Joe Daher

Joe Daher
Biographical details
Sport(s)	Football, basketball, baseball
Born	1913 Central City, Pennsylvania
Died	September 21, 1993 Dayton, Ohio
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1939–1941	Charleston (asst.)
1943–1944	VMI (asst.)
1949	VMI (asst.)
Basketball
1939–1942	Charleston
1942–1943	Manhattan
1943–1945	VMI
Baseball
1940–1942	Charleston
Head coaching record
Overall	52–76 (basketball)

Joseph G. "Joe" Daher (1913 – September 21, 1993) was an American college basketball and football coach. A graduate of Juniata College, Daher coached the Manhattan Jaspers from 1942 to 1943 as well as the VMI Keydets basketball program from 1943 to 1945. He also coached three sports at Morris Harvey College (now known as the University of Charleston) in Charleston, West Virginia for three years. In 1940, Daher coauthored a book entitled "Fundamentals of Basketball" with the great Clair Bee. Additionally, Daher spent two seasons as a pitcher with the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1933 and 1934.

Coaching career

Daher began coaching at Morris Harvey College, which has now been known as the University of Charleston since 1978. From 1939 to 1942, Daher coached the Golden Eagles in basketball and baseball, and assisted the football team as well.^[1] He then left for Manhattan College, where, in his first and only season, led the Jaspers basketball squad to an 18–3 record.^[2] This ranks him 15th all-time at Manhattan in terms of wins, and first in winning percentage.

Following a year in Manhattan, Daher then joined the Virginia Military Institute in Lexington, Virginia as the tight ends football coach, as well as head basketball coach. In two seasons, the Keydets were 2–24 under Daher, an .077 winning percentage.^[3] This ranks Daher 26th at VMI in total wins and 27th (last) in terms of winning percentage.^[3]

Personal life

Daher was born in 1913 to his parents George Joseph and Selma Daher. He had a sister, Sadie, and three brothers, Vincent, Bernard, and Mitchell.^[4] He graduated from Juniata College in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania.^[1] At Juniata, Daher played and lettered in three sports. Daher then earned his master's degree at Bucknell University, where he was a pitcher on the Bison's baseball team.^[5] In between his time in college, Daher also played baseball for the Pittsburgh Pirates briefly in the summers of 1933 and 1934.^[6]

In the latter stages of World War II, Daher took a hiatus from coaching and enlisted in the Army in 1945.^[7] At the time he was residing in Roanoke, Virginia. Daher spent the later part of his life living in Dayton, Ohio.^[8] He was married to his wife Marguerite Alouf for 49 years. Daher was made an honorary member of the VMI Class of 1947.^[1]

Head coaching record

Basketball

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
Charleston Golden Eagles (West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1939–1942)
1939–40	Charleston	12–18
1940–41	Charleston	11–15
1941–42	Charleston	9–16
Charleston:		32–49
Manhattan Jaspers (Metropolitan New York Conference) (1942–1943)
1942–43	Manhattan	18–3	5–2	2nd
Manhattan:		18–3	5–2
VMI Keydets (Southern Conference) (1943–1945)
1943–44	VMI	0–14	0–5	12th
1944–45	VMI	2–10	1–4	12th
VMI:		2–24	1–9
Total:		52–76
National champion Postseason invitational champion Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion Conference tournament champion

References

1 2 3 "Joe Daher To Coach In Line" (PDF). The Cadet (Lexington, VA: Virginia Military Institute). September 26, 1949. Retrieved July 13, 2014.
↑ Manhattan Jaspers Basketball – Year-by-year records
1 2 2013–14 VMI Basketball Fact Book
↑ George Joseph Daher – Obituary
↑ Beachler, Eddie (March 18, 1943). "Sports Stew – Served Hot". Pittsburgh Press (Pittsburgh, PA). Retrieved July 13, 2014.
↑ "Morris-Harvey". Elon Student Newspaper (Elon, NC: Elon College). December 15, 1939. Retrieved July 13, 2014.
↑ Joseph G. Daher – Enlistment Record
↑ Gill, Bo (July 5, 1964). "Bobby Knight's Success Attributed to Clair Bee". Newburgh-Beacon Evening News (Newburgh, NY). Retrieved July 13, 2014.

Manhattan Jaspers basketball head coaches

John O'Donnell (1904–1909)
Edward Hanrahan (1909–1912)
Fred J. Murphy (1912–1913)
Edward Hanrahan (1913–1920)
E. P. Winters (1920–1922)
Arthur T. Carroll (1922–1924)
Ward Brennan (1924–1925)
Arthur T. Carroll (1925–1926)
Chief Muller (1926–1928)
James Houlihan (1922–1924)
Neil Cohalan (1924–1942)
Joe Daher (1942–1943)
No team (1943–1945)
Honey Russell (1945–1946)
Ken Norton (1946–1968)
John Powers (1968–1978)
Brian Mahoney (1978–1981)
Gordon Chiesa (1981–1985)
Tom Sullivan (1985–1986)
Bob Delle Bovi (1986–1988)
Steve Lappas (1988–1992)
Fran Fraschilla (1992–1996)
John Leonard (1996–1999)
Bobby Gonzalez (1999–2006)
Barry Rohrssen (2006–2011)
Steve Masiello (2011– )

VMI Keydets basketball head coaches

Pete Krebs (1908–1909)
F. J. Pratt (1909–1910)
J. Mitchell (1910–1911)
Alpha Brummage (1911–1913)
W. C. Raftery (1913–1914)
Frank Gorton (1914–1917)
Earl Abell (1917–1919)
Pinky Spruhan (1919–1922)
W. C. Raftery (1922–1934)
Frank Summers (1934–1936)
Allison Hubert (1936–1937)
Albert Elmore (1937–1938)
Jimmy Walker (1938–1942)
Allison Hubert (1942–1943)
Joe Daher (1943–1945)
Jay McWilliams (1945–1946)
Lloyd Roberts (1946–1947)
Frank Summers (1947–1949)
Bill O'Hara (1949–1952)
Chuck Noe (1952–1955)
Jack Null (1955–1958)
Weenie Miller (1958–1964)
Gary McPherson (1964–1969)
Mike Schuler (1969–1972)
Bill Blair (1972–1976)
Charlie Schmaus (1976–1982)
Marty Fletcher (1982–1986)
Joe Cantafio (1986–1994)
Bart Bellairs (1994–2005)
Duggar Baucom (2005–2015)
Dan Earl (2015– )

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