Bubas' assistants.

[df64]

Question for the old timers-probably. Bubas had an amazing who's who of assistants working under him while at Duke. Chuck Daly was one. Who were the others? Thanks in advance.

 

[DukeRulesBasketball]

Red Auerbach was once an assistant at Duke. Was before Bubas’ time though.

 

[topps coach]

Question for the old timers-probably. Bubas had an amazing who's who of assistants working under him while at Duke. Chuck Daly was one. Who were the others? Thanks in advance.

Hubie Brown and Bucky Waters were on the staff

 

[hart2chesson]

Its a shame we couldnt get Daly or Brown. Bucky's a nice guy, but wasnt strong enough to maintain the continuity under Bubas. I dont think we see the mass exodus of transfers under Daly or Brown....

As a matter of fact, Daly brought his Princeton team into Cameron shortly after he decided to move on and beat the Devils 49-48 IIRC...

OFC

 

[Dukeman]

Its a shame we couldnt get Daly or Brown. Bucky's a nice guy, but wasnt strong enough to maintain the continuity under Bubas. I dont think we see the mass exodus of transfers under Daly or Brown....

Daly would have done well. He would have been the CEO type coach, like Bubas.

I don’t think Hubie would have done well as head coach at Duke. His style was more suited for the pro’s. Remember this was the late 60’s early 70’s. A lot of civil unrest on college campus’s back then.

I saw him in action at a public practice Duke held at a Fayetteville military base in 1970. His language and in your face style was Bob Knight like. I have talked with a Duke player who played at Duke when Hubie was there. His recollections of Hubie were not fond.

Hubie’s style may have been a factor In some those transfers.
OFC

 

[hart2chesson]

Good points about Hubie's demeanor....The one thing I DID LIKE about him was his ability to get the most possible max performance from his teams. As you noted however, that was the pros. Daly had success at both levels....He was Vic's TOP ASST as well....OFC

 

[jimlsumner]

Hubie Brown coached the Duke freshman team to a 5-13 mark my freshman year (1968-69).

Gotta have the horses, even if you are Hubie Brown.

Add Fred Shabel to the list. Went on to become head coach at UConn and AD at Penn, where he hired Chuck Daly.

Shabel coached UConn to the 1964 East Region title game, where they lost to Bubas and Duke 101-54.

Bubas liked Shabel. But business was business.

Tom Carmody, also. Went on to become head coach at Rhode Island.

Red Auerbach? Duke's head coach in the early 1950s was Gerry Gerard. He had terminal cancer. Duke didn't actually have an assistant coach in those days. Duke didn't want to have to replace Gerard in the middle of a season.

Auerbach had resigned his NBA job with the Washington Capitols. Duke hired him as Gerard's heir apparent and parked him in the P.E. department, where he spent most of his time working with Dick Groat, who had been declared academically ineligible for the spring 1950 semester.

Gerard was a tough old bird and wasn't especially interested in dying or even giving up the job. Auerbach began to feel uncomfortable essentially waiting around for Gerard to die and left Duke after a couple of months.

One of the great what-ifs- in Duke history. Could Auerbach have come close to replicating his NBA success at Duke?

 

[skysdad]

Hubie Brown coached the Duke freshman team to a 5-13 mark my freshman year (1968-69).

Gotta have the horses, even if you are Hubie Brown.

Add Fred Shabel to the list. Went on to become head coach at UConn and AD at Penn, where he hired Chuck Daly.

Shabel coached UConn to the 1964 East Region title game, where they lost to Bubas and Duke 101-54.

Bubas liked Shabel. But business was business.

Tom Carmody, also. Went on to become head coach at Rhode Island.

Red Auerbach? Duke's head coach in the early 1950s was Gerry Gerard. He had terminal cancer. Duke didn't actually have an assistant coach in those days. Duke didn't want to have to replace Gerard in the middle of a season.

Auerbach had resigned his NBA job with the Washington Capitols. Duke hired him as Gerard's heir apparent and parked him in the P.E. department, where he spent most of his time working with Dick Groat, who had been declared academically ineligible for the spring 1950 semester.

Gerard was a tough old bird and wasn't especially interested in dying or even giving up the job. Auerbach began to feel uncomfortable essentially waiting around for Gerard to die and left Duke after a couple of months.

One of the great what-ifs- in Duke history. Could Auerbach have come close to replicating his NBA success at Duke?

You're knowledge of Duke in all sports adds a lot to this board Jim. Always enjoy when you post here. OFC

 

[df64]

Thanks all.