Harry Litwack

Alma Mater:

Class of:

1930

Hometown:

Philadelphia, PA

Elected to Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1975
Led team to 1969 NIT title and third-place finish in 1957 NIT
Reached NCAA Final Four two times--1956 (3rd) and 1958 (3rd)
Guided Temple to the nation's best record among independent schools in 1956 and 1958
Assistant coach at Temple under Jimmy Usilton, Ernie Messikomer and Josh Cody
Assistant coach under Ed Gottlieb of the NBA's Philadelphia Warriors for one season in 1950-51
College basketball letterman under Usilton
Final Top 20 Rankings (two: AP/UPI)--1956 (15/14) and 1958 (5/5)
All-Americans (three): Pickles Kennedy (1960), Hal Lear (1956) and Guy Rodgers (1957 and 1958).

Record:

Season	School	Overall	League	Finish	Conference (Division)	Postseason (Record)
1952-53	Temple	16-10				DNP
1953-54	Temple	15-12				DNP
1954-55	Temple	11-10				DNP
1955-56	Temple	27-4				NCAA (4-1)
1956-57	Temple	20-9				NIT (2-1)
1957-58	Temple	27-3				NCAA (3-1)
1958-59	Temple	6-19	4-7	9th	Middle Atlantic	DNP
1959-60	Temple	17-9	9-2	3rd	Middle Atlantic	NIT (0-1)
1960-61	Temple	20-8	9-1	2nd	Middle Atlantic	NIT (1-1)
1961-62	Temple	18-9	8-2	2nd	Middle Atlantic	NIT (1-1)
1962-63	Temple	15-7	6-3	4th	Middle Atlantic	DNP
1963-64	Temple	17-8	6-1	1st	Middle Atlantic	NCAA (0-1)
1964-65	Temple	14-10		4th	Middle Atlantic	DNP
1965-66	Temple	21-7		2nd	Middle Atlantic	NIT (1-1)
1966-67	Temple	20-8		1st	Middle Atlantic	NCAA (0-1)
1967-68	Temple	19-9		3rd	Middle Atlantic	NIT (0-1)
1968-69	Temple	22-8		1st	Middle Atlantic	NIT (4-0)
1969-70	Temple	15-13	2-3	T-2nd	Middle Atlantic (East)	NCAA (0-1)
1970-71	Temple	13-12	3-3	4th	Middle Atlantic (East)	DNP
1971-72	Temple	23-8	6-0	1st	Middle Atlantic (East)	NCAA (0-1)
1972-73	Temple	17-10	5-1	2nd	Middle Atlantic (East)	DNP

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