Howard Cann
Biographical details | |
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Born | Bridgeport, Connecticut, U.S. | October 11, 1895
Died | December 18, 1992 Dobbs Ferry, New York, U.S. | (aged 97)
Playing career | |
1914–1917 | NYU |
1919–1920 | NYU |
Position(s) | Forward |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Basketball | |
1923–1958 | NYU |
Football | |
1932–1933 | NYU |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 409–232 (basketball) 7–7–1 (football) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
Helms championship (1935) Premo-Porretta championship (1935) 5× Metropolitan New York Conference (1934, 1938, 1946, 1948, 1957) | |
Basketball Hall of Fame Inducted in 1968 (profile) | |
College Basketball Hall of Fame Inducted in 2006 |
Howard Goodsell Cann (October 11, 1895 – December 18, 1992) was an American
Playing career
Cann was born in
Howard first attended Barringer High School in Newark, New Jersey, and then the High School of Commerce in New York City. At Commerce he was captain of the basketball team, member of the track team and member of the Omega Gamma Delta fraternity.
He briefly attended
Cann's college career was interrupted by World War I. He left NYU and, along with his brother Tedford, joined the United States Navy. Howard resumed his studies at NYU in 1919, after the end of the war.
In 1920, Cann led the NYU basketball team to an
Coaching career
Basketball
Three years after graduating from NYU, Cann returned to the school as the men's basketball coach. He coached the team for thirty-five years, from 1923 to 1958, and compiled a 429–235 record before his retirement.
His time as the basketball coach included an unbeaten 1933–34 season and a December 29, 1934 game in
Cann retired in 1958, having spent 39 of the first 44 years of his adult life at NYU as a player and coach.
Football
In 1932 and 1933, Cann also coached the NYU football team. His career football coaching record at NYU was 7–7–1.[3]
Accomplishments
In 1968, he was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame for his accomplishments as a coach. He also served as Director of Physical Education at NYU from 1931 to retirement in 1958 and is commemorated in seven Sports Halls of Fame.
Personal life
Cann married Janet Cann in 1932, and they had a son, Howard, Jr. Cann died at age 97 after a long illness. He was a resident of Irvington, New York, at the time of his death.[4]
Head coaching record
Basketball
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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NYU Violets (Independent) (1923–1933) | |||||||||
1923–24 | NYU | 8–8 | |||||||
1924–25 | NYU | 7–7 | |||||||
1925–26 | NYU | 10–4 | |||||||
1926–27 | NYU | 4–7 | |||||||
1927–28 | NYU | 8–6 | |||||||
1928–29 | NYU | 13–5 | |||||||
1929–30 | NYU | 13–3 | |||||||
1930–31 | NYU | 9–6 | |||||||
1931–32 | NYU | 6–6 | |||||||
1932–33 | NYU | 11–4 | |||||||
NYU Violets (Metropolitan New York Conference) (1933–1934) | |||||||||
1933–34 | NYU | 16–0 | 9–0 | 1st | |||||
NYU Violets (Independent) (1934–1935) | |||||||||
1934–35 | NYU | 18–1 | Helms National Champions Premo-Porretta National Champions | ||||||
NYU Violets (Metropolitan New York Conference) (1935–1939) | |||||||||
1935–36 | NYU | 14–4 | 7–1 | 2nd | |||||
1936–37 | NYU | 10–6 | 4–2 | 4th | |||||
1937–38 | NYU | 16–8 | 6–0 | 1st | NIT Semifinals | ||||
1938–39 | NYU | 11–11 | 11–11 | 9th | |||||
NYU Violets (Independent) (1939–1942) | |||||||||
1939–40 | NYU | 18–1 | |||||||
1940–41 | NYU | 13–6 | |||||||
1941–42 | NYU | 12–7 | |||||||
NYU Violets (Metropolitan New York Conference) (1942–1943) | |||||||||
1942–43 | NYU | 16–6 | 3–2 | T–4th | NCAA Elite Eight | ||||
NYU Violets (Independent) (1943–1945) | |||||||||
1943–44 | NYU | 7–7 | |||||||
1944–45 | NYU | 14–7 | NCAA Runner-up | ||||||
NYU Violets (Metropolitan New York Conference) (1945–1958) | |||||||||
1945–46 | NYU | 19–3 | 5–1 | T–1st | NCAA Elite Eight | ||||
1946–47 | NYU | 12–9 | 3–3 | 4th | |||||
1947–48 | NYU | 22–4 | 5–1 | 1st | NIT Runner-up | ||||
1948–49 | NYU | 12–8 | 3–2 | T–3rd | NIT First Round | ||||
1949–50 | NYU | 8–11 | 1–4 | 6th | |||||
1950–51 | NYU | 12–4 | 3–2 | T–3rd | |||||
1951–52 | NYU | 17–8 | 2–3 | 5th | NIT First Round | ||||
1952–53 | NYU | 9–11 | 1–3 | 5th | |||||
1953–54 | NYU | 9–9 | 2–2 | T–3rd | |||||
1954–55 | NYU | 7–13 | 1–3 | T–5th | |||||
1955–56 | NYU | 10–8 | 2–2 | T–3rd | |||||
1956–57 | NYU | 8–13 | 3–1 | 1st | |||||
1957–58 | NYU | 10–11 | 2–2 | 4th | |||||
NYU: | 409–232 (.638) | 73–45 (.619) | |||||||
Total: | 409–232 (.638) | ||||||||
National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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Football
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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NYU Violets (Independent) (1932–1933) | |||||||||
1932 | NYU | 5–3 | |||||||
1933 | NYU | 2–4–1 | |||||||
NYU: | 7–7–1 | ||||||||
Total: | 7–7–1 |
See also
- List of NCAA Division I Men's Final Four appearances by coach
References
- ^ "Howard Cann". Olympedia. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
- ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2.
- ^ "New York University Violets coaching records". Archived from the original on 2010-12-13.
- ^ Goldaper, Sam (December 19, 1992). "Howard Cann, Longtime N.Y.U. Coach, Dies at 97". The New York Times. Retrieved February 9, 2014.