
Terry Dischinger (1971)
Earl Lloyd (1971–1972)
Ray Scott (1972–1976)
Herb Brown (1976–1977)
Bob Kauffman # (1977–1978)
Dick Vitale (1978–1979)
Richie Adubato # (1979–1980)
Scotty Robertson (1980–1983)
Chuck Daly (1983–1992)
Ron Rothstein (1992–1993)
Don Chaney (1993–1995)
Doug Collins (1995–1998)
Alvin Gentry (1998–2000)
George Irvine (2000–2001)
Rick Carlisle (2001–2003)
Larry Brown (2003–2005)
Flip Saunders (2005–2008)
Michael Curry (2008–2009)
John Kuester (2009–2011)
Lawrence Frank (2011–2013)
Maurice Cheeks (2013– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.

Persondata
Name	Eckman, Charley
Alternative names	Eckman, Charles Markwood, Jr.
Short description	American basketball coach, referees, broadcaster
Date of birth	September 10, 1921
Place of birth	Baltimore, Maryland
Date of death	July 3, 1995
Place of death	Glen Burnie, Maryland

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Charley Eckman

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