Johnny Bach

This article is about the basketball player and coach. For the Welsh actor, see John Bach.

Johnny Bach
Personal information
Born	(1924-07-10)July 10, 1924 Brooklyn, New York
Died	January 18, 2016(2016-01-18) (aged 91) Chicago, Illinois
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Listed weight	180 lb (82 kg)
Career information
High school	St. John's Preparatory (New York City, New York)
College	Fordham (1943–1947)
NBA draft	1948 / Round: -- / Pick: --
Selected by the Boston Celtics
Playing career	1948–1950
Position	Small forward / Guard
Number	17
Coaching career	1950–2006
Career history
As player:
1948–1949	Boston Celtics
1949–1950	Hartford Hurricanes (ABL)
As coach:
1950–1968	Fordham
1968–1978	Penn State
1979–1983	Golden State Warriors (assistant)
1980, 1983–1986	Golden State Warriors
1986–1994	Chicago Bulls (assistant)
1994–1996	Charlotte Hornets (assistant)
1996–1998	Detroit Pistons (assistant)
2001–2003	Washington Wizards (assistant)
2003–2006	Chicago Bulls (assistant)
Career BAA statistics
Points	119 (3.5 ppg)
Assists	25 (0.7 apg)
Games played	34
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

John William "Johnny" Bach (July 10, 1924 – January 18, 2016) was an American professional basketball player and coach. A forward/guard, Bach played college basketball at Fordham University and Brown University. He was selected by the Boston Celtics in the 1948 Basketball Association of America (BAA) Draft, and played 24 games for the Celtics.

Career

In 1950 Bach became one of the nation's youngest head coaches at a major college when he took over the coaching job at Fordham. He spent 18 years there, taking seven Ram teams to post-season tourneys, before starting a long and successful coaching career at Penn State, where he joined three old friends from Brown; Rip Engle, Joe Paterno and Joe McMullen. Bach would later coach the Golden State Warriors for three years. He served as an interim coach in 1980, and then as the full-time coach from 1983 to 1986. In 1986 Bach joined the Chicago Bulls as an assistant. After the team won three championships from 1991 to 1993, Bach moved on to coaching jobs with the Charlotte Hornets, Detroit Pistons and Washington Wizards. He returned to the Bulls in 2003, and retired in 2006.^[1]

Later life

After retiring from basketball, Bach turned to painting. In 2007, thirty-two of his watercolors were put on display at the Sevan Gallery in Skokie, Illinois.^[1] Bach died on January 18, 2016 in Chicago, Illinois at the age of 91.^[2] Bach's funeral was held two days later on January 20, 2016 at the Old St. Patrick's Church in Chicago. ^[3]

Head coaching record

College basketball

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Fordham Rams (Metropolitan New York Conference) (1950–1963)
1950–51	Fordham	20-8	3-3	2nd
1951–52	Fordham	20-8	3-3	4th
1952–53	Fordham	19-8	4-2	3rd	NCAA First Round
1953–54	Fordham	18-6	3-1	2nd	NCAA First Round
1954–55	Fordham	18-9	3-2	3rd
1955–56	Fordham	11-14	2-2	6th
1956–57	Fordham	16-10	2-2	T-3rd
1957–58	Fordham	16-9	1-3	6th	NIT Quarterfinals
1958–59	Fordham	17-8	2-2	T-4th	NIT First Round
1959–60	Fordham	8-18	1-3	5th
1960–61	Fordham	7-16	0-3	7th
1961–62	Fordham	10-14	1-3	T-5th
1962–63	Fordham	18-8	4-1	1st	NIT First Round
Fordham Rams (Independent) (1963–1968)
1963–64	Fordham	9-11
1964–65	Fordham	15-12			NIT First Round
1965–66	Fordham	10-15
1966–67	Fordham	11-14
1967–68	Fordham	19-8			NIT Quarterfinals
Fordham:		265–193 (.579)	29–30 (.492)
Penn State Nittany Lions (Independent) (1968–1976)
1968–69	Penn State	13-9
1969–70	Penn State	13-11
1970–71	Penn State	10-12
1971–72	Penn State	17-8
1972–73	Penn State	15-8
1973–74	Penn State	14-12
1974–75	Penn State	11-12
1975–76	Penn State	10-15
Penn State Nittany Lions (Eastern Collegiate Basketball League) (1976–1977)
1976–77	Penn State	11-15	5-5	T-1st
Penn State Nittany Lions (Eastern Athletic Association) (1977–1978)
1977–78	Penn State	8-19	4-6	T-2nd
Penn State:		122–121 (.502)	9–11 (.450)
Total:		387–314(.552)
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

Professional basketball

Legend
Regular season	G	Games coached	W	Games won	L	Games lost	W–L %	Win-loss %
Post season	PG	Playoff games	PW	Playoff wins	PL	Playoff losses	PW–L %	Playoff win-loss %

Team	Year	G	W	L	W–L%	Finish	PG	PW	PL	PW–L%	Result
GSW	1979–80	21	6	15	.286	6th in Pacific	-	-	-	-	Missed Playoffs
GSW	1983–84	82	37	45	.451	5th in Pacific	-	-	-	-	Missed Playoffs
GSW	1984–85	82	22	60	.268	6th in Pacific	-	-	-	-	Missed Playoffs
GSW	1985–86	82	30	52	.366	6th in Pacific	-	-	-	-	Missed Playoffs
Career		267	95	172	.356		-	-	-	.-

References

1 2 Shamus Tooney. "From courtside to art gallery - Bulls' Bach shows off watercolors". Chicago Sun-Times. September 20, 2007. 12.
↑ K. C. Johnson (January 18, 2016). "Former Bulls assistant coach Johnny Bach dies". Chicago Tribune.com. Retrieved January 18, 2016.
↑ "Bulls greats pay their respects at Johnny Bach's funeral". Chicago Tribune. 2016-01-20. Retrieved 2016-01-29.

