Jack Leaman

Jack Leaman
Biographical details
Sport(s)	Basketball
Born	(1932-12-22)December 22, 1932 Boston, Massachusetts
Died	March 6, 2004(2004-03-06) (aged 71) Washington, D. C.
Playing career
1957–1959	Boston University
Position(s)	Guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1961–1966	UMass (asst,)
1966–1979	UMass
1986–1987	UMass (women's)
Head coaching record
Overall	217–126 (Men's) 14–12 (Women's)
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
2× New England Coach of the Year

Jack Leaman (December 22, 1932 – March 6, 2004) was best known as the head coach of the University of Massachusetts Amherst men's basketball team from 1966.^[1] to 1979 where his teams compiled an overall record of 217–126, the school's all-time winningest coach.^[2] His teams won 8 Yankee Conference titles and earned 6 trips to the National Invitational Tournament. A 2-time New England Coach of the Year, he was inducted into the Boston University Athletic Hall of Fame in 1977, the UMass Athletic Hall of Fame in 1988, and the New England Basketball Hall of Fame in 2003. Some of the players he coached during his tenure include Julius Erving, Rick Pitino, and Al Skinner. In all, he coached 22 All-Yankee Conference selections during his coaching career.^[3] Leaman also served as a radio color commentator for UMass men's basketball for 10 seasons beginning in 1994, and served as head coach for the women's basketball team for the 1986–87 season. The basketball court floor at the Mullins Center is named in his honor.^[4]

Born in Boston in 1932, he graduated from Cambridge Rindge and Latin High School in 1951. After 2 years in the United States Army, and after receiving an honorable discharge, Leaman earned both a bachelor's and master's degrees from Boston University. He led the BU basketball team in both scoring and assists during his 3-year playing career. As senior captain in 1959, he led the Terriers to an overall record of 20–7, culminating with a trip to the NCAA East Regional Final.^[5]

He was appointed UMass assistant basketball coach in 1961 under head coach Matthew Zunic, and continued under Johnny Orr until he was chosen head coach for the 1966/67 season.

Head coaching record

Men's Basketball

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Massachusetts (Yankee Conference) (1966–1976)
1966–67	Massachusetts	11–14	7–3	3rd
1967–68	Massachusetts	14–11	8–2	T–1st
1968–69	Massachusetts	17–7	9–1	1st
1969–70	Massachusetts	18–7	8–2	T–1st	NIT 1st Round
1970–71	Massachusetts	23–4	10–0	1st	NIT 1st Round
1971–72	Massachusetts	14–12	6–4	T–2nd
1972–73	Massachusetts	20–7	10–2	1st	NIT 2nd Round
1973–74	Massachusetts	21–5	11–1	1st	NIT 1st Round
1974–75	Massachusetts	18–8	10–2	1st	NIT 1st Round
1975–76	Massachusetts	21–6	11–1	1st
Massachusetts (Eastern Collegiate Basketball League) (1976–1977)
1976–77	Massachusetts	20–11	3–4	4th (East div.)	NIT 2nd Round
Massachusetts (Eastern Athletic Association) (1977–1979)
1977–78	Massachusetts	15–12	5–5	T–3rd (East div.)
1978–79	Massachusetts	5–22	0–10	8th
Massachusetts:		217–126	98–37
Total:		217–126
National champion Postseason invitational champion Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion Conference tournament champion

Women's Basketball

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
UMass Minutewomen basketball (Atlantic 10 Conference) (1986–1987)
1986–87	Massachusetts	14–12	9–9	5th
Massachusetts:		14–12	9–9
Total:		14–12
National champion Postseason invitational champion Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion Conference tournament champion

References

↑ "Looking Back Jack Leaman: A Coach's Coach" (PHP). UMass Amherst. Retrieved 2012-01-04.
↑ "One of the Great Ones". UMass Magazine Online. Retrieved 2012-01-04.
↑ "In Memory: Jack Leaman, 1932-2004". UMass Atlhetics. Retrieved 2012-01-04.
↑ "UMass Basketball Court named for Jack Leaman on Feb 25". UMass Atlhetics. Retrieved 2012-01-04.
↑ "Hall of Fame: Jack Leaman". Boston University Atlhetics. Retrieved 2012-01-04.

UMass Minutemen basketball head coaches

No coach (1899–1900)
No team (1900–1901)
No coach (1901–1909)
No team (1910–1916)
Harold Gore (1916–1917)
Sumner Dole (1917–1918)
Harold Gore # (1918–1919)
Emory Grayson (1919–1920)
Harold Gore (1920–1929)
Fritz Ellert (1929–1933)
Mel Taube (1933–1936)
Wilho Frigard (1936–1940)
Louis Bush (1940–1941)
Fritz Ellert # (1941)
Walter Hargesheimer (1941–1943)
No team (1943–1945)
Lorin Ball (1945–1946)
Walter Hargesheimer (1946)
Lorin Ball (1946–1952)
Robert Curran (1952–1959)
Matt Zunic (1959–1963)
Johnny Orr (1963–1966)
Jack Leaman (1966–1979)
Ray Wilson (1979–1981)
Tom McLaughlin (1981–1983)
Ron Gerlufson (1983–1988)
John Calipari (1988–1996)
Bruiser Flint (1996–2001)
Steve Lappas (2001–2005)
Travis Ford (2005–2008)
Derek Kellogg (2008– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.

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