player_team death_date death_place coach_years birth_place player_positions player_years coach_team sport birth_date article_title name
cincinnati 9 february 2015 stow , ohio 1969 -- 1976 1976 -- 1980 east liverpool , ohio guard 1962 -- 1965 cincinnati -lrb- asst. -rrb- akron basketball february 15 , 1943 ken cunningham -lrb- basketball -rrb-
 ken cunningham
ken cunningham -lrb- basketball -rrb-

ken cunningham was a college basketball head coach .
he coached the akron zips men 's basketball team from 1977 to 1980 , guiding the zips to a 42-61 record .
prior to arriving at akron , cunningham served as an assistant coach at the university of cincinnati , his alma mater , under tay baker and gale catlett .
cincinnati went 136-56 during those years , reaching the nit tournament in 1974 and the ncaa tournament in 1975 and 1976 .
as a player , cunningham played guard for the bearcats from 1961 -- 65 and was a member of the 1963 ncaa runner-up team that lost in overtime to loyola , chicago .
in 1961 , cunningham was named the ohio high school basketball player of the year .
he died in 2015 , aged 71 .