External links

Fordham Rams men's basketball head coaches

Mr. Mellyn (1902–1903)
John McLaughlin (1903–1904)
Harry A. Fisher (1904–1905)
Loren Black (1905–1906)
Frank O'Donnell (1906–1907)
Chris Mahoney (1907–1909)
Unknown (1909–1911)
Clement Risacher (1911–1914)
Alcott Neary (1914–1915)
Unknown (1915–1918)
Edward Siskind (1918–1919)
Arthur Devlin (1919–1920)
Orson Kinney (1920–1921)
Eli Butler (1921–1922)
Bud Colloton & Ed Kelleher (1922–1923)
Ed Kelleher (1923–1934)
Vincent Cavanaugh (1934–1938)
Ed Kelleher (1938–1943)
No team (1943–1944)
Frank Adams (1944–1950)
Johnny Bach (1950–1968)
Ed Conlin (1968–1970)
Digger Phelps (1970–1971)
Hal Wissel (1971–1976)
Dick Stewart (1976–1978)
Tom Penders (1978–1986)
Bob Quinn (1986–1987)
Nick Macarchuk (1987–1999)
Bob Hill (1999–2003)
Dereck Whittenburg (2003–2009)
Jared Grasso # (2009–2010)
Tom Pecora (2010–2015)
Jeff Neubauer (2015– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.

Fordham Rams athletic directors

Jack Coffey (1926–1958) Johnny Bach (1958–1968) Peter A. Carlesimo (1968–1978) Dave Rice (1979–1985) Francis McLaughlin (1985–2012) David Roach (2012– )

Penn State Nittany Lions basketball head coaches

No coach (1896–1912)
J. F. Haddow (1912–1914)
J. F. Park (1914–1915)
Dutch Hermann (1915–1917)
No coach (1917–1918)
Hugo Bezdek (1918–1919)
Dutch Hermann (1919–1932)
Earl Leslie (1932–1936)
John Lawther (1936–1949)
Elmer Gross (1949–1954)
John Egli (1954–1968)
Johnny Bach (1968–1978)
Dick Harter (1978–1983)
Bruce Parkhill (1983–1995)
Jerry Dunn (1995–2003)
Ed DeChellis (2003–2011)
Pat Chambers (2011– )

Golden State Warriors head coaches

Eddie Gottlieb (1946–1955)
George Senesky (1955–1958)
Al Cervi (1958–1959)
Neil Johnston (1959–1961)
Frank McGuire (1961–1962)
Bob Feerick (1962–1963)
Alex Hannum (1963–1966)
Bill Sharman (1966–1968)
George Lee (1968–1970)
Al Attles (1970–1980)
Johnny Bach # (1980)
Al Attles (1980–1983)
Johnny Bach (1983–1986)
George Karl (1986–1988)
Ed Gregory # (1988)
Don Nelson (1988–1995)
Bob Lanier # (1995)
Rick Adelman (1995–1997)
P. J. Carlesimo (1997–1999)
Garry St. Jean # (1999–2000)
Dave Cowens (2000–2001)
Brian Winters # (2001–2002)
Eric Musselman (2002–2004)
Mike Montgomery (2004–2006)
Don Nelson (2006–2010)
Keith Smart (2010–2011)
Mark Jackson (2011–2014)
Steve Kerr (2014– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.

Johnny Bach—championships

Chicago Bulls 1990–91 NBA Champions

2 Dennis Hopson 5 John Paxson 10 B. J. Armstrong 14 Craig Hodges 23 Michael Jordan (Finals MVP) 24 Bill Cartwright 32 Will Perdue 33 Scottie Pippen 34 Stacey King 42 Scott Williams 53 Cliff Levingston 54 Horace Grant Head coach Phil Jackson Assistant coaches Tex Winter Johnny Bach Jim Cleamons

Regular season Playoffs

Chicago Bulls 1991–92 NBA Champions

5 John Paxson 10 B. J. Armstrong 14 Craig Hodges 20 Bob Hansen 21 Stacey King 23 Michael Jordan (Finals MVP) 24 Bill Cartwright 32 Will Perdue 33 Scottie Pippen 42 Scott Williams 53 Cliff Levingston 54 Horace Grant Head coach Phil Jackson Assistant coaches Tex Winter Johnny Bach Jim Cleamons

Regular season Playoffs

Chicago Bulls 1992–93 NBA Champions

5 John Paxson 6 Trent Tucker 10 B. J. Armstrong 12 Corey Williams 20 Darrell Walker 21 Stacey King 22 Rodney McCray 23 Michael Jordan (Finals MVP) 24 Bill Cartwright 32 Will Perdue 33 Scottie Pippen 42 Scott Williams 54 Horace Grant 55 Ed Nealy Head coach Phil Jackson Assistant coaches Tex Winter Johnny Bach Jim Cleamons

Regular season Playoffs

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