Clair Bee
Waynesburg (football, baseball, tennis) | |
Coaching career ( LIU Brooklyn | |
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Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
1929–1931 | Rider |
1954–1967 | New York Military Academy |
Head coaching record | |
Tournaments | Basketball 6–5 (NIT) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
Basketball Helms National (1939) 2 Premo-Porretta National (1936, 1941) 2 NIT (1939, 1941) | |
Basketball Hall of Fame Inducted in 1968 (profile) | |
College Basketball Hall of Fame Inducted in 2006 |
Clair Francis Bee (March 2, 1896 – May 20, 1983) was an American
Biography
Bee was born in Grafton, West Virginia to James Edward Bee (1871–1933) and Margaret Ann Skinner. Later, Bee was a graduate of Waynesburg University (then Waynesburg College) where he played football, baseball, and tennis.
Bee's teams posted a winning record in 21 of his 23 seasons, and compiled a 43-game winning streak from 1935 to 1937.
Bee also coached the football team at LIU until it was disbanded in 1940.[3]
He coached the National Basketball Association's Baltimore Bullets from 1952 to 1954, amassing a 34–116 record under his tenure.
Bee was known as the "Innovator". His contributions to the game of basketball include the 1–3–1
His influence on the game also extended to strategies sports camps (Camp All-America), (Kutsher's Sports Academy), writing technical coaching books, and conducting coaching clinics around the world. By the time he left coaching in the 1950s, Bee had already begun writing the Chip Hilton Sports Series for younger readers.
Bee was inducted into the
In 1968, he cofounded the Kutsher's Sports Academy.[4]
One of Bee's grandfathers was Ephraim Bee, a member of the first West Virginia Legislature.
Head coaching record
College
Football
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Rider Roughriders (Independent) (1929?–1930?)
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1929 | Rider | ||||||||
1930 | Rider | ||||||||
Rider: | |||||||||
Long Island Blackbirds (Independent) (1931)
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1931 | Long Island | 7–1 | |||||||
Long Island Blackbirds (Independent) (1939–1940)
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1939 | Long Island | 5–3 | |||||||
1940 | Long Island | 5–1 | |||||||
Long Island: | 17–5 | ||||||||
Total: |
Basketball
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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Rider Roughriders (Independent) (1928–1931) | |||||||||
1928–29 | Rider | 19–3 | |||||||
1929–30 | Rider | 17–3 | |||||||
1930–31 | Rider | 17–2 | |||||||
Rider: | 53–8 (.869) | ||||||||
Long Island Blackbirds (Independent) (1931–1943)
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1931–32 | Long Island | 16–4 | |||||||
1932–33 | Long Island | 6–11 | |||||||
1933–34 | Long Island | 26–1 | |||||||
1934–35 | Long Island | 24–2 | |||||||
1935–36 | Long Island | 25–0 | Premo-Porretta National Champions[5] | ||||||
1936–37 | Long Island | 28–3 | |||||||
1937–38 | Long Island | 23–5 | NIT Quarterfinals | ||||||
1938–39 | Long Island | 23–0 | Helms Foundation National Champions NIT Champions | ||||||
1939–40 | Long Island | 19–4 | NIT Quarterfinals | ||||||
1940–41 | Long Island | 25–2 | Premo-Porretta National Champions NIT Champions | ||||||
1941–42 | Long Island | 25–3 | NIT Quarterfinals | ||||||
1942–43 | Long Island | 13–6 | |||||||
1945–46 | Long Island | 14–9 | |||||||
1946–47 | Long Island | 17–5 | NIT Quarterfinals | ||||||
1947–48 | Long Island | 17–4 | |||||||
1948–49 | Long Island | 18–12 | |||||||
1949–50 | Long Island | 20–5 | NIT Quarterfinals | ||||||
1950–51 | Long Island | 20–4 | |||||||
Long Island: | 360–80 (.818) | ||||||||
Total: | 413–88 (.824) | ||||||||
National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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Baseball
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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Rider Roughriders (Independent) (1929) | |||||||||
1929 | Rider | 3–2 | |||||||
Rider: | 3–2 (.600) | ||||||||
Long Island Blackbirds (Independent) (1934–1939)
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Long Island: | 75–22–4 (.762) | ||||||||
Total: | 78–24–4 (.755) | ||||||||
National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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Professional
NBA
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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BAL | 1952–53 | 70 | 16 | 54 | .229 | 4th in Eastern | 2 | 0 | 2 | .000 | Lost in Div. Semifinals
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BAL | 1953–54 | 72 | 16 | 56 | .222 | 5th in Eastern | — | — | — | — | Missed Playoffs |
Career | 142 | 32 | 110 | .225 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .000 |
References
- ^ "LIU streaks". Archived from the original on 2004-12-22. Retrieved 2005-01-06.
- ^ "Player Bio: John Calipari - KENTUCKY OFFICIAL ATHLETIC SITE". Archived from the original on 2009-07-26. Retrieved 2009-07-22.
- ^ Luchter, P.S. (May 21, 2010). "Long Island University All-Time Football Records". List Of Amazing Sports Lists. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
- ^ "Basketball Hall of Fame bio". Archived from the original on 2007-10-03.
- ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2.