Honey Russell
1948 Boston Celtics | | |
1948–1950 | Schenectady Packers | |
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1949–1960 | Seton Hall | |
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Basketball Hall of Fame as player |
John David "Honey" Russell (May 31, 1902 – November 15, 1973) was an American
Russell coached basketball at Seton Hall University from 1936 to 1943 and again from 1949 to 1960. His teams won 294 games and lost 137. In 1940 and 1941, Seton Hall ran its winning streak to 43 games, a national record at the time. The 1952–53 team won the National Invitation Tournament at Madison Square Garden in New York City. That team won 31 games, including 27 in a row, while only losing 2 games.
Russell also was a scout in professional baseball, working for the Atlanta Braves, Montreal Expos and Chicago White Sox.[2] Of the many players he signed, 23 made it to the major leagues, including Joe and Frank Torre, Don McMahon, and Earl Williams.
Head coaching record
NCAA
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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Seton Hall Pirates (Independent) (1936–1943) | |||||||||
1936–37 | Seton Hall | 5–10 | |||||||
1937–38 | Seton Hall | 10–8 | |||||||
1938–39 | Seton Hall | 15–7 | |||||||
1939–40 | Seton Hall | 19–0 | |||||||
1940–41 | Seton Hall | 20–2 | NIT Third-place game
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1941–42 | Seton Hall | 16–3 | |||||||
1942–43 | Seton Hall | 16–2 | |||||||
Manhattan Jaspers (Metropolitan New York Conference ) (1945–1946)
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1945–46 | Manhattan | 15–8 | 2–4 | 5th | |||||
Manhattan: | 15–8 (.652) | 2–4 (.333) | |||||||
Seton Hall Pirates (Independent) (1949–1960) | |||||||||
1949–50 | Seton Hall | 11–15 | |||||||
1950–51 | Seton Hall | 24–7 | NIT Third-place game
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1951–52 | Seton Hall | 25–3 | NIT First round
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1952–53 | Seton Hall | 31–2 | NIT Champions
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1953–54 | Seton Hall | 13–10 | |||||||
1954–55 | Seton Hall | 17–9 | NIT First round
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1955–56 | Seton Hall | 20–5 | NIT Quarterfinals
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1956–57 | Seton Hall | 17–10 | NIT First round
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1957–58 | Seton Hall | 7–19 | |||||||
1958–59 | Seton Hall | 13–10 | |||||||
1959–60 | Seton Hall | 16–7 | |||||||
Seton Hall: | 295–129 (.696) | ||||||||
Total: | 310–137 (.694) | ||||||||
National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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BAA
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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Boston | 1946–47 | 60 | 22 | 38 | .367 | 5th in Eastern | — | — | — | — | Missed playoffs |
Boston | 1947–48 | 58 | 20 | 38 | .345 | 3rd in Eastern | 3 | 1 | 2 | .333 | Lost in Quarterfinals |
Total | 118 | 42 | 76 | .356 | 3 | 1 | 2 | .333 |
References
- ^ "Boston Celtics Coaches". CelticStats.com. Archived from the original on 2010-08-14. Retrieved 2007-03-19.
- ^ Associated Press, November 16, 1973
External links
- Honey Russell at the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
- John Russell @ basketball-reference.com
- Honey Russell @ ProBasketballEncyclopedia.com