John "Jack" Ramsay

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Hometown: 
Philadelphia, PA
  • Elected to Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1992
  • Reached Final Four in 1961 NCAA Tournament (3rd)
  • Reached NIT semifinals in 1956 (3rd)
  • Compiled an 864-783 record (.525) in 21 seasons as an NBA coach, including an NBA title with Portland in 1977
  • General Manager of NBA's Philadelphia 76ers for three seasons from 1966-67 through 1968-69
  • Three-year letterman under coach Bill Ferguson (second-leading scorer as sophomore with 8.2 ppg, second-leading scorer as junior with 11.2 ppg and fourth-leading scorer as senior with 8.8 ppg). Ranked 13th in the nation in free-throw shooting (78.8%) as a senior
  • Final Top 20 Rankings (five: AP/UPI)--1959 (14/20), 1961 (17/16), 1963 (NR/16), 1965 (3/3) and 1966 (5/6)
  • All-Americans (one): Matt Guokas (1966).
Record: 

Season

School

Overall

League

Finish

Conference (Division)

Postseason (Record)

1955-56

St. Joseph's

23-6

NIT (2-1)

1956-57

St. Joseph's

17-7

DNP

1957-58

St. Joseph's

18-9

4-2

2nd

Middle Atlantic

NIT (1-1)

1958-59

St. Joseph's

22-5

7-0

1st

Middle Atlantic

NCAA (0-2)

1959-60

St. Joseph's

20-7

7-1

1st

Middle Atlantic

NCAA (0-2)

1960-61

St. Joseph's*

25-5

8-0

1st

Middle Atlantic

NCAA (3-1)

1961-62

St. Joseph's

18-10

9-1

1st

Middle Atlantic

NCAA (0-2)

1962-63

St. Joseph's

23-5

8-0

1st

Middle Atlantic

NCAA (2-1)

1963-64

St. Joseph's

18-10

5-1

T-2nd

Middle Atlantic

NIT (1-1)

1964-65

St. Joseph's

26-3

6-0

1st

Middle Atlantic

NCAA (1-2)

1965-66

St. Joseph's

24-5

4-0

1st

Middle Atlantic

NCAA (2-1)

* Vacated four NCAA Tournament games.

  • 11-Year College Coaching Record: 234-72 (.765) at St. Joseph's
  • 58-5 (.921) in Middle Atlantic Conference
  • 8-11 (.421) in NCAA Tournament
  • 4-3 (.571) in NIT