:Jule Rivlin

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| name = Jule Rivlin

| image =

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| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 11

| birth_date = February 2, 1917

| birth_place = Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.

| death_date = September 23, 2002

| death_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.

| high_school = Tridelphia (Wheeling, West Virginia)

| college = Marshall (1937–1940)

| career_start = 1940

| career_end = 1948

| career_number =

| career_position = Guard

| years1 = 1939–1941

| team1 = Akron Goodyear Wingfoots

| years2 = 1945–1946

| team2 = Toledo Whites

| years3 = 1946–1948

| team3 = Toledo Jeeps

| years4 = 1948–1952

| team4 = Wheeling

| cyears1 = 1946–1948

| cteam1 = Toledo Jeeps

| cyears2 = 1955–1963

| cteam2 = Marshall

| highlights =

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Julius Leon "Jule" Rivlin (February 2, 1917 – September 23, 2002) was a college men's basketball coach and professional basketball player. He was the head coach of Marshall from 1955 to 1963. He coached Marshall to a 100–88 record, winning one Mid-American Conference championship and making one NCAA tournament appearance.

Rivlin played college basketball at Marshall before playing three seasons in the National Basketball League for the Akron Goodyear Wingfoots and the Toledo Jeeps, with a break for service in World War II at Fort Warren, Wyoming.{{Cite web |url=http://huntingtonquarterly.com/articles/issue81/rivlin.php |title=Jules Rivlin |access-date=2013-09-27 |archive-date=2013-10-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131003090741/http://huntingtonquarterly.com/articles/issue81/rivlin.php |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url= http://www.jewsinsports.org/profile.asp?sport=basketball&ID=184 |title=Rivlin, Jule |publisher=Jews in Sports |accessdate=2014-08-16}}

Prior to the war, Jules played semi-pro basketball for the Clarksburg (West Virginia) Pure Oilers where he was a close friend and teammate of Press Maravich (father of "Pistol" Pete Maravich).

Rivlin also served as the Jeeps' coach. In 1947, he was named the World Professional Basketball Tournament's MVP.{{cite news |author1=Wilfrid Smith |title=Kautskys beat Toledo, 62-47, in Pro Final |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/99117227/ |access-date=5 April 2022 |work=Chicago Tribune |date=11 April 1947 |page=27 |quote=Jule Rivlin, Toledo's player coach, was voted the most valuable player to his team in the tournament}} In 1974, Julie coached Maccabi Union's basketball team to the Europe Maccabiah Games Championships. Rivlin was named second team All-Century Marshall University Basketball Team, and is a member of the West Virginia Sports Hall of Fame.

Head coaching record

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|name=Marshall Thundering Herd

|startyear=1955

|conference=Mid-American Conference

|endyear=1963

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = conference

| season = 1955–56

| name = Marshall

| overall = 18–5

| conference = 10–2

| confstanding = 1st

| postseason = NCAA First Round

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| season = 1956–57

| name = Marshall

| overall = 15–9

| conference = 8–4

| confstanding = 2nd

| postseason =

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| season = 1957–58

| name = Marshall

| overall = 17–7

| conference = 9–3

| confstanding = 2nd

| postseason =

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| season = 1958–59

| name = Marshall

| overall = 12–12

| conference = 6–6

| confstanding = T–3rd

| postseason =

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| season = 1959–60

| name = Marshall

| overall = 10–13

| conference = 4–8

| confstanding = 6th

| postseason =

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| season = 1960–61

| name = Marshall

| overall = 11–13

| conference = 5–7

| confstanding = 4th

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| season = 1961–62

| name = Marshall

| overall = 10–13

| conference = 6–6

| confstanding = 4th

| postseason =

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| season = 1962–63

| name = Marshall

| overall = 7–16

| conference = 1–11

| confstanding = T-6th

| postseason =

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{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = Marshall

| overall = 100–88 ({{Winning percentage|100|88}})

| confrecord = 49–47 ({{Winning percentage|49|47}})

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{{CBB Yearly Record End

|overall= 100–88 ({{Winning percentage|100|88}})

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References

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  • {{cite book|title=Encyclopedia of Jewin sports |author1=Bernard Postal |author2=Jesse Silver |author3=Roy Silver |location=New York |publisher=Bloch Publishing Co. |year=1965}}
  • {{cite book|title=Ronald Encyclopedia of Basketball |editor= William G. Mokray |publisher=Ronald Press |year=1962}}
  • {{cite book|title=The Modern Encyclopedia of Basketball|editor= Zander Hollander|location=New York |publisher=Doubleday |year=1979}}

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