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199:, where he played on the men's basketball team, and serving in the U. S. Army, Rowe returned to Worcester Academy the fall of 1955 as the athletic director and head basketball coach. He quickly built the athletic program into a power in the New England prep school interscholastic athletics and, in addition, his basketball teams won the New England Prep School Championship nine times. He served as the director of athletics and the head coach of both the men's basketball and baseball teams for 13 years, from 1955 to 1969.
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291:, on January 10, 2021. He was 91.
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235:John W. Bunn Lifetime Achievement
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224:Harry A. Gampel Pavilion
181:Worcester, Massachusetts
169:UConn Huskies men's team
63:Worcester, Massachusetts
272:Personal life and death
231:Basketball Hall of Fame
218:(men's basketball) and
229:In December 2016, the
195:After graduating from
183:, and graduated from
705:www.uconnhuskies.com
300:Statistics overview
295:Head coaching record
206:, and he headed the
139:Head coaching record
45:Biographical details
1049:J. Orlean Christian
531:Connecticut Huskies
327:Connecticut Huskies
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289:Storrs, Connecticut
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1099:(1967–1969)
1091:(1963–1967)
1089:Fred Shabel
1075:(1946–1963)
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1035:(1927–1931)
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550:Connecticut
538:(1976–1977)
494:Connecticut
468:Connecticut
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419:Connecticut
396:Connecticut
373:Connecticut
350:Connecticut
338:(1969–1976)
320:Postseason
314:Conference
247:Dave Gavitt
216:Jim Calhoun
129:Connecticut
18:Donald Rowe
1167:Categories
1145:Dan Hurley
1073:Hugh Greer
873:2021-01-18
773:2021-01-18
748:2016-12-22
715:2018-03-24
686:2021-01-18
644:References
187:in 1947.
175:Early life
96:Middlebury
56:1929-12-22
1113:Dom Perno
868:0362-4331
317:Standing
245:In 1980,
125:1969–1977
115:1955–1969
92:1949–1952
1147:(2018– )
1105:Dee Rowe
1083:# (1963)
985:No coach
893:ESPN.com
767:ESPN.com
311:Overall
281:COVID-19
241:Olympics
31:Dee Rowe
839:30 July
835:. UConn
811:CT Post
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489:1975–76
463:1974–75
437:1973–74
414:1972–73
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305:Season
208:Huskies
144:Overall
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580:Total:
191:Career
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377:10–14
360:T–1st
308:Team
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864:ISSN
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70:Died
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