John McLendon, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

John McLendon

American basketball coach

Date of Birth: 05-Apr-1915

Place of Birth: Hiawatha, Kansas, United States

Date of Death: 08-Oct-1999

Profession: basketball player, basketball coach

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aries

John B.
McLendon Jr.
(April 5, 1915 – October 8, 1999) was an American basketball coach who is recognized as the first African American basketball coach at a predominantly European-American university and the first African American head coach in any professional sport.
He was a major contributor to the development of modern basketball and coached on both the college and professional levels during his career.
He has been enshrined three times in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, and also inducted into the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame.