Dick Holub
Encyclopedia
Richard W. Holub was an American basketball
player and coach.
A 6'7" center, Holub played college basketball at Long Island University
, and was a member of an NIT
championship team in 1941. His college career was interrupted by a stint with the Air Force
during World War II
, but he returned to school in 1946, and led his team in scoring over the 1946-47 season.
Holub played one season of professional basketball with the New York Knicks
, then embarked upon a seventeen-year coaching career at Farleigh Dickinson University. During his tenure as coach, he achieved a 233-167 record. He also taught English at Farleigh Dickinson. In 1981, he became an academic adviser for the University of Connecticut
's athletic department.
Holub died on July 27, 2009, in Sun City West, Arizona
.
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
player and coach.
A 6'7" center, Holub played college basketball at Long Island University
Long Island University
Long Island University is a private, coeducational, nonsectarian institution of higher education in the U.S. state of New York.-History:...
, and was a member of an NIT
National Invitation Tournament
The National Invitation Tournament is a men's college basketball tournament operated by the National Collegiate Athletic Association. There are two NIT events each season. The first, played in November and known as the Dick's Sporting Goods NIT Season Tip-Off , was founded in 1985...
championship team in 1941. His college career was interrupted by a stint with the Air Force
Air force
An air force, also known in some countries as an air army, is in the broadest sense, the national military organization that primarily conducts aerial warfare. More specifically, it is the branch of a nation's armed services that is responsible for aerial warfare as distinct from an army, navy or...
during World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
, but he returned to school in 1946, and led his team in scoring over the 1946-47 season.
Holub played one season of professional basketball with the New York Knicks
New York Knicks
The New York Knickerbockers, prominently known as the Knicks, are a professional basketball team based in New York City. They are part of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association...
, then embarked upon a seventeen-year coaching career at Farleigh Dickinson University. During his tenure as coach, he achieved a 233-167 record. He also taught English at Farleigh Dickinson. In 1981, he became an academic adviser for the University of Connecticut
University of Connecticut
The admission rate to the University of Connecticut is about 50% and has been steadily decreasing, with about 28,000 prospective students applying for admission to the freshman class in recent years. Approximately 40,000 prospective students tour the main campus in Storrs annually...
's athletic department.
Holub died on July 27, 2009, in Sun City West, Arizona
Sun City West, Arizona
Sun City West is a census-designated place in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States. The population was 26,344 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Sun City West is located at ....
.