Harry Litwack
Harry Litwak | |
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Sport(s) | Basketball |
Biographical details | |
Born |
Poland | September 20, 1907
Died | August 7, 1999 91) | (aged
Playing career | |
1927-1930 | Temple |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1952–1973 | Temple |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 373–193 (.659) |
Tournaments |
NCAA: 7-6 (.538) NIT: 9-6 (.600) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships
2x NCAA Final Four (1956, 1958) NIT Champion (1969) 2x MAC Champion (1964, 1972) | |
Awards
1921 Helms Foundation All-American | |
Basketball Hall of Fame Inducted in 1976 (profile) |
Harold "Chief" Litwack (September 20, 1907 – August 7, 1999) was a college men's basketball coach. He served as head coach of Temple University from 1947 to 1973, compiling a 373-193 record.
Litwack was born in Poland, but raised in Philadelphia, USA. He graduated from Temple in 1930. He began his coaching career at Simon Gratz High School (1930–31), then he became head coach of the freshman team at Temple. Meanwhile he was playing pro basketball with Eddie Gottlieb's all-Jewish Philadelphia Sphas, from 1930 to 1936. After he became head coach at Temple in 1947, he also served briefly as assistant coach for the Philadelphia Warriors (1948–51).
Head coaching record
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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Temple Owls (Independent) (1952–1958) | |||||||||
1952-1953 | Temple | 16-10 | |||||||
1953-1954 | Temple | 15-12 | |||||||
1954-1955 | Temple | 11-10 | |||||||
1955-1956 | Temple | 27-4 | NCAA Third Place | ||||||
1956-1957 | Temple | 20-9 | |||||||
1957-1958 | Temple | 27-3 | NCAA Third Place | ||||||
Temple Owls (Middle Atlantic Conference) (1958–1964) | |||||||||
1958-1959 | Temple | 6-19 | 4-7 | 9th | |||||
1959-1960 | Temple | 17-9 | 9-2 | 3rd | NIT First Round | ||||
1960-1961 | Temple | 20-8 | 9-1 | 2nd | NIT Quarterfinals | ||||
1961-1962 | Temple | 18-9 | 8-2 | 2nd | NIT Quarterfinals | ||||
1962-1963 | Temple | 15-7 | 6-3 | 4th | |||||
1963-1964 | Temple | 17-8 | 6-1 | 1st | NCAA First Round | ||||
Temple Owls (Independent) (1964–1969) | |||||||||
1964-1965 | Temple | 14-10 | |||||||
1965-1966 | Temple | 21-7 | NIT Quarterfinals | ||||||
1966-1967 | Temple | 20-8 | NCAA First Round | ||||||
1967-1968 | Temple | 19-9 | NIT First Round | ||||||
1968-1969 | Temple | 22-8 | NIT Champions | ||||||
Temple Owls (Middle Atlantic Conference) (1969–1973) | |||||||||
1969-1970 | Temple | 15-13 | 2-3 | T-3rd (Eastern) | NCAA First Round | ||||
1970-1971 | Temple | 13-12 | 3-3 | 4th (Eastern) | |||||
1971-1972 | Temple | 23-8 | 6-0 | 1st (Eastern) | NCAA First Round | ||||
1972-1973 | Temple | 17-10 | 5-1 | 2nd (Eastern) | |||||
Temple: | 373-193 | 58-23 | |||||||
Total: | 373-193 | ||||||||
National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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See also
- NCAA Men's Division I Final Four appearances by coaches
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