Buster Sheary
American basketball coach
Biographical details | |
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Born | 1908 |
Died | November 2001 (aged 92–93) Worcester, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Alma mater | Catholic |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1948-1955 | Holy Cross |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 155–36 (.812) |
Tournaments | NCAA: 2-3 (.400) NIT: 4-2 (.667) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
1954 NIT Champion | |
Lester "Buster" Sheary was a college men's basketball coach. He was the head coach of Holy Cross from 1948 to 1955. He coached Holy Cross to a 155-36 record, winning the 1954 National Invitation Tournament and made two NCAA tournament appearances. He coached three All-American players: Bob Cousy, Tom Heinsohn, and Togo Palazzi.[1][2]
Head coaching record
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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Holy Cross Crusaders (Independent) (1948–1955) | |||||||||
1948–49 | Holy Cross | 19-8 | |||||||
1949–50 | Holy Cross | 27-4 | NCAA Elite Eight | ||||||
1950–51 | Holy Cross | 20-5 | |||||||
1951–52 | Holy Cross | 24-4 | NIT Quarterfinals | ||||||
1952–53 | Holy Cross | 20-6 | NCAA Elite Eight | ||||||
1953–54 | Holy Cross | 26-2 | NIT Champions | ||||||
1954–55 | Holy Cross | 19-7 | NIT Quarterfinals | ||||||
Holy Cross: | 155–36 (.812) | ||||||||
Total: | 155–36 (.812) | ||||||||
National champion Postseason invitational champion |
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Holy Cross Crusaders men's basketball head coaches
- J. Fred Powers (1901–1906)
- No team (1906–1907)
- J. Fred Powers (1907–1909)
- No team (1909–1920)
- William Casey (1920–1924)
- Ken Simendinger (1924–1925)
- John M. Reed (1925–1931)
- No team (1931–1934)
- Albert Riopel (1934–1935)
- No team (1935–1939)
- Moose Krause (1939–1942)
- Albert Riopel (1942–1945)
- Doggie Julian (1945–1948)
- Buster Sheary (1948–1955)
- Roy Leenig (1955–1961)
- Frank Oftring (1961–1965)
- Jack Donohue (1965–1972)
- George Blaney (1972–1994)
- Bill Raynor (1994–1999)
- Ralph Willard (1999–2009)
- Sean Kearney (2009–2010)
- Milan Brown (2010–2015)
- Bill Carmody (2015–2019)
- Brett Nelson (2019–2023)
- Dave Paulsen (2023– )