Warren Isaac
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1992–1993 | Cagiva Varese |
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Joseph Warren Isaac (born August 8, 1943), commonly known as Warren Isaac in the United States and Joe Isaac in Italy, is an American basketball coach and former professional player. He had a standout college career at Iona before playing and coaching professionally in Italy.
High school career
From 1957 to 1961, Isaac attended Power Memorial Academy, the high school where Lew Alcindor (later Kareem Abdul-Jabbar) played a couple of years later. He wouldn't be on the same team as 1965 graduate Alcindor, but he did share a court with him when they attended Power Memorial coach Jack Donohue's training camps.[1]
College career
He joined
He finished his collegiate career on March 7, 1965, after a game against Rider in which he posted 16 points to finish with 1,331 careers points, 44 points short of Guerin's record, having added 50 points and 74 rebounds in his last three games.[6] His 1,124 rebounds however, did break a school record as did his career average of 18.1 per game (both still-standing), whilst his career scoring average of 21.5 points per game is also a historic best, accrued with a .512 career field goal percentage.[2]
As a senior, he won the Haggerty Award (for the best college basketball player from the New York Metropolitan Area) by the Metropolitan Basketball Writers Association,[7] along with a selection to the All-East major college team by the ECAC and the District Two All-America by Look magazine.[8]
Isaac was inducted into the Iona Gaels Hall of Fame in 1985.[9]
Professional career
Seen as a bit lean for the professional game,
The American went to Milan, where he was reportedly trialed by
Returning to the United States in 1971, he signed with the
Coaching career
Isaac had earlier in the month returned to Iona to take a coaching role,[11] later serving as assistant coach to Gene Roberti until at least July 1974.[9][12]
After a stint in Venezuela, Isaac was brought back to Italy in 1982 by former Milano teammate Antonio Bulgheroni, then president of Pallacanestro Varese, to take charge of the youth side. Bulgheroni named him first team coach prior to the 1986–87 season and Isaac returned to the Serie A, though he at first did not have a coaching license.[13] He coached the side for three seasons, twice winning the regular season and reaching the 1988 Italian Cup final but never claiming a title.[1] He then coached
Isaac came back to Italy in 1999, again called by Bulgheroni who nominated him head of the athletics department at the University Carlo Cattaneo,[1] whose basketball team he would lead to the Serie C2 in 2004.[15] He later joined lower-league side Pallacanestro Laveno as youth team coach, a position he holds as of August 2015.[16]
Notes
- ^ Freshmen were inelegible until 1972
References
- ^ a b c d e f Sciascia, Giuseppe (November 27, 2013). "Joe Isaac: "Io, Kareem e l'Italia". Da New York a Varese via Milano" [Joe Isaac: "Me, Kareem and Italy. From New York to Varese via Milan]. Gazzetta.it (in Italian). Retrieved August 29, 2015.
- ^ a b c "Iona men's basketball record book" (PDF). IcGaels.com. March 18, 2015. Retrieved August 29, 2015.
- ^ "Iona five victor over Bates, 92‐63". NYTimes.com. December 20, 1964. Retrieved August 29, 2015.
- ^ The Herald Statesman. January 8, 1965. Retrieved August 29, 2015.
- ^ "Isaacs hits on late 40-footer". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. January 8, 1965. Retrieved August 29, 2015 – via Google News.
- The Herald Statesman. January 8, 1965. Retrieved August 29, 2015.
- ^ "All-Time Haggerty award winners". MetBasketballWriters.org. Retrieved August 29, 2015.
- The Herald Statesman. March 6, 1965. Retrieved August 29, 2015.
- ^ a b "Hall of Fame Bio: Warren Isaac – Basketball (1985)". IcGaels.com. Retrieved August 29, 2015.
- ^ "NY Nets waive Isaac Warren". Bangor Daily News. Associated Press. October 15, 1971. Retrieved August 29, 2015 – via Google News.
- ^ "Isaac gets Iona post". NYTimes.com. October 1, 1972.
- ^ "Mulcahy Center will replace O'Connell". FultonHistory.com. Tarrytown NY Daily News. July 24, 1974. Retrieved August 29, 2015.
- ^ Ercole, Guido (November 30, 1986). "Un allenatore senza patente guida la DiVarese in pole-position" [A coach without a license leads DiVarese to first place]. ArchivoLaStampa.it (in Italian). Retrieved August 24, 2015.
- ^ "Joe Isaac" (in Italian). Lega Basket. Retrieved August 29, 2015.
- ^ "Il team basket LIUC conquista la C2" [The LIUC basketball team wins [access to] the C2]. LIUC.it (in Italian). June 23, 2004. Retrieved August 29, 2015.
- ^ "Storia" [History]. PallacanestroLaveno.it (in Italian). Retrieved August 29, 2015.
External links
- RealGM profile Retrieved 29 August 2015