Tony Laterza

Tony Laterza
Current position
Sport(s)	Basketball
Title	Head coach
Team	University of Akron
Playing career
Football
1949–1950	Akron
Basketball
1950–1951	Akron
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1960–1968	Akron

Anthony "Tony" Laterza was the Akron Zips men's basketball head coach from 1960-1968. In nine seasons, he guided the team to a 178-59 record. Coach Laterza’s winning percentage of .751 remains the best in the history of the program. Under Coach Laterza, the Zips won three Ohio Athletic Conference tournament championships. His teams also made the Division II national tournament Final Four twice (1964 and 1966) and reached the championship game in 1964.

References

Akron Zips men's basketball head coaches

No coach (1901–1904)
Earl Williams (1904–1908)
Dwight Bradley (1908)
Walter East (1908–1909)
Clarence Weed (1909–1910)
Frank Haggerty (1910–1915)
Fred Sefton (1915–1924)
James W. Coleman (1924–1925)
Fred Sefton (1925–1927)
Red Blair (1927–1936)
Paul Bixler (1936–1939)
Thomas Dowler (1939–1940)
Russell Beichly (1940–1959)
Tony Laterza (1959–1968)
Wyatt Webb (1968–1975)
Alex Adams (1975–1976)
Ken Cunningham (1976–1980)
Bob Rupert (1980–1984)
Bob Huggins (1984–1989)
Coleman Crawford (1989–1995)
Dan Hipsher (1995–2004)
Keith Dambrot (2004– )

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