Bill Detrick, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Bill Detrick

American basketball player-coach

Date of Birth: 22-Jul-1927

Place of Birth: Newark, New Jersey, United States

Date of Death: 19-Oct-2014

Profession: basketball player, basketball coach

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

William H.
Detrick (July 22, 1927 – September 19, 2014) was an American college basketball and golf coach.
He was most notable as head men's basketball coach at Central Connecticut State University (CCSU), where he served for 29 seasons and won a school-record 468 games.Detrick was a three-sport athlete in baseball, football, and basketball at Central Connecticut, becoming the first student in school history to earn 12 varsity letters.
He returned to CCSU in 1959, as head coach where he remained until 1987.
After a short stint as head coach at the United States Coast Guard Academy, Detrick went on to become head golf coach at Trinity College in Connecticut, where he remained for 23 years and was a three-time conference coach of the year.Detrick was an inaugural member of the Central Connecticut athletic Hall of Fame and was the namesake for the school's basketball arena, the William H.
Detrick Gymnasium.
At Trinity, the school honored Detrick in 2013 be renaming its annual golf tournament the Bill Detrick Invitational.Detrick died on September 19, 2014 at the age of 87.