Orson Kinney
American basketball player and coach
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1894-12-17)December 17, 1894 Yonkers, New York, U.S. |
| Died | January 4, 1966(1966-01-04) (aged 71) Dayton, Ohio, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Career information | |
| College | Yale (1914–1918) |
| Position | Forward |
| Career history | |
| As coach: | |
| 1920–1921 | Fordham |
| 1921–1922 | Yale |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Orson Alonzo Kinney (December 12, 1894 – January 4, 1966) was an American basketball player and coach known for his collegiate playing career at Yale University in the 1910s.[1] He led the Bulldogs to two Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League (EIBL) championships in 1914–15 and 1916–17 and led the league in scoring in 1915–16 and 1916–17.[1][2] As a junior in 1916–17 Kinney was named an All-American by the Helms Athletic Foundation.[2] Orson Kinney was also the younger brother of Gilmore Kinney, another Yale basketball star who was the collegiate national player of the year in 1906–07.[3]
Kinney became the head coach of two programs following graduation – Fordham University and Yale University.[4][5] While coaching Fordham he also played the Crescent Athletic Club.[5]
Head coaching record
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fordham Rams (Independent) (1920–1921) | |||||||||
| 1920–21 | Fordham | 15–9 | |||||||
| Fordham: | 15–9 (.625) | ||||||||
| Yale Bulldogs (Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League) (1921–1922) | |||||||||
| 1921–22 | Yale | 6–21 | 1–9 | 6th | |||||
| Yale: | 6–21 (.222) | 1–9 (.100) | |||||||
| Total: | 21–30 (.412) | ||||||||
References
- ^ a b "Ivy League". All-Time Conference Teams. Hoopedia. 2010. Retrieved February 16, 2015.
- ^ a b "Ivy League Basketball All-Americans". Ivy League. 2015. Archived from the original on December 14, 2013. Retrieved February 16, 2015.
- ^ "Gilmore Kinney '07". p. 774. The Yale Alumni Weekly. Retrieved February 16, 2015.
- ^ "Orson Kinney Coaching Record". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2015. Retrieved February 16, 2015.
- ^ a b Parrott, Harold (December 11, 1931). "Good Fives Not New to Indians or Crescent A.C." Brooklyn Daily Eagle. p. 34. Retrieved February 16, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
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Fordham Rams men's basketball head coaches
- S. J. Mellyn (1902–1903)
- John McLaughlin (1903–1904)
- Harry A. Fisher (1904–1905)
- Loren Black (1905–1906)
- Frank O'Donnell (1906–1907)
- Chris Mahoney (1907–1909)
- Edward Siskind (1909–1910)
- Unknown (1910–1911)
- Clement Risacher (1911–1914)
- Alcott Neary (1914–1915)
- Unknown (1915–1918)
- Edward Siskind (1918–1919)
- Arthur Devlin (1919–1920)
- Orson Kinney (1920–1921)
- Eli Butler (1921–1922)
- Bud Colloton & Ed Kelleher (1922–1923)
- Ed Kelleher (1923–1934)
- Vincent Cavanaugh (1934–1938)
- Ed Kelleher (1938–1943)
- No team (1943–1944)
- Frank Adams (1944–1950)
- Johnny Bach (1950–1968)
- Ed Conlin (1968–1970)
- Digger Phelps (1970–1971)
- Hal Wissel (1971–1976)
- Dick Stewart (1976–1978)
- Tom Penders (1978–1986)
- Bob Quinn (1986–1987)
- Nick Macarchuk (1987–1999)
- Bob Hill (1999–2003)
- Dereck Whittenburg (2003–2009)
- Jared Grasso # (2009–2010)
- Tom Pecora (2010–2015)
- Jeff Neubauer (2015–2021)
- Mike DePaoli # (2021)
- Kyle Neptune (2021–2022)
- Keith Urgo (2022– )
# denotes interim head coach
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