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Bill Musselman was born on 13 September, 1940 in Wooster, Ohio, U.S., is an American basketball coach (1940–2000). Discover Bill Musselman's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 59 years old?

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Age 59 years old
Zodiac Sign Virgo
Born 13 September 1940
Birthday 13 September
Birthplace Wooster, Ohio, U.S.
Date of death 5 May, 2000
Died Place Rochester, Minnesota, U.S.
Nationality United States

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1940

William Clifford Musselman (August 13, 1940 – May 5, 2000) was an American basketball coach in the NCAA, the ABA, the WBA, the CBA, and the NBA.

He was known for his trademark intensity, once being quoted as saying, "Defeat is worse than death because you have to live with defeat."

Musselman was the second of five children.

His father, Clifford Musselman, was an auto mechanic and band promoter.

He had a loving and dedicated mother named Bertha (Combs) Miller who later married James Miller.

James became Bill's father and was a big part of his life growing up.

The young Musselman played basketball, football, and baseball at Wooster High School in Wooster, Ohio.

1958

When he graduated in 1958, he was the school's second all-time leading scorer.

After high school, he attended Wittenberg College (now Wittenberg University) in Springfield, Ohio, where he played basketball for Ray Mears, who would later coach the University of Tennessee.

1963

In 1963, at the age of 23, Musselman was hired as the head men's basketball coach at Kent State University High School in Kent, Ohio.

In Musselman's first season of coaching, the KSUHS Statesmen finished 14–5 and earned a share of the conference title.

1964

In 1964, after one season of coaching high school basketball, Musselman was hired to assist with the football and basketball teams at Ashland University in Ashland, Ohio.

1965

In August 1965, Ashland's head basketball coach left for another coaching position.

With only a few months before the start of the 1965–66 season, Musselman was promoted to head coach.

In his first season, at the age of 25, he guided the Eagles to a 10–10 record.

Over the next five seasons, Musselman's Ashland teams went 21–3, 24–6, 26–4, 23–4, and 25–3 (total: 109–20, with a .845 winning percentage).

While at Ashland, Musselman's teams reached the NCAA College Division Tournament (the predecessor to the current Division II and Division III Tournaments) four times and had 13 All-America players.

1968

His 1968–69 Ashland team allowed an NCAA-record-low 33.9 points per game, a byproduct of his relentless pursuit, at the time, of pitching shut-outs (allowing no points) while head coach.

1970

Following the 1970–71 season, Musselman left Ashland for the University of Minnesota.

1971

In 1971–72, he led the Gophers to an 18-7 record and their first Big Ten Championship in 53 years with a roster featuring Dave Winfield, Jim Brewer, Bobby Nix, Keith Young, Clyde Turner, Corky Taylor, and Ron Behagen.

There was an incident during the 1971–72 season when Taylor and Behagen assaulted Ohio State center Luke Witte.

The attack on Witte came near the end of the Gophers-Buckeyes game.

Witte was seriously injured, taken off the court on a stretcher and hospitalized with injuries, including to an eye, that negatively impacted his basketball career.

Two other Ohio State players were also hospitalized as a result of the brawl.

Musselman maintained that he had nothing to do with the incident.

Still, critics claimed he had stirred his players into a frenzy before the game that night and encouraged overly aggressive play.

1972

The 1972 team was tarnished by a brawl against The Ohio State Buckeyes, where several Minnesota players and fans assaulted the Ohio State players at the end of the game.

The Gophers lost to Florida State in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, 70–56, before rebounding in the Midwest Region Consolation Round, downing Marquette, 77–72.

The following season (1972–73), Musselman guided the Gophers to a 21–5 mark.

1973

Minnesota began the season ranked fourth in the nation and ranked as high as No. 3 in the country in March 1973.

In the 1973 NIT postseason tournament, Musselman's Minnesota team downed Rutgers, 68–59, in the first round before losing to Alabama, 69–65, in the quarterfinals.

During the 1973–74 campaign, without Brewer, Behagen, or Turner, the Gophers dropped to 12–12 under Musselman.

His starting lineup that season featured Flip Saunders, who would go on to have a successful NBA coaching career.

In his fourth and final season at Minnesota, Musselman's team went 18–8 and included a roster of future NBA players Mychal Thompson, Mark Landsberger, and Mark Olberding.

His overall coaching record at Minnesota is 61–32 with a .656 winning percentage.

During Musselman's time at the University of Minnesota, home attendance increased from 4,000 per game to nearly 18,000 per game, according to The New York Times.

His tenure at Minnesota was tainted.

1975

On July 28, 1975, Musselman left the college ranks to join the pro game when he was hired to coach the San Diego Sails of the American Basketball Association.

1985

A September 1, 1985, article in The New York Times described Musselman's Gophers as "an extremely physical basketball team."

After Musselman left to coach in the ABA, the NCAA placed the Gophers on probation after discovering more than 100 rule violations.