Historical Berks County Athletes
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Alvin "Doggie" Julian |
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Born: Passed: Home State: High School: College: |
April 5, 1901 in Reading, PA July 28, 1967 Pennsylvania Reading (PA) High School (1915-19) Bucknell University (1919-23) |
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| Alvin Julian or "Doggie" as his friends and players knew him was a Berks Countian who truly made the big time and was enshrined in the Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach in 1968. |
| High School Coaching: | Ashland (PA) High School, basketball, football and baseball coach (1933-35) |
| College Coaching: |
Albright College (Reading, PA), football coach (1925-31) Muhlenberg College (Allentown, PA), basketball, football and baseball coach (1936-45) Holy Cross College (Worcester, MA), head basketball coach and assistant football coach (1945-48) Dartmouth College (Hanover, NH), basketball coach (1950-67) |
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College Coaching Highlights: |
Muhlenberg record: 129-71 Muhlenberg teams won one Middle Atlantic Conference title and tied for three others Holy Cross record: 65-10 Holy Cross became the only New England school to win the NCAA title (1947) The Crusaders nearly repeated the feat in 1948, but lost in the semi-finals Boston Basketball Writers' Coach of the Year (1947) Sugar Bowl championship (1947) Coached future Hall of Famer Bob Cousy at Holy Cross Dartmouth record: 183-236 Dartmouth teams won three Ivy League titles (1956, 1958, 1959) and appeared in three NCAA postseason championships Coached in five NCAA Tournaments and two NITs overall NABC President Enshrined in Helms Athletic Foundation Hall of Fame |
| Pro Coaching: | NBA Boston Celtics (1948-50) |
| Other Career Highlights: |
Played pro football with Pottsville, PA, Maroons and pro baseball with Reading in International League (1923-24) Author, Bread and Butter Basketball |
| In 1947, with Alvin "Doggie" Julian as coach and a bunch of scrappy players, Holy Cross College became the only New England school to win the NCAA title. The Crusaders nearly repeated this feat in 1948, losing in the semifinals. In three seasons at Holy Cross, "Doggie" won 65 of 75 games. In 1948, Julian became coach of the Boston Celtics. After two unsuccessful seasons, he took his disciplined brand of basketball to Dartmouth, where the Big Green became an Ivy League power, winning titles in 1956, 1958 and 1959. In a 41-year coaching career that included stops at Albright, Muhlenberg, Holy Cross, Dartmouth and the Boston Celtics, Julian won 435 games. Overall, he coached in five NCAA tournaments and two NIT. He authored a popular basketball text, Bread and Butter Basketball. |
