Red Sarachek
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Personal information | |
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Born | Bronx, New York | October 19, 1912
Died | November 14, 2005 Deerfield Beach, Florida | (aged 93)
Nationality | American |
Listed height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
Career information | |
High school | Stuyvesant (New York City) |
College | NYU (1931–1933) |
Career history | |
As coach: | |
193?–193? | Stuyvesant HS (assistant) |
1942–1943, 1945–1969 | Yeshiva |
1948–1949 | Mohawk Redskins |
1948–1952 | Scranton Miners |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Bernard "Red" Sarachek (October 19, 1912 – November 14, 2005) was a basketball coach and athletic director at Yeshiva University in New York City from 1940 to 1969. He was also a mentor of legendary coaches such as Red Holzman (New York Knicks), Lou Carnesecca (St. John's), and Jack Donohue (Holy Cross). Yeshiva, under Sarachek, has been called "the birthplace of modern basketball" due to his innovative ball-handling schemes. Sarachek designed and implemented motion offenses, trapping defenses, plays to beat zone defenses and creative in-bound plays. His schemes were admired and copied by coaches around the country. "Red" was known to drive around in a car filled with envelopes with plays scribbled on them which he would give his team captains to figure out and pass to these future legends.
His story is featured in The First Basket, the first and most comprehensive documentary on the history of Jews and basketball.
In 1948-1949 Saracheck coached two of the top professional teams in what was known as the
In inducting Saracheck into the
Honors
- Yeshiva University Hall of Fame (2017)
- Jewish Sports Hall of Fame (1997)
- New York City Basketball Hall of Fame
- New York City Hall of Fame