Age, Biography and Wiki
Ed Jucker was born on 8 July, 1916 in Norwood, Ohio, U.S., is an American basketball and baseball player and coach. Discover Ed Jucker'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 85 years old?
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85 years old |
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Cancer |
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8 July, 1916 |
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8 July |
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Norwood, Ohio, U.S. |
| Date of death |
2 February, 2002 |
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Callawassie Island, South Carolina, U.S. |
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United States
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Ed Jucker Height, Weight & Measurements
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Ed Jucker Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Ed Jucker worth at the age of 85 years old? Ed Jucker’s income source is mostly from being a successful player. He is from United States. We have estimated Ed Jucker's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Timeline
Edwin Louis Jucker (July 8, 1916 – February 2, 2002) was an American basketball and baseball coach and college athletics administrator.
He attended the University of Cincinnati as an undergraduate student and played on the school's basketball teams during the 1938, 1939, and 1940 seasons.
He was the captain of the 1940 team.
Also, while an undergraduate, Jucker became a member of the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity.
Jucker was a professional baseball prospect until he decided to start coaching instead of trying to make it into Major League Baseball.
His coaching career began at Batavia High in Clermont County, Ohio, east of Cincinnati.
He served as the head basketball coach at the United States Merchant Marine Academy from 1945 to 1948, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) from 1948 to 1953, the University of Cincinnati from 1960 to 1965, and Rollins College from 1972 to 1977, compiling a career college basketball coaching record of 270–122.
Following service in the Navy during World War II, he joined the college coaching ranks as assistant basketball coach at the United States Merchant Marine Academy in 1946.
Two years later, he became head basketball coach at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
Jucker returned to the University of Cincinnati in 1953 as assistant basketball coach and baseball mentor.
He directed the UC freshmen to a 67–21 record in six years, while his baseball teams were 87–38 over seven seasons.
Jucker was also the head coach of the Cincinnati Bearcats baseball team from 1954 to 1960 while serving as an assistant coach for the basketball team.
After watching Koufax in his first practice, Jucker got him a work-study scholarship.
He led the Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball program to consecutive national titles, winning the NCAA basketball tournament in 1961 and 1962.
Under Jucker's coaching direction in the early 60s, Cincinnati won back-to-back NCAA basketball tournament, in 1961 and 1962, defeating Ohio State, who had the great Jerry Lucas, John Havlicek and Bob Knight, both years.
His 1963 team reached the championship game of the NCAA tournament, where the Bearcats were upended 60–58 in overtime by Loyola of Chicago and All-American Jerry Harkness.
Jucker holds the record for the highest winning percentage (.917) in NCAA tournament play.
In his five seasons coaching the Bearcats, Jucker's team posted a record of 113–28, a .801 winning percentage.
Jucker left coaching at UC after the 1965 season.
In 1966 he remained at the university as the Intramural Director and spent the summer in Spain coaching their national team.
He spent two seasons coaching in the professional ranks, leading the Cincinnati Royals of the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1967 to 1969.
He agreed to coach the Spain national team from 1967 but changed his mind when he received offers from the National Basketball Association (NBA).
In 1967, he became the head coach of the Cincinnati Royals of the National Basketball Association, a position he held for two seasons.
Jucker then went to Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida where he built the school's basketball program into a national contender in NCAA Division II.
In 1978, he was inducted into the University of Cincinnati Athletics Hall of Fame.
Also, the court that the University of Cincinnati plays on is named after Jucker.
The number he wore as Cincinnati baseball coach is one of only two numbers retired by the school's baseball team.
Jucker served as the athletic director at Rollins College from 1981 to 1983.
Jucker was born in Norwood, Ohio.
Jucker died of prostate cancer on Callawassie Island, South Carolina in 2002 at age 85.
He was survived by his wife, Joanne.
In 2014, he was inducted into the Ohio Basketball Hall of Fame.
