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Joe Belmont

American basketball player and coach (1934–2019)

Joseph Elliott Belmont (July 12, 1934 – January 6, 2019) was an American basketball player and coach.^[1] He played college basketball at Duke University, and was selected in the 1956 NBA Draft by the Philadelphia Warriors. He never played in the NBA, however. He had a long playing career with the Denver-Chicago Truckers of the National Industrial Basketball League.

In 1970, he was hired as the head coach of the American Basketball Association's Denver Rockets, a position he held for as season and a half. He shared ABA Coach of the Year honors in 1970 with Bill Sharman of the Utah Stars.

In 2005 Belmont was inducted into the Colorado Sports Hall of Fame.

Personal life

In 1959 Belmont married Helen Sanquist and then had 2 kids. He died on January 6, 2019.^[2]

Coaching career

ABA

Legend
Regular season	G	Games coached	W	Games won	L	Games lost	W–L %	Win–loss %
Playoffs	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
DEN	1969–70	56	42	14	.750	1st in Western	12	5	7	.000	Lost in Division finals
DEN	1970–71	13	3	10	.231	(fired)	-	-	-	-	(fired)
Career		69	45	24	.652		12	5	7	.417

References

^ "Joseph Elliott Belmont". Legacy.com. January 11, 2019.
^ "Joseph Elliot Belmont". Aspen Mortuaries. January 15, 2019. Archived from the original on January 21, 2019. Retrieved January 20, 2019.

External links

BasketballReference.com: Joe Belmont

Denver Nuggets head coaches

Bob Bass (1967–1969)
John McLendon (1969)
Joe Belmont (1969–1970)
Stan Albeck (1970–1971)
Alex Hannum (1971–1974)
Larry Brown (1974–1979)
Donnie Walsh (1979–1980)
Doug Moe (1980–1990)
Paul Westhead (1990–1992)
Dan Issel (1992–1995)
Gene Littles # (1995)
Bernie Bickerstaff (1995–1996)
Dick Motta (1996–1997)
Bill Hanzlik (1997–1998)
Mike D'Antoni (1998–1999)
Dan Issel (1999–2001)
Mike Evans # (2001–2002)
Jeff Bzdelik (2002–2004)
Michael Cooper # (2004–2005)
George Karl (2004–2013)
Brian Shaw (2013–2015)
Melvin Hunt # (2015)
Michael Malone (2015– )

# denotes interim head coach

v t e 1962 Amateur Athletic Union Men's Basketball All-Americans
Joe Belmont Dennis Boone Roger Brown Pete McCaffrey Bill McGill Mike Moran Denny Price Bill Reigel Jerry Shipp Gary Thompson

v t e ABA Coach of the Year Award
1968: Cazzetta 1969: Hannum 1970: Sharman & Belmont 1971: Bianchi 1972: Nissalke 1973: Brown 1974: McCarthy & Mullaney 1975: Brown 1976: Brown

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