Jule Rivlin

Jule Rivlin
Personal information
Born	February 2, 1917 Pennsylvania
Died	September 23, 2002 Los Angeles, California
Listed height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Career information
College	Marshall (1937–1940)
Playing career	1940–1948
Position	Guard
Career history
As player:
1940–1941	Akron Goodyear Wingfoots
1946–1948	Toledo Jeeps
As coach:
1946–1948	Toledo Jeeps
1955–1963	Marshall
Career highlights and awards
AAU All-American (1944) West Virginia Sports Hall of Fame

Jule Rivlin (February 2, 1917 – September 23, 2002) was a college men's basketball coach and professional basketball player.

He was the head coach of Marshall from 1955 to 1963. He coached Marshall to a 100-88 record, winning one Mid-American Conference championship and one NCAA tournament appearance.

He played college basketball at Marshall before playing three seasons in the National Basketball League for the Akron Goodyear Wingfoots and the Toledo Jeeps, with a break for service in World War II at Fort Warren, Wyoming.^[1]^[2]

Rivlin also served as the Jeeps' coach. In 1974, Julie coached Maccabi Union's basketball team to the Europe Maccabiah Games Championships. Rivlin was named second team All-Century Marshall University Basketball Team, and is a member of the West Virginia Sports Hall of Fame.

Head coaching record

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Marshall Thundering Herd (Mid-American Conference) (1955–1963)
1955–56	Marshall	18-5	10-2	1st	NCAA First Round
1956–57	Marshall	15-9	8-4	2nd
1957–58	Marshall	17-7	9-3	2nd
1958–59	Marshall	12-12	6-6	T-3rd
1959–60	Marshall	10-13	4-8	6th
1960–61	Marshall	11-13	5-7	4th
1961–62	Marshall	10-13	6-6	4th
1962–63	Marshall	7-16	1-11	T-6th
Marshall:		100–88 (.532)	49–47 (.510)
Total:		100–88 (.532)
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

Personal

Married Esther Komesar(1926-2004) on November 18, 1945. They were married until his death. They had 5 children, 1 son, Jerry and 4 daughters, Randy, Sherryl, Susan and Felicia. He had 7 grandchildren, Joel, Carrie, Ray, Kelley, Erin, Hayley and Cody. At the time of his death he had 1 great grandchild, Ethan.

References

↑ http://huntingtonquarterly.com/articles/issue81/rivlin.php
↑ "Rivlin, Jule". Jews in Sports. Retrieved 2014-08-16.

Bernard Postal, Jesse Silver, and Roy Silver (1965). Encyclopedia of Jewin sports. Bloch Publishing Co.
William G. Mokray, ed. (1962). Ronald Encyclopedia of Basketball. Ronald Press.
Zander Hollander, ed. (1979). The Modern Encyclopedia of Basketball. Doubleday.

Marshall Thundering Herd men's basketball head coaches

L. B. Crotty (1906–1908)
Boyd Chambers (1908–1910)
No team (1910–1911)
Boyd Chambers (1911–1914)
No team (1914–1918)
Arch Reilly (1918–1919)
No team (1919–1920)
Skeeter Shelton (1920–1921)
Herbert Cramer (1921–1922)
J. E. R. Barnes (1922–1923)
Bill Strickling (1923–1924)
Russell Meredith (1924–1925)
Charles Tallman (1925–1926)
Bill Strickling (1926–1927)
Johnny Stuart (1927–1931)
Tom Dandelet (1931–1935)
Cam Henderson (1935–1955)
Jule Rivlin (1955–1963)
Ellis T. Johnson (1963–1969)
Stewart Way (1969–1971)
Carl Tacy (1971–1972)
Bob Daniels (1972–1977)
Stu Aberdeen (1977–1979)
Bob Zuffelato (1979–1983)
Rick Huckabay (1983–1989)
Dana Altman (1989–1990)
Dwight Freeman (1990–1994)
Billy Donovan (1994–1996)
Greg White (1996–2003)
Ron Jirsa (2003–2007)
Donnie Jones (2007–2010)
Tom Herrion (2010–2014)
Dan D'Antoni (2014– )

1944 Amateur Athletic Union Men's Basketball All-Americans

Ed Beisser Gale Bishop Shorty Carpenter Ace Gruenig George Hamburg Chuck Hyatt Bob Marsh Jimmy McNatt Fred Pralle Jule Rivlin

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