Best Uconn men's BB coach not named Calhoun or Hurley

[alexd]

Yep, like others have said...Fred Shabel. From 1963-67 he went 72-29, four Yankee Conf. titles and three ncaa tourney births.

 

[Hey Adrien!]

Receding hairline and no facial hair might be why.

Proof that nowadays isn’t the only era of college basketball with loosey-goosey eligibility rules.

 

[JakeTheDog]

If your naming assistants, how about Valvano?

How t f did I go my whole life until today not knowing Jimmy V was an assistant at UConn?

 

[UCFan1513]

Iykyk

 

[microfich]

Before I saw this I would've said Hugh Greer followed by Fred Shabel. Have to mention coach Rowe who just impressed me so much throughout his time on and off the court with us. #3 is Ollie if only because he imploded so quickly.

Of course, there's a slight difference in conference strength between the Athletic League of New England State Colleges (1900-1923), the New England Conference (1923-1946), Yankee Conference (1946-1976), Big East (1979-2013, 2020-present) and AAC (2013-2020).

 

[Palatine]

It’s Dee Rowe

No, it ain't Dee Rowe.

 

[CTHSHoops]

Who do you think was the best other coach, not including the above names?

Fred Shabel

 

[Waquoit]

How t f did I go my whole life until today not knowing Jimmy V was an assistant at UConn?

So was Lou Holtz.

 

[thekollieman]

Second best coach in school history? WTF ??? Are you saying he was better than Hurley?

The comment you replied to was from 5 years ago. I was similarly confused as I began reading through this thread because most of the first page seems reasonable in the present but obviously Hurley ranks above Ollie now. I’m guessing the thread title was updated and previously said “not named Calhoun.” I wasn’t on the BY back then.

 

[boog204]

First four years of Ollie were very good. There's no coach pre-JC that had four years like that.

 

[EROCK CONN]

Fred Shabel

Agreed. I always wonder what the trajectory of uconn basketball would have been if Shabel had stuck around…..

 

[UConn77]

Tie between Dee Rowe and Fred Shabel.