player_team death_date death_place coach_years birth_place player_positions overall_record player_years awards coach_teams sport birth_date article_title name
boston university 6 march 2004 washington , d. c. , usa men 1966 -- 1979 women 's basketball 1986 -- 87 's basketball 1961 -- 66 -lrb- assistant -rrb- boston , massachusetts , usa guard 217 12 -lrb- women 's -rrb- -- 126 -lrb- men 's -rrb- 14 -- 1957 -- 1959 new time -rrb- england coach of the year -lrb- 2 -- massachusetts basketball 22 december 1932 jack leaman
 jack leaman
jack leaman

jack leaman -lrb- december 22 , 1932 -- march 6 , 2004 -rrb- was best known as the head coach of the university of massachusetts amherst men 's basketball team from 1966 .
to 1979 where his teams compiled an overall record of 217 -- 126 , the school 's all-time winningest coach .
his teams won 8 yankee conference titles and earned 6 trips to the national invitational tournament .
a 2-time new england coach of the year , he was inducted into the boston university athletic hall of fame in 1977 , the umass athletic hall of fame in 1988 , and the new england basketball hall of fame in 2003 .
some of the players he coached during his tenure include julius erving , rick pitino , and al skinner .
in all , he coached 22 all-yankee conference selections during his coaching career .
leaman also served as a radio color commentator for umass men 's basketball for 10 seasons beginning in 1994 , and served as head coach for the women 's basketball team for the 1986 -- 87 season .
the basketball court floor at the mullins center is named in his honor .
born in boston in 1932 , he graduated from cambridge rindge and latin high school in 1951 .
after 2 years in the united states army , and after receiving an honorable discharge , leaman earned both a bachelor 's and master 's degrees from boston university .
he led the bu basketball team in both scoring and assists during his 3-year playing career .
as senior captain in 1959 , he led the terriers to an overall record of 20 -- 7 , culminating with a trip to the ncaa east regional final .
he was appointed umass assistant basketball coach in 1961 under head coach matthew zunic , and continued under johnny orr until he was chosen head coach for the 1966/67 season .
