Not too many people have even heard of Earlham College..... In just a happenstance opportunity right after I got out of college, I ended up playing summer amature baseball in Indianapolis with one of their former coaches... Del Harris... Yes he coached their baseball team in addition to basketball and was quite a good pitcher …. long before becoming a famous pro basketball coach. From Wikipedia:
Harris was coach at Earlham College in
Richmond, Indiana for nine seasons, building a record of 175-70 (.714) as he led the Quakers to three Conference (2 Hoosier Collegiate Conf. & 1 Hoosier-Buckeye Collegiate Conf) titles and two Top-12 rankings. His best seasons were 1967–68 when they were ranked 6th in the NAIA final polls with a 25-3 record, making him a finalist for NAIA national coach of the year, and in 1970–71, when the Quakers achieved a record of 24-5. In that year they won the HBCC and reached the National Tournament, losing in the 2nd round. He remains, today, as the Earlham coaching leader in wins and winning percentage. He led the Quakers to 15 conference or tournament titles during his tenure.[2]
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