Dick Holub

Who was Dick Holub?

Richard W. Holub was an American basketball player and coach.

A 6'7" center born in Racine, Wisconsin, Holub played college basketball at Long Island University, and was a member of an NIT championship team in 1941. His college career was interrupted by a stint with the Air Force during World War II, but he returned to school in 1946, and led his team in scoring over the 1946−47 season.

Holub played one season of professional basketball with the New York Knicks, then embarked upon a seventeen-year coaching career at Farleigh Dickinson University. During his tenure as coach, he achieved a 233−167 record. He also taught English at Farleigh Dickinson. In 1981, he became an academic adviser for the University of Connecticut's athletic department.

Holub died on July 27, 2009, in Sun City West, Arizona.