Jack Sullivan (basketball)
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Born | Philadelphia Warriors | July 27, 1935
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John Francis Sullivan (July 27, 1935 – September 16, 2010) was an American basketball coach and labor activist.
College career
Sullivan played on the Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers men's basketball team from 1953 to 1957.[1] His average of 25.4 points per game is still the school record. His 2,676 points is still the school record for a career.[2] His 1,070 points in the 1957 season is still the school record for one season. With a 27–5 record in 1957, the Mountaineers earned a berth in the NCAA College Division Final Four.
Basketball playing career
In 1957, he was drafted as the 14th overall pick by the
Coaching career
Sullivan coached boys' varsity basketball at
Career outside basketball
After retiring from basketball in the early 1960s, Sullivan joined the Boston field office of the United States Secret Service as a special agent. According to his family, Sullivan was stationed at the Kennedy Compound when President John F. Kennedy was assassinated.[1]
Sullivan also worked for labor unions, beginning in 1981 as director of government relations for the
Personal life and death
He was married to Patricia Dailey for 49 years; she survived him. They had six children.
On September 16, 2010, he died of septic shock at the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore, Maryland.
Head coaching record
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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Catholic University Cardinals (NCAA Division III independent) (1989–1990) | |||||||||
1989–90 | Catholic University | 5–18[3] | |||||||
Catholic University Cardinals Capital Athletic Conference ) (1990–1996)
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1990–91 | Catholic University | 9–16 | 7–3 | T–2nd | |||||
1991–92 | Catholic University | 9–14 | 4–4 | T–4th | |||||
1993–94 | Catholic University | 7–17 | 3–9 | 6th | |||||
1994–95 | Catholic University | 10–13 | 5–9 | T–5th | |||||
1995–96 | Catholic University | 7–17 | 2–12 | 7th | |||||
Catholic University: | 57–112 | 21–37 | |||||||
Total: | 57–112 |
Notes
- ^ a b c d Wiseman, Lauren (September 30, 2010). "Obituary: Labor lobbyist, college hoops star John F. 'Jack' Sullivan dies at 75". Washington Post.
- Baltimore Sun, September 22, 2010.
- ^ http://web1.ncaa.org/app_data/statsPDFArchive/WBB2/Women's%20Basketball_Women's_Division%20III_1990_124_Catholic%20University.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ Capital Athletic Conference Record Book, 2016, p. 119.