Jerry Lyne is a South Side Chicagoan, who played for, captained and coached the Loyola Ramblers men's basketball

Loyola Ramblers men's basketball

The Loyola Ramblers men's basketball team represents Loyola University Chicago in Chicago, Illinois, United States. The school's team currently competes in the Horizon League. Loyola joined that league in the 1979-1980 season, when the league was founded. The Ramblers are currently coached by...

 team over the course of several decades that he was affiliated with the Loyola University Chicago

Loyola University Chicago

Loyola University Chicago is a private Jesuit research university located in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Founded by the Society of Jesus in 1870 under the title St...

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Early life

Lyne began playing basketball in 5th grade at Little Flower School on the North Side of Chicago, where he eventually became captain

Captain (sports)

In team sports, a captain is a title given to a member of the team. The title is frequently honorary, but in some cases the captain may have significant responsibility for strategy and teamwork while the game is in progress on the field...

. Subsequently, he became captain at Leo Catholic High School

Leo Catholic High School

Leo Catholic High School is an all-male Catholic high school in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois, United States. It is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago and home to a predominantly African–American student body...

 and for Loyola. He played for the Loyola for four seasons (1952–56), started for three and captained the team as a senior. While a student at Loyola in the Near North Side

Near North Side, Chicago

The Near North Side is one of 77 well-defined community areas of Chicago, Illinois, United States. It is located north and east of the Chicago River, just north of the central business district . To its east is Lake Michigan and its northern boundary is the 19th-century city limit of Chicago,...

 community area

Community areas of Chicago

Community areas in Chicago refers to the work of the Social Science Research Committee at University of Chicago which has unofficially divided the City of Chicago into 77 community areas. These areas are well-defined and static...

, he commuted to and from the Auburn Gresham

Auburn Gresham, Chicago

Auburn Gresham, one of the 77 official community areas, is locatedon the far south side of the city of Chicago, Illinois. It was the original location of the South Side Irish Parade before it was relocated to the Beverly neighborhood farther southwest in the city.St. Sabina Church is located here,...

 community area on the South Side via the Chicago Transit Authority

Chicago Transit Authority

Chicago Transit Authority, also known as CTA, is the operator of mass transit within the City of Chicago, Illinois and some of its surrounding suburbs....

 buses and Chicago 'L'

Chicago 'L'

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Coaching

After serving as an assistant coach for twelve years under George Ireland

George Ireland

George Ireland was an American basketball coach who led Loyola University Chicago to the 1963 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship.-Background:...

, Lyne became the interim coach when Ireland retired due to health reasons in January 1975. He remained coach until 1980 when third year athletic director Gene Sullivan

Gene Sullivan

-Coaching history:Sullivan was the 28th head college football coach for the Geneva College Golden Tornadoes located in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania and he held that position for seventeen seasons, from 1976 until 1992. His coaching record at Geneva was 76 wins, 82 losses, and 2 ties...

 took over the team.

Lyne became an assistant for the 1962–63 Loyola Ramblers men's basketball team who won the 1963 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

1963 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

The 1963 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 25 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball in the United States. It began on March 9, 1963, and ended with the championship game on March 23 in Louisville,...

. During his 12 years as an assistant, he worked at his father's tavern as a porter. He also worked for the last seven summers of his assistantship for the Chicago Park District

Chicago Park District

The Chicago Park District is the oldest and largest park district in the U.S.A, with a $385 million annual budget. It has the distinction of spending the most per capita on its parks, even more than Boston in terms of park expenses per capita...

's basketball program. Under his helm, the 1977–78 Ramblers were victorious at home over Larry Bird

Larry Bird

Larry Joe Bird is a former American NBA basketball player and coach. Drafted into the NBA sixth overall by the Boston Celtics in 1978, Bird started at small forward and power forward for thirteen seasons, spearheading one of the NBA's most formidable frontcourts that included center Robert Parish...

's team, 79–76; Kevin McHale

Kevin McHale

Kevin Edward McHale is a retired American professional basketball player and current head coach of the Houston Rockets. After his playing career, he worked for the Minnesota Timberwolves as the team's general manager and later its coach. He was fired as coach in June 2009...

's , 70–66; and the during John Thompson

John Thompson (basketball)

John R. Thompson, Jr. is an American former basketball coach for the Georgetown University Hoyas. He is now a professional radio and TV sports commentator...

's first year, 68–65 in overtime. During his final season as coach, the team set the Loyola single-game scoring record with a 133-point performance on November 22, 1979 against Loras College

Loras College

Loras College is a four-year Catholic college located in Dubuque, Iowa, with a general attendance of approximately 1,700 students. The school offers both undergraduate and graduate degree programs...

. He concluded his coaching career with a 105–87 loss to Illinois in the 1980 National Invitation Tournament

1980 National Invitation Tournament

-Semifinals & Finals:*Third Place - Illinois 84, UNLV 74...

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Lyne was inducted into the Chicago Sports Hall of Fame

Chicagoland Sports Hall of Fame

The Chicagoland Sports Hall of Fame, located in the Hawthorne Race Course, in Stickney/Cicero, near Chicago, Illinois, honors sports greats associated with the greater Chicago area. It was founded in 1979 as a trailer owned by the Olympia Brewing Company parked at Soldier Field in Chicago. The...

 in 1989.

Head coaching record

NIT Results

Year	Round	Opponent	Result/Score
1980 1980 National Invitation Tournament -Semifinals & Finals:*Third Place - Illinois 84, UNLV 74...	First Round	Illinois Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball The Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team is an NCAA Division I college basketball team competing in the Big Ten Conference. Home games are played at Assembly Hall, located on the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign's campus in Champaign....	L 105–87

External links

• coaching record at Sports-reference.com