Rollie Massimino

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Rollie Massimino in 2009

Roland Vincent "Rollie" Massimino (born November 13, 1934 in Hillside (New Jersey) , † August 30, 2017 in West Palm Beach ) was an American basketball coach. The greatest achievement of his career was winning the college championship with the Villanova University team in the spring of 1985.

career

Massimino attended Hillside High School in his hometown until 1952 and then studied at the University of Vermont (graduated in 1956) and at Rutgers University (graduated in 1959).

After a first position as an assistant coach at Cranford High School (1956 to 1959) in his home state New Jersey , he took over the post of head coach at Hillside High School in 1959. This he held until 1963, followed by a six-year tenure as the head coach of the basketball team at Lexington High School, Massachusetts .

In 1969 he made the leap from high school to university as a coach and coached the Stony Brook University team for two years . After a year-long stint as an assistant coach at the University of Pennsylvania , he took up the post of head coach at Villanova University in 1973. He was to remain in this post for 19 years. In the 1984/85 season he managed a big surprise when he led Villanova to win the college championship. After Massimino's protégés suffered ten defeats in that season before the start of the championship round, they were not expected to have much in the playoffs. After narrow victories over Dayton , Michigan and Maryland (the difference between winner and defeat was four points or less) North Carolina was defeated with twelve points. At the final tournament in Lexington (Kentucky) Massimino led his team to a 52:45 semi-final victory over Memphis State , in the final they secured the title with a 66:64 victory over Georgetown . In the final, Massimino's team shone with a hit rate of 78.6 percent and hit nine of their ten throws in the second half of the game. After this success he conducted negotiations with the NBA club New Jersey Nets , but ultimately stayed with Villanova, where he was in office until 1992.

This was followed by two further coaching stations in the first division of the NCAA at UNLV (1992 to 1994) and Cleveland State (1996 to 2003) . In 2006 he took over the post of head coach at Northwood University in Florida , a college whose sports teams participate in the NAIA competition. In 2015, Northwood's teams went to Keizer University. Under Massimino's leadership, the "Seahawks" became a title contender in the second NAIA division: in 2012 he led the team to the final, where they lost to Oregon Tech . In the 2016/17 season he was still the head coach of Keizer University; on August 30, 2017, Massimino, who had suffered from lung cancer for years, died at the age of 82.

Awards

  • Coach of the Year (named by MacGregor Sporting Goods) 1985
  • NAIA Trainer of the Year 2011
  • NAIA Trainer of the Year (named by Rawlings) 2012
  • Induced into the 2013 National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Keizer Athletics - 2016-17 Men's Basketball Coaching Staff. Retrieved September 16, 2017 .
  2. ↑ Before his NCAA fame, Rollie Massimino was a great NJ high school coach | Politi . In: NJ.com . ( nj.com [accessed September 16, 2017]).
  3. ^ Former Stony Brook coach Rollie Massimino passes away . In: Stony Brook University . ( stonybrookathletics.com [accessed September 16, 2017]).
  4. ^ Villanova's Rollie Massimino, 82, was the underdog's champion . In: NCAA.com . August 30, 2017 ( ncaa.com [accessed September 16, 2017]).
  5. ↑ Harvey Araton: Rollie Massimino, 82, Dies; Rode Dark Horse Villanova to Basketball Glory . In: The New York Times . August 30, 2017, ISSN  0362-4331 ( nytimes.com [accessed September 16, 2017]).
  6. ↑ Matt Schudel: Rollie Massimino, coach who led Villanova to one of college basketball's greatest upsets, dies at 82 . In: Washington Post . August 30, 2017, ISSN  0190-8286 ( washingtonpost.com [accessed September 16, 2017]).
  7. ↑ Sam Goldaper, Special to the New York Times: NETS 'PRESS TACTICS PUT OFF MASSIMINO . In: The New York Times . June 26, 1985, ISSN  0362-4331 ( nytimes.com [accessed September 16, 2017]).
  8. ↑ Rollie Massimino, former UNLV coach for 2 seasons, dies at 82 . In: Las Vegas Review-Journal . August 30, 2017 ( reviewjournal.com [accessed September 16, 2017]).
  9. ↑ CSU Mourns the Loss of Former Coach Rollie Massimino . In: Cleveland State University . August 30, 2017 ( csuvikings.com [accessed September 16, 2017]).
  10. ↑ WPEC-TV CBS12 News :: Sports - Northwood no more: Seahawks now play for Keizer University. (No longer available online.) September 5, 2015, archived from the original on September 5, 2015 ; accessed on September 16, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.cbs12.com
  11. ^ Keizer Mourns the Loss of Legendary Basketball Coach Rollie Massimino. Retrieved September 16, 2017 .
  12. ^ Greg Bishop: Oregon Tech, Miles Celebrate Championship Tinged by Tragedy . In: The Quad . ( nytimes.com [accessed September 16, 2017]).
  13. ↑ Rollie Massimino, who coached Villanova to '85 title, dead at 82 . In: NY Daily News . ( nydailynews.com [accessed September 16, 2017]).
personal data
SURNAME Massimino, Rollie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Massimino, Roland Vincent (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American basketball coach
DATE OF BIRTH November 13, 1934
PLACE OF BIRTH Hillside, New Jersey
DATE OF DEATH August 30, 2017
Place of death West Palm Beach (Florida)