Sport(s) Basketball Name Harry Litwack 1927-1930 Temple Role Basketball Coach | 1952–1973 Temple Education Temple University Overall 373–193 (.659) | |
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Born September 20, 1907
Poland ( 1907-09-20 ) Tournaments NCAA: 7-6 (.538)
NIT: 9-6 (.600) Died August 7, 1999, Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania, United States | ||
Harold "Chief" Litwack (September 20, 1907 – August 7, 1999) was a college basketball coach. He served as men's head coach of Temple University from 1952 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. Before he became head coach at Temple in 1952, he also served briefly as assistant coach for the Philadelphia Warriors (1948–51). He died at the age of 91 in 1999.
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