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Nat Holman
Nat Holman (born Nathan Helmanowich; October 19, 1896 – February 12, 1995) was an American professional basketball player and college coach. He is a member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and is the only coach to lead his team to NCAA and National Invitation Tournament (NIT) championships in the same season.
Holman was born Nathan Helmanowich on the Lower East Side of Manhattan to Russian immigrant parents, and was Jewish. He attended P.S. 62, and was then a star in basketball, soccer, and football at the High School of Commerce, graduated from the Savage School for Physical Education, and earned a master's degree from New York University. Known for his exceptional ball-handling and his accurate shooting, Holman was a star player for the NYU men's basketball team.
Holman was also an important player for the Original Celtics, who had no relation to the Boston Celtics.
In 1945, over a decade after he retired from playing professional basketball, Holman would be named a first team member of what was deemed the "All-Time Stars of Professional Basketball", which consisted of votes from the six general managers from the teams playing in the 1944–45 NBL season. Holman was joined alongside two other former Original Celtics players in John Beckman and Dutch Dehnert, as well as the Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons' Bobby McDermott and the Oshkosh All-Stars' Leroy Edwards from the NBL.
Although Holman played professional basketball until 1930, he took over the head coaching position at the City College of New York in 1920. Known as "Mr. Basketball," Holman guided CCNY to the so-called grand slam of college basketball, winning both the NCAA and NIT titles in 1950, a feat that has never been achieved before or since, and is no longer possible as the tournaments now take place concurrently.
In 1951, Holman's CCNY team became involved in a national point-shaving scandal that involved seven different schools. While several CCNY players, including Ed Warner and Ed Roman were arrested, the investigation cleared Holman of any wrongdoing. Despite this, CCNY to suspended Holman after the 1951–52 season. He returned for brief stints in 1954–56 and 1958–59, ultimately retiring in 1959. Holman compiled an overall record of 421–190 in 37 seasons at CCNY. CCNY would go on to drop down to the NCAA Division III in the 1963–64 season.
While relatively untainted by the scandal, Holman was described by author Matthew Goodman as "arrogant and aloof...who somehow developed a British accent" despite his Lower East Side roots.
Holman also founded Camp Scatico in 1921 and ran the camp until he sold it to his niece and her husband in 1964.
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Nat Holman
Nat Holman (born Nathan Helmanowich; October 19, 1896 – February 12, 1995) was an American professional basketball player and college coach. He is a member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and is the only coach to lead his team to NCAA and National Invitation Tournament (NIT) championships in the same season.
Holman was born Nathan Helmanowich on the Lower East Side of Manhattan to Russian immigrant parents, and was Jewish. He attended P.S. 62, and was then a star in basketball, soccer, and football at the High School of Commerce, graduated from the Savage School for Physical Education, and earned a master's degree from New York University. Known for his exceptional ball-handling and his accurate shooting, Holman was a star player for the NYU men's basketball team.
Holman was also an important player for the Original Celtics, who had no relation to the Boston Celtics.
In 1945, over a decade after he retired from playing professional basketball, Holman would be named a first team member of what was deemed the "All-Time Stars of Professional Basketball", which consisted of votes from the six general managers from the teams playing in the 1944–45 NBL season. Holman was joined alongside two other former Original Celtics players in John Beckman and Dutch Dehnert, as well as the Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons' Bobby McDermott and the Oshkosh All-Stars' Leroy Edwards from the NBL.
Although Holman played professional basketball until 1930, he took over the head coaching position at the City College of New York in 1920. Known as "Mr. Basketball," Holman guided CCNY to the so-called grand slam of college basketball, winning both the NCAA and NIT titles in 1950, a feat that has never been achieved before or since, and is no longer possible as the tournaments now take place concurrently.
In 1951, Holman's CCNY team became involved in a national point-shaving scandal that involved seven different schools. While several CCNY players, including Ed Warner and Ed Roman were arrested, the investigation cleared Holman of any wrongdoing. Despite this, CCNY to suspended Holman after the 1951–52 season. He returned for brief stints in 1954–56 and 1958–59, ultimately retiring in 1959. Holman compiled an overall record of 421–190 in 37 seasons at CCNY. CCNY would go on to drop down to the NCAA Division III in the 1963–64 season.
While relatively untainted by the scandal, Holman was described by author Matthew Goodman as "arrogant and aloof...who somehow developed a British accent" despite his Lower East Side roots.
Holman also founded Camp Scatico in 1921 and ran the camp until he sold it to his niece and her husband in 1964.
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