Bob Feerick
San Francisco Warriors | |
Career highlights and awards | |
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As player:
As coach:
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Career NBA playing statistics | |
Points | 2,936 (13.3 ppg) |
Assists | 440 (2.0 apg) |
Stats at NBA.com | |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Career coaching record | |
NBA | 63–85 (.426) |
College | 186–120 (.608) |
Robert Joseph Feerick (January 2, 1920 – June 8, 1976) was an American professional
Playing career
A 6'3" guard from Santa Clara University, Feerick played for the Washington Capitols from 1946 to 1950, the NBA's first four seasons of existence (the league was known as the Basketball Association of America during the first three).[1] Playing under coach Red Auerbach, he was named to the All-NBA first team in 1947 and 1948 after averaging 16.8 (second in the league behind Joe Fulks's 23.1) and 16.1 points per game respectively. In 1949, the league's first season as the newly formed NBA, the Capitols named Feerick player-coach. In 221 games, he scored 2936 points for an average of 13.3 per game.[2]
Coaching career
After his short professional career, Feerick returned to Santa Clara as head coach of its basketball team from 1950 to 1962.
The following season, Alex Hannum replaced Feerick as coach. Feerick later served the Warriors as general manager and director of player personnel. He was a finalist for the
BAA/NBA career statistics
Legend | |||||
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GP | Games played | FG% | Field-goal percentage | ||
FT% | Free-throw percentage | APG | Assists per game | ||
PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |
* | Led the league |
Regular season
Year | Team | GP | FG% | FT% | APG | PPG |
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1946–47 | Washington | 55 | .401* | .762 | 1.3 | 16.8 |
1947–48 | Washington | 48 | .340 | .788 | 1.2 | 16.1 |
1948–49 | Washington | 58 | .350 | .859 | 3.2 | 13.0 |
1949–50 | Washington | 60 | .344 | .799 | 2.1 | 8.1 |
Career | 221 | .362 | .805 | 2.0 | 13.3 |
Playoffs
Year | Team | GP | FG% | FT% | APG | PPG |
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1947 | Washington | 6 | .318 | .741 | 1.0 | 15.0 |
1948 | Washington | 1 | .000 | 1.000 | 1.0 | 2.0 |
1949 | Washington | 2 | .250 | .750 | 3.0 | 4.5 |
Career | 9 | .311 | .758 | 1.4 | 11.2 |
Head coaching record
College
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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Santa Clara Broncos (Independent) (1950–1952) | |||||||||
1950–51 | Santa Clara | 9–15 | |||||||
1951–52 | Santa Clara | 17–12 | NCAA Fourth Place | ||||||
Santa Clara Broncos (West Coast Conference) (1952–1962) | |||||||||
1952–53 | Santa Clara | 17–7 | 6–2 | T–1st | NCAA Elite Eight | ||||
1953–54 | Santa Clara | 20–7 | 9–3 | 1st | NCAA Elite Eight | ||||
1954–55 | Santa Clara | 13–11 | 6–6 | 3rd | |||||
1955–56 | Santa Clara | 8–16 | 6–8 | 6th | |||||
1956–57 | Santa Clara | 15–7 | 10–4 | T–2nd | |||||
1957–58 | Santa Clara | 13–11 | 6–6 | 3rd | |||||
1958–59 | Santa Clara | 16–9 | 9–3 | 2nd | |||||
1959–60 | Santa Clara | 21–10 | 9–3 | 1st | NCAA Sweet Sixteen | ||||
1960–61 | Santa Clara | 18–9 | 8–4 | T–2nd | |||||
1961–62 | Santa Clara | 19–6 | 8–4 | T–2nd | |||||
Santa Clara: | 186–120 (.608) | 77–43 (.642) | |||||||
Total: | 186–120 (.608) | ||||||||
National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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Professional
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 |
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WSC | 1949–50 | 68 | 32 | 36 | .471 | 3rd in Eastern | 2 | 0 | 2 | .000 | Lost in Eastern Div. Semifinals
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SFW | 1962–63 | 80 | 31 | 49 | .388 | 4th in Western | - | - | - | - | Missed Playoffs |
Career | 148 | 63 | 85 | .426 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .000 |
See also
- List of NCAA Division I Men's Final Four appearances by coach
References
- ^ "Bob Feerick Past Stats, Playoff Stats, Statistics, History, and Awards". databasebasketball.com. Archived from the original on 2007-12-13. Retrieved 2009-10-19.
- ^ "Robert Joseph (Bob) Feerick Info Page". NBA.com. Archived from the original on 2009-12-01. Retrieved 2009-10-19.
- ^ "Santa Clara Magazine – A century of Bronco basketball". Santa Clara Magazine. Archived from the original on 2009-12-17. Retrieved 2009-10-19.
- ^ "Basketball-Reference.com". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2009-10-19.
- ^ "All-Time Teams". The Association for Professional Basketball Research. Retrieved 2009-10-19.
External links
- Feerick's pro statistics (as a player)
- Feerick's pro statistics (as a coach)
- Bob Feerick night footage of play (starts at the 1 minute mark) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=py6ZbsTTXrA&pp=ygULYm9iIGZlZXJpY2s%3D