- Johnny Bach
John William (Johnny) Bach (born
July 10 1924 inBrooklyn ,New York ) is a former professionalbasketball player and current coach. A 6'2" forward/guard, Bach played collegiately atFordham University and Brown. He was selected by theBoston Celtics in the 1948 Basketball Association of America (BAA) Draft, and played 24 games for the Celtics.In 1950 he became one of the nation's youngest head coaches at a major college when he took over the coaching job at Fordham. He spent 18 years there, taking seven Ram teams to post-season tourneys, before starting a long and successful coaching career at
Penn State , where he joined three former Brown friends -Rip Engle ,Joe Paterno , andJoe McMullen .Johnny Bach has served as a member of the
U.S. Olympic Committee .Bach would later coach the
Golden State Warriors for over three years. He served as an interim coach briefly in 1980, and then as the full-time coach from 1983 to 1986.As at February 2006, at the age of 81, Bach was an assistant coach with the
Chicago Bulls . [citeweb |url=http://www.nba.com/coachfile/john_bach/index.html?nav=page |title=NBA.com: COACHES]References
External links
* [http://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/bachjo01c.html BasketballReference.com: Johnny Bach (as coach)]
* [http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/b/bachjo01.html BasketballReference.com: Johnny Bach (as player)]
* [http://www.nba.com/coachfile/john_bach/index.html?nav=page NBA.com Coach File: John Bach]
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