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Hugh Durham was born on 26 October, 1937 in Louisville, Kentucky, U.S., is an American basketball coach (born 1937). Discover Hugh Durham'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 86 years old?
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26 October, 1937 |
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26 October |
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Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. |
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United States
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Hugh Durham Height, Weight & Measurements
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Hugh Durham Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Hugh Durham worth at the age of 86 years old? Hugh Durham’s income source is mostly from being a successful coach. He is from United States. We have estimated Hugh Durham's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Timeline
Hugh Nelson Durham (born October 26, 1937) is a retired American basketball coach.
He was head coach at Florida State, Georgia, and Jacksonville.
He is the only head coach to have led two different programs to their first Final Four appearances.
A native of Louisville, Kentucky, Durham was a highly recruited three-sport star at Eastern High School, where his teammate was the actor Ned Beatty.
He was an all-state quarterback and all-region in basketball.
He chose to play basketball in college and accepted a scholarship offer from Florida State University.
At Florida State University, Durham is one of the most prolific scorers in Seminole basketball history.
He appears prominently in the Florida State record book as both a player and head coach.
Durham was a guard for FSU head coach Bud Kennedy.
Over fifty years after his FSU career ended, Durham's career average of 18.9 points per game is still the ninth best in school history.
On January 19, 1957, Durham scored 43 points against Stetson University.
It is still the second-best single game scoring mark in school history.
For his three-year varsity career, Durham scored 1,381 points.
Durham played prior to college basketball adopting the three-point shot.
His 21.9 points per game in 1958–59 remains the seventh best single season average in FSU history.
In 1959, Durham graduated from Florida State with a B.A. in business administration.
He was a member of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity.
After Durham received his undergraduate degree from Florida State in 1959, FSU head coach Bud Kennedy hired him as an assistant coach.
Durham served as Kennedy's assistant for seven seasons.
In 1961, he earned an M.B.A. from Florida State.
Prior to the 1966–67 season, Kennedy was diagnosed with stomach cancer and died shortly thereafter.
Durham was elevated to head coach at Florida State at the age of 29.
He is one of the youngest head coaches in NCAA Division I basketball history.
In the 1966–67 season, Durham recruited and coached the first African-American basketball player in Florida State sports history.
As an assistant coach, Durham recruited Lenny Hall.
Hall was a native of Camden, NJ, who was playing for St. Petersburg Junior College.
Both Bud Kennedy and Durham signed Hall.
However, Kennedy died of cancer before Hall played his first game at FSU.
As a 29-year-old first-year head coach, Durham was the subject of intense criticism.
Five seasons later, Durham would take a team with five African-American starters to the NCAA Championship game.
There would only be one white player on the 13-man Seminole roster, John Amick, who played in 11 games and sported a lengthy ponytail.
In the 1967–68 season, only his second as head coach at FSU, Durham led the Seminoles to only their second NCAA Tournament in school history.
FSU received an NCAA Tournament at-large bid as an Independent at a time when only 25 teams were invited to play in the NCAA tournament.
Dave Cowens was a sophomore and the catalyst of the 1968 team.
Cowens had been a part of Durham's first recruiting class as the head coach at FSU that had also included Lenny Hall.
Durham was head coach at his alma mater for 12 seasons, is the school's all-time most successful coach, led the Seminoles to the 1972 NCAA Championship game and three NCAA Tournaments.
In 1972, Durham led Florida State to the greatest basketball season in school history.
The team went 27–6 and earned another at-large berth to the NCAA tournament.
The Seminoles shocked the basketball world by advancing to the NCAA Championship game.
In 1999 Florida State renamed its Most Valuable Player award the "Hugh Durham Most Valuable Player" award in his honor.
