:Harry Litwack
{{Short description|American basketball player-coach (1907–1999)}}
{{Infobox college coach
| name = Harry Litwack
| image = Harry_Litwack.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Litwack during the 1964–65 season.
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1907|9|20}}
| birth_place = Galicia, Austria-Hungary (modern-day Poland)
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1999|8|7|1907|9|20}}
| death_place = Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania, U.S.
| alma_mater =
| player_years1 = 1927–1930
| player_team1 = Temple
| player_years2 = 1930–1936
| player_team2 = Philadelphia Sphas
| coach_years1 = 1948–1951
| coach_team1 = Philadelphia Warriors (assistant)
| coach_years2 = 1952–1973
| coach_team2 = Temple
| overall_record = 373–193
| bowl_record =
| tournament_record = 7–6 (NCAA)
9–6 (NIT)
| championships = 2 NCAA Regional – Final Four (1956, 1958)
NIT (1969)
4 MAC (1964, 1967, 1969, 1972)
| awards =
| coaching_records =
| BASKHOF_year = 1976
| BASKHOF_id = harry-litwack
}}
Harold "Chief" Litwack (September 20, 1907 – August 7, 1999) was an American college basketball coach. He served as head basketball coach at Temple University from 1952 to 1973, compiling a record of 373–193. He was inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in 1973.
Coaching career
Litwack was born in Galicia, Austria-Hungary (modern-day Poland) but raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Temple in 1930. He began his coaching career at Simon Gratz High School (1930–31), then he became head coach of the freshman team at Temple. Meanwhile, he was playing pro basketball with Eddie Gottlieb's all-Jewish Philadelphia Sphas, from 1930 to 1936. Before he became head coach at Temple in 1952, he also served briefly as assistant coach for the Philadelphia Warriors (1948–51). He died at the age of 91 in 1999.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/08/09/sports/harry-litwack-91-dies-basketball-coach.html|title = Harry Litwack, 91, Dies; Basketball Coach|newspaper = The New York Times|date = 9 August 1999|last1 = Goldstein|first1 = Richard}}
He coached Team USA's gold medal-winning team at the 1957 Maccabiah Games in Israel, and its silver medal-winning team at the 1973 Maccabiah Games.{{Cite news|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1957/09/24/84765912.html|title=Americans Capture Basketball Title at Maccabiah Games; U. S. FIVE DOWNS ISRAELS, 79 TO 62 Wins Championship for Third Straight Time--Israel Takes Swim Crown American Bid Fails New Yorker Fifth|work=The New York Times }}{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/07/05/nyregion/sports-coach-set-for-israeli-games.html | title=Sports; COACH SET FOR ISRAELI GAMES | newspaper=The New York Times | date=5 July 1981 | last1=Blaustein | first1=Esther }}
Head coaching record
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
|name=Temple Owls
|conference=Independent
|startyear=1952
|endyear=1958
|}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season =1952–53
| name =Temple
| overall =16–10
| conference =
| confstanding =
| championship =
| postseason =
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season =1953–54
| name =Temple
| overall =15–12
| conference =
| confstanding =
| championship =
| postseason =
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season =1954–55
| name =Temple
| overall =11–10
| conference =
| confstanding =
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season =1955–56
| name =Temple
| overall =27–4
| conference =
| confstanding =
| championship =
| postseason =NCAA Third Place
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season =1956–57
| name =Temple
| overall =20–9
| conference =
| confstanding =
| championship =
| postseason =NIT Third Place
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season =1957–58
| name =Temple
| overall =27–3
| conference =
| confstanding =
| championship =
| postseason =NCAA University Division Third Place
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
|name=Temple Owls
|conference=Middle Atlantic Conference
|startyear=1958
|endyear=1973
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| name =Temple
| season =1958–59
| overall =6–19
| conference =4–7
| confstanding =9th
| championship =
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season =1959–60
| name =Temple
| overall =17–9
| conference =9–2
| confstanding =3rd
| championship =
| postseason =NIT First Round
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season =1960–61
| name =Temple
| overall =20–8
| conference =9–1
| confstanding =2nd
| championship =
| postseason =NIT Quarterfinals
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season =1961–62
| name =Temple
| overall =18–9
| conference =8–2
| confstanding =2nd
| postseason =NIT Quarterfinals
| championship =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season =1962–63
| name =Temple
| overall =15–7
| conference =6–3
| confstanding =4th
| championship =
| postseason =
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season =1963–64
| name =Temple
| overall =17–8
| conference =6–1
| confstanding =1st
| championship =conference
| postseason =NCAA University Division first round
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season =1964–65
| name =Temple
| overall =14–10
| conference =4–3
| confstanding =4th
| championship =
| postseason =
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season =1965–66
| name =Temple
| overall =21–7
| conference =5–3
| confstanding =4th
| championship =
| postseason =NIT Quarterfinals
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season =1966–67
| name =Temple
| overall =20–8
| conference =7–0
| confstanding =1st
| championship =conference
| postseason =NCAA University Division first round
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season =1967–68
| name =Temple
| overall =19–9
| conference =5–3
| confstanding =4th
| championship =
| postseason =NIT First Round
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season =1968–69
| name =Temple
| overall =22–8
| conference =6–1
| confstanding =1st
| championship =postseason
| postseason =NIT Champions
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season =1969–70
| name =Temple
| overall =15–13
| conference =6–2
| confstanding =T–3rd (Eastern)
| championship =
| postseason =NCAA University Division first round
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season =1970–71
| name =Temple
| overall =13–12
| conference =3–3
| confstanding =4th (Eastern)
| championship =
| postseason =
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season =1971–72
| name =Temple
| overall =23–8
| conference =5–0
| confstanding =1st (Eastern)
| championship =conference
| postseason =NCAA University Division first round
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season =1972–73
| name =Temple
| overall =17–10
| conference =4–1
| confstanding =2nd (Eastern)
| championship =
| postseason =
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name =Temple
| overall =373–193
| confrecord =87–32
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record End
|overall=373–193
}}
See also
{{Portal|Biography|Philadelphia}}
References
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