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Bill Reinhart

American college sports coach (1896–1971)


American college sports coach (1896–1971)

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nameBill Reinhart
imageWilliam Reinhart.jpg
captionReinhart from the 1934 Oregana
birth_date
death_date
death_placeWashington, D.C., U.S.
player_sport1Football
player_years21919–1921
player_team2Oregon
player_positionsQuarterback
coach_sport1Football
coach_years2?
coach_team2Oregon (assistant)
coach_years31938–1941
coach_team3George Washington
coach_years41945
coach_team4Fleet City
coach_years51946–1949
coach_team5Merchant Marine
coach_sport6Basketball
coach_years71923–1935
coach_team7Oregon
coach_years81935–1942
coach_team8George Washington
coach_years91949–1966
coach_team9George Washington
coach_sport10Baseball
coach_years111924–1935
coach_team11Oregon
coach_years121950–1966
coach_team12George Washington
admin_years11946–1949
admin_team1Merchant Marine
overall_record28–42–3 (football)
499–338 (basketball)
295–225–5 (baseball)
championshipsBasketball
2 SoCon regular season (1954, 1956)
2 SoCon tournament (1954, 1961)
Baseball
4 SoCon
awardsSouthern Conference Basketball Coach of the Year (1954)
Helms Basketball Hall of Fame (1956)
George Washington University Athletics Hall of Fame (1993)
University of Oregon Athletics Hall of Fame (1994)

499–338 (basketball) 295–225–5 (baseball) 2 SoCon regular season (1954, 1956) 2 SoCon tournament (1954, 1961)

Baseball 4 SoCon Helms Basketball Hall of Fame (1956) George Washington University Athletics Hall of Fame (1993) University of Oregon Athletics Hall of Fame (1994) William J. Reinhart (August 2, 1896 – February 14, 1971) was an American college basketball, football, and baseball coach at George Washington University, the University of Oregon, and the United States Merchant Marine Academy. From 1923 to 1935, he served as the head basketball coach at Oregon. He is the school's second-winningest coach with 180 victories. His record through 13 seasons at Oregon was 180–101. He suffered only one losing season. Largely due to his success, Oregon was forced to build McArthur Court to accommodate the large crowds that became fixtures for Ducks games on his watch.

At George Washington, he compiled a 319–237 record in basketball, or .574 winning percentage, including a 23–3 season in 1953–54. His teams twice made the NCAA tournament, in 1954 and 1961, George Washington's only trips to the NCAA Tournament until Mike Jarvis's team in 1993. Players he coached at George Washington included future Basketball Hall of Famer Red Auerbach and future National Basketball Association (NBA) players Joe Holup, Corky Devlin and Gene Guarilia and at Oregon he coached Howard Hobson. Auerbach said Reinhart's coaching and fast break offenses were "15 years ahead of their time."

Reinhart also was head football coach at George Washington and the United States Merchant Marine Academy, assistant football coach at Oregon, and head baseball coach at Oregon and George Washington.

Reinhart died of cancer on February 14, 1971, at Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, D.C.

He was inducted into George Washington's athletic hall of fame in 1993.

A collection of papers and memorabilia related to Reinhart is housed in the Special Collections Research Center of The George Washington University. The collection includes correspondence, photographs, certificates, and news clippings. The material ranges in date from 1920 to 1993.

Head coaching record

Football

Basketball

References

References

  1. [http://www.goducks.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=500&ATCLID=248080 University of Oregon Hall of Fame bio]
  2. [http://www.gwsports.com/genrel/reinhart_william00.html GW bio]
  3. [http://library.gwu.edu/ead/ms2140.xml Guide to the William Reinhart Papers, 1920-1993], Special Collections Research Center, Estelle and Melvin Gelman Library, The George Washington University
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