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Hugh Greer

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After Greer died in January 1963, assistant coach George Wigton filled in as interim head coach for the rest of the 1962–63 season. Connecticut finished the season with an overall record of 18–7, a record of 9–1 and a first-place finish in the Yankee Conference, and an appearance in the
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Under Hugh Greer, who coached from 1947 until he died during the 1963 season, the Huskies went 286–112, a .718 winning percentage...
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left Connecticut in mid-season in 1946, the Huskies had a record of 4–2 overall and 1–1 in the
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on January 14, 1963. Assistant coach George Wigton finished out the
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went to school at Connecticut Agricultural College (CAC, now the
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championships overall and 10 consecutively from the
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In 1956, Greer led UConn to the 310: 280: 1251:UConn Huskies men's basketball players 1246:UConn Huskies men's basketball coaches 1198: 932: 803: Division regular season champion 976: 902: 816: Conference tournament champion 152:Connecticut Huskies men's basketball 1231:Basketball players from Connecticut 1226:Basketball coaches from Connecticut 952:"UCAA - Distinguished Alumni Award" 777: National champion   13: 194: 14: 1262: 1236:People from Suffield, Connecticut 1221:American men's basketball players 1216:American men's basketball coaches 1241:UConn Huskies athletic directors 903:Smith, Laura (August 31, 2018). 944: 858: 840: 813:      806:      800:      793:      787:      780:      774:      217:National Invitation Tournament 1: 886: 1186:# denotes interim head coach 219:(NIT) berth, as well as 12 157: 7: 905:"Hugh S. Greer Field House" 874: 273:and led the Huskies to the 167:Born on August 5, 1904, in 10: 1267: 860: 842: 770: 119:Accomplishments and honors 1012: 824: 771: 767: 759: 755: 744: 205:University of Connecticut 181:University of Connecticut 154:coach from 1946 to 1963. 141: 137: 128: 123: 118: 110: 105: 101: 91: 82: 78: 68: 63: 46: 26: 21: 834: 256:NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 163:Early life and education 211:he led UConn to seven 185:New England Conference 40:Suffield, Connecticut 868:1963 NCAA Tournament 286:Statistics overview 281:Head coaching record 275:1963 NCAA Tournament 235:passed him in 1998. 106:Head coaching record 22:Biographical details 1082:J. Orlean Christian 313:Connecticut Huskies 287: 209:Connecticut Huskies 57:Storrs, Connecticut 18: 566:NCAA Sweet Sixteen 285: 16: 1193: 1192: 853:Yankee Conference 822: 821: 817: 810: 804: 797: 791: 784: 778: 325: 319:Yankee Conference 221:Yankee Conference 145: 144: 131:Yankee Conference 83:Coaching career ( 1258: 1181: 1173: 1165: 1157: 1149: 1141: 1133: 1125: 1117: 1109: 1101: 1093: 1085: 1077: 1069: 1061: 1053: 1045: 1042:J. Wilder Tasker 1037: 1029: 1021: 1006: 997: 990: 983: 974: 973: 967: 966: 964: 963: 954:. Archived from 948: 942: 941: 930: 921: 920: 918: 916: 900: 864: 847:When head coach 846: 815: 814: 808: 807: 802: 801: 795: 794: 789: 788: 782: 781: 776: 775: 670:NCAA First Round 644:NCAA First Round 618:NCAA First Round 592:NCAA First Round 514:NCAA First Round 442:NCAA First Round 323: 288: 284: 213:NCAA Tournaments 187:championship in 177:Hugh Scott Greer 53: 50:January 14, 1963 36: 34: 19: 15: 1266: 1265: 1261: 1260: 1259: 1257: 1256: 1255: 1196: 1195: 1194: 1189: 1176: 1168: 1160: 1152: 1144: 1136: 1128: 1120: 1112: 1104: 1096: 1088: 1080: 1072: 1066:Louis Alexander 1064: 1056: 1048: 1040: 1032: 1026:John F. Donahue 1024: 1016: 1008: 1004: 1001: 971: 970: 961: 959: 950: 949: 945: 931: 924: 914: 912: 911:. 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Suffield, Connecticut
Storrs, Connecticut
UConn
HC
UConn
Yankee Conference
Connecticut Huskies men's basketball
Suffield
Connecticut
University of Connecticut
New England Conference
1926
basketball
University of Connecticut
Connecticut Huskies
NCAA Tournaments
National Invitation Tournament
Yankee Conference
1950–51 season
1959–60 season
Jim Calhoun
1954
Holy Cross
Crusaders
1954 NIT
NCAA Tournament Sweet 16
Temple
heart attack
1962–63 season
1963 NCAA Tournament

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