Johnny Dee

Alma Mater: 

Notre Dame

Class of: 

1946

Hometown: 
Chicago, IL
High School: 
Mt. Carmel High School
  • Guided Notre Dame to a third-place finish in 1968 NIT
  • Assistant coach at Notre Dame under John Jordan for one season in 1951-52
  • Coached the D-C Truckers in Denver from 1956 to 1962, winning the NIBL title once and finishing second three times
  • College career scoring average under Clem Crowe and Elmer Ripley in 1944-45 and 1945-46 (10 ppg)
  • Final Top 20 Rankings (five: AP/UPI)--1955 (12/NR), 1956 (5/5), 1969 (17/NR), 1970 (9/8) and 1971 (12/14)
  • All-Americans (two): Alabama's Jerry Harper (1956) and Notre Dame's Austin Carr (1970 and 1971).
Record: 

Season

School

Overall

League

Finish

Conference (Division)

Postseason (Record)

1952-53

Alabama

12-9

6-7

T-5th

SEC

DNP

1953-54

Alabama

16-8

10-4

T-3rd

SEC

DNP

1954-55

Alabama

19-5

11-3

2nd

SEC

DNP

1955-56

Alabama

21-3

14-0

1st

SEC

DNP

1964-65

Notre Dame

15-12

NCAA (0-1)

1965-66

Notre Dame

5-21

DNP

1966-67

Notre Dame

14-14

DNP

1967-68

Notre Dame

21-9

NIT (3-1)

1968-69

Notre Dame

20-7

NCAA (0-1)

1969-70

Notre Dame

21-8

NCAA (1-2)

1970-71

Notre Dame

20-9

NCAA (1-2)
  • 11-Year College Coaching Record: 184-105 (.637) overall
  • 68-25 (.731) in four years at Alabama
  • 116-80 (.592) in seven years at Notre Dame
  • 41-14 (.745) in Southeastern Conference
  • 2-6 (.250) in NCAA Tournament
  • 3-1 (.750) in NIT