Dick Holub

Richard W. Holub (October 29, 1921 – July 27, 2009) was an American basketball player and coach.

Dick Holub

Personal information
Born	(1921-10-29)October 29, 1921 Racine, Wisconsin
Died	July 27, 2009(2009-07-27) (aged 87) Sun City West, Arizona
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Listed weight	205 lb (93 kg)
Career information
High school	Flushing (Flushing, New York)
College	LIU Brooklyn (1940–1942, 1946–1947)
BAA draft	1947 / Round: 1 / Pick: 5th overall
Selected by the New York Knicks
Playing career	1947–1952
Position	Center
Number	11
Coaching career	1949–1966
Career history
As player:
1947–1948	New York Knicks
1949–1950	Paterson Crescents
1950–1951	Bridgeport Roesslers
1951–1952	Middletown Guards
As coach:
1949–1966	Farleigh Dickinson
Career highlights and awards
Second-team All-American – Pic (1942)
Career BAA statistics
Points	504 (10.5 ppg)
Games played	48
Stats  at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

A 6'6" center born in Racine, Wisconsin,[1] Holub played college basketball at Long Island University, and was a member of an NIT championship team in 1941. His college career was interrupted by a stint with the Air Force during World War II, but he returned to school in 1946, and led his team in scoring during the 1946−47 season.[2]

After being drafted by the New York Knicks in the 1947 BAA draft, Holub spent the 1947–48 season with the team, then embarked upon a seventeen-year coaching career at Farleigh Dickinson University. During his tenure as coach, he achieved a 233−167 record. He also taught English at Farleigh Dickinson. In 1981, he became an academic adviser for the University of Connecticut's athletic department.[2]

Holub died on July 27, 2009, in Sun City West, Arizona.[2]