John Dee (basketball coach)
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John F. Dee, Jr. was head basketball
coach
at the University of Notre Dame
from 1964
to 1971
.
During Dee's seven seasons at the helm of Notre Dame Basketball, he compiled a record of 116 wins and 80 losses. Dee lead the Fighting Irish to four NCAA tournament appearances and one birth in the National Invitation Tournament
. Dee culminated his coaching career at Notre Dame with four straight 20-win seasons, the program's first 20-win seasons. Dee was also an attorney who, following his career coaching at Notre Dame returned to his practice in Denver where he concentrated in Oil and Gas transactions.
Prior to coaching at Notre Dame, Dee coached at the University of Alabama
from 1953 to 1956.
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
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Coach (basketball)
Basketball coaching is the act of directing and strategizing the behaviour of a basketball team or individual basketball player. Basketball coaching typically encompasses the improvement of individual and team offensive and defensive skills, as well as overall physical conditioning.Coaching is...
at the University of Notre Dame
University of Notre Dame
The University of Notre Dame du Lac is a Catholic research university located in Notre Dame, an unincorporated community north of the city of South Bend, in St. Joseph County, Indiana, United States...
from 1964
1964 in sports
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to 1971
1971 in sports
1971 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.-Alpine skiing:* Alpine Skiing World Cup** Men's overall season champion: Gustav Thöni, Italy** Women's overall season champion: Annemarie Pröll, Austria-American football:...
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During Dee's seven seasons at the helm of Notre Dame Basketball, he compiled a record of 116 wins and 80 losses. Dee lead the Fighting Irish to four NCAA tournament appearances and one birth in the National Invitation Tournament
National Invitation Tournament
The National Invitation Tournament is a men's college basketball tournament operated by the National Collegiate Athletic Association. There are two NIT events each season. The first, played in November and known as the Dick's Sporting Goods NIT Season Tip-Off , was founded in 1985...
. Dee culminated his coaching career at Notre Dame with four straight 20-win seasons, the program's first 20-win seasons. Dee was also an attorney who, following his career coaching at Notre Dame returned to his practice in Denver where he concentrated in Oil and Gas transactions.
Prior to coaching at Notre Dame, Dee coached at the University of Alabama
University of Alabama
The University of Alabama is a public coeducational university located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States....
from 1953 to 1956.