Ray Meyer, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Ray Meyer

American basketball player and coach, college athletics administrator

Date of Birth: 18-Dec-1913

Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, United States

Date of Death: 17-Mar-2006

Profession: basketball player, basketball coach

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius


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About Ray Meyer

  • Raymond Joseph Meyer (December 18, 1913 – March 17, 2006) was an American men's collegiate basketball coach from Chicago, Illinois.
  • He was well known for coaching at DePaul University from 1942 to 1984, compiling a 724–354 record.
  • Meyer coached DePaul to 21 post-season appearances (13 NCAA, eight NIT).
  • In total, Meyer recorded 37 winning seasons and twelve 20-win seasons, including seven straight from 1978 to 1984.
  • Two Meyer-coached teams reached the Final Four (1943 and 1979), and in 1945, Meyer led DePaul past Bowling Green to capture the National Invitation Tournament, the school's only post-season title. Meyer coached a College All-Star team that played a coast-to-coast series against the Harlem Globetrotters for 11 years.
  • One of his best players was George Mikan, who was a game-changing player and basketball's first great "big man".
  • Meyer recruited Mikan from Archbishop Quigley Preparatory Seminary, a school Meyer had himself earlier attended.
  • Other top players coached by Meyer include former NBA players Mark Aguirre and Terry Cummings.
  • During Meyer's tenure the basketball rivalry between DePaul and Loyola reached an extremely high level.
  • Meyer's great-great nephew, Mike Starkman, played basketball for Loyola as a walk-on.
  • Meyer was a much-beloved figure in Chicago, and is a member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
  • He was succeeded as DePaul coach by his son, Joey, who led the team for several more seasons, but less successfully than had his father. Meyer also ran a summer basketball camp near Three Lakes in northern Wisconsin for many years.

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