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.

 

[HooperScooper]

I'm confused. How did we pick up a thread that was inactive for 5 1/2 years? Lol

 

[Horsebrnhil]

There was definitely no UConn basketball before Jim Calhoun?

Than you are WAY to young to call yourself a true Husky fan. Hugh Greer, Fred Shabel, Dee Rowe, Dom Perno. Sad to break it to you, but there WAS basketball before Calhoun and Hurley.

 

[HooperScooper]

Than you are WAY too young to call yourself a true Husky fan.

So you have to be old to be a true Husky fan? Oh well there goes 90% of our dedicated fan base. 😂

 

[thekollieman]

So you have to be old to be a true Husky fan? Oh well there goes 90% of our dedicated fan base. 😂

By that logic, TRUE husky fans should’ve been on board in 1901… RIP literally all of them.

 

[Scoe]

I'm 42 never watched a pre Calhoun game, I'm quite aware that UConn was a regional power, it's called research you have the internet it's not hard.

 

[Scoe]

By that logic, TRUE husky fans should’ve been on board in 1901… RIP literally all of them.

Hey UConn was undefeated that year 1-0 the best UConn team ever

 

[bazz&boujee]

NCAAT Wins
Ollie - 7
Shabel - 2
Greer - 1
Rowe - 1
Perno - 0

Not close you ungrateful varmits

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

I drove by Tom Moore walking his dog on Christmas. Yes the hair was game day ready

 

[nelsonmuntz]

This thread could be used as evidence to make a strong case that UConn has the most ungrateful, entitled fans in college basketball. Kevin Ollie helped put UConn on the map with his commitment to UConn out of high school, brought UConn to a Sweet 16 and Final 8, won a National Championship for UConn as a Head Coach, and then stayed committed to the school when we went through conference realignment hell. And half the posts in this thread are grossly disrespectful of Ollie.

Kevin Ollie won a National Championship for UConn, and he did it in the AAC. There are 5 teams outside a major conference that have won a national championship in the last 60 years. Marquette (1977), Louisville (1980, 1986), UNLV (1990), and UConn (2014). The coaches of the other 4 teams are in the Hall of Fame.

 

[superjohn]

Than you are WAY to young to call yourself a true Husky fan. Hugh Greer, Fred Shabel, Dee Rowe, Dom Perno. Sad to break it to you, but there WAS basketball before Calhoun and Hurley.

This thread is ridiculous. Ollie crashed out badly but we were for sure a tournament team his first season had we not had the ridiculous retroactive APR tournament ban his first season. He beat Martelli, Wright, Hoiberg, Izzo, Donovan, Calipari in his second season winning the national championship and he won us another tournament game his next season. Any answer other than Ollie is ridiculous.

Being old doesn't make you more of a fan or a better fan, in this case it makes you blind to reality.

UConn played basketball before Calhoun and they played it pretty well as a regional program. They also won a grand total of 2 NCAA tournament games before Calhoun stepped on campus.