Jack Hirsch

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Not to be confused with the Canadian clinician and scientist Jack Hirsh.
Jack Hirsch
Personal information
Born1941 or 1942 (age 82–83)
Van Nuys, California
)
College
Chapman (assistant)
1984–1988UCLA (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
  • 1964
    )
  • First-team
    All-AAWU
    (1964)
  • Second-team All-AAWU (1963)

Jack Hirsch (born 1941 or 1942

UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame
in 2012.

Early life

Hirsch was born and raised in

Van Nuys when he was 14. In his senior year at Van Nuys High School, the 6-foot-3-inch (1.91 m) center won All-City Co-Player of the Year honors.[3][4]

College career

After high school, Hirsch attended junior college at Los Angeles Valley College for two years from 1959 to 1961, where he was a two-time All-Metropolitan Conference player.[5] He attended the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) as a favor to his father, who promised to quit his five-packs-a-day smoking habit.[3][6]

Hirsch played for the Bruins from 1961 to 1964, starting at

All-AAWU honors that season.[9]

In 1994, the Los Angeles Times wrote that "Hirsch has become the least-known member of the starting five from 1963–64."[4]

In 1991 he was inducted into the

UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame in 2012.[10]

Coaching career

Former UCLA teammate Hazzard became a head coach, and Hirsch was his top assistant starting at

Chapman College for another two.[11][12] He followed Hazzard to UCLA in 1984.[11] After Hazzard was fired by the school following the 1987–88 season, Hirsch was reassigned and finished his career at UCLA working as an administrative analyst in the assistant chancellor's office until 1990.[13]

Personal life

Hirsch became a millionaire from the family bowling business. His family had gone into the

college recruiting.[14]

References

  1. ^ a b Powers, Shad (March 23, 2017). "Ex-UCLA Bruin basketball champ rooting for current team, but doesn't love their style of play". The Desert Sun. Retrieved November 10, 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Jack Hirsch". Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. Retrieved November 10, 2020.
  3. ^
    ISBN 9780252095054
    . Retrieved February 8, 2014.
  4. ^ a b c d Bonk, Thomas (March 15, 1994). "College Basketball : NCAA Men's Tournament: A Look Back : Wooden's Wonders : Short UCLA Team Defied Logic by Going Unbeaten in 1963-64". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on June 10, 2022.
  5. ^ "The Newsletter of LAVC Athletics and the Hall of Fame: Spring 2010" (PDF). Los Angeles Valley College Athletic Hall of Fame. p. 2. Archived (PDF) from the original on February 22, 2014.
  6. ^ Wolff, Alexander (March 19, 2007). "Birth Of A Dynasty". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved February 8, 2014.
  7. ^ "2013-14 UCLA Men's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). UCLA. pp. 148, 150. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 3, 2015.
  8. ^ Nadel, John (December 7, 1985). "Walt Hazzard is enjoying UCLA post". The Evening News. Newburgh-Beacon, New York. Associated Press. p. 7B. Retrieved February 8, 2014.
  9. ^ "1964 and 1965 NCAA Championship Teams to be Honored at Stanford Game" (Press release). UCLA Athletics. January 26, 2009. Archived from the original on February 22, 2014.
  10. ^ Ceglinsky, Sean (May 17, 2012). "Hirsch to be inducted into Bruins HOF". CBSSports.com. Archived from the original on February 22, 2014.
  11. ^ a b Bonk, Thomas (March 22, 1987). "MIRROR IMAGE? : Hazzard Struggles to Build Program of Wooden Blocks". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on April 9, 2022.
  12. ^ Dodds, Tracy (March 31, 1988). "UCLA Decides 4 Years Is Enough of Hazzard : Former Bruin Player Lasts the Longest of the Five Successors to John Wooden". Archived from the original on April 9, 2022.
  13. ^ Almond, Elliot (December 8, 1990). "UCLA Official Accused of Impeding Probe". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on March 4, 2014.
  14. ^ Kirkpatrick, Curry (December 10, 1984). "The Debacle At Depaul". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved February 8, 2014.
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