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contingent on being released if the job at Ohio State opened up; it was actually written in the contract so there was no misunderstanding." The new appointment at Ohio State as the freshman coach under Taylor enabled Truitt to unite with Middletown's Jerry Lucas, who had previously committed to play at Ohio State. Also recruited to join the Buckeyes for the 1958-59 season were
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scored in the first overtime. By the rules of the day, the second overtime was played as sudden-death. North captured the first possession in the second overtime but turned the ball over, enabling Gerald Warren to hit the game winner on East Tech's first possession in double overtime. The sudden-death format of the second overtime was retired following this game.
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Ultimately, Truitt was unhappy at LSU for three primary reasons. As he later recalled, "When I went there they said that we could have a new arena in two years, that I could carry over my 17 years retirement from Ohio, and that I would be tenured on the faculty, like I was at Ohio State. None of that
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California . . . had a little guard named Bobby Wendell, who was not a good shooter. We just didn't guard him. Mel Nowell dropped off him, jammed things up inside, and the movement they were trying to get there was rendered ineffective. Wendell went 0-for-6. I thought at the time, as a player, what a
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He won the MAC Coach of the Year award for the 1976-77 golf season, a team led by First-Team All-MAC performer Art Nash. With a MAC title already in hand, the team ultimately finished 23rd in the NCAA tournament. This marked the highest national finish for the Golden Flashes until the 1989-1990 team
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echoed Taylor's appraisal of Truitt's scouting abilities by claiming that Truitt was better at scouting than "anyone ever seen in time in college basketball." Truitt's scouting of the California Golden Bears played an instrumental role in Ohio State's victory in the 1960 NCAA Championship game: in
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to assume the head coaching position at Ohio State. Taylor's promotion to head coach left the freshman coach's position vacant. Ultimately, Truitt had hoped to join the staff at Ohio State and conditionally accepted the Otterbein position. Said Truitt at the time, "I accepted the Otterbein position
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The Polar Bears ultimately lost to Cleveland East Tech in the state championship game in the second and final (sudden-death) overtime, 50-48. North had been ahead 48-46 with six seconds remaining in regulation before Jim Stone hit a 35-footer for East Tech to send the game to overtime. Neither team
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among others. Once players were on campus as freshmen, Truitt was "responsible them adjust to college life." Said Taylor, " gave the kids the most precious gift one person can give another: he gave them time. He really cared about the players, and they knew that." Said Hosket, "Frank was the best
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Truitt was an avid golfer for over 70 years, beginning in 1935 at age 10. He eventually won club championships at York Golf Club, Washington Courthouse Country Club, Mount Gilead Country Club, and the Kent State University Golf Club. He was also the Caddy Master at Brookside Country Club before
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played important roles for the Buckeye teams of the 1950s and early 1960s, LSU had yet to break the color barrier. When Truitt showed the LSU athletic director a list of his intended African American recruits, the director replied, "You can't recruit these guys. We aren't ready for this."
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In those days, Truitt served not only as the freshman team's head coach, but also as an assistant to the varsity team, as the varsity team's lead scout, and as the chief recruiter. His "charm as a recruiter" helped Truitt recruit future
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The Ohio State basketball program enjoyed its most successful three-year stretch in program history shortly thereafter, in which it reached three consecutive NCAA championship games. The Buckeyes defeated the then-defending champion
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later, and he said we were the first team to do that to them. This pointed out the value of preparation and the role of assistant coaches. Frank Truitt had suggested that after watching California game
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Among other awards, Truitt was inducted into the North High Polar Bear Hall of Fame in 1996, the Ohio Veterans Hall of Fame in 2009, and the Otterbein University Athletics Hall of Fame in 2010.
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on 15 November 2011. After Truitt's retirement from college basketball following the 1973-74 season, the Golden Flashes did not achieve a winning season again until 1982-83.
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Middies. The Middies entered the semifinal matchup having won 76 straight games, including two consecutive state titles, and were led by future Ohio State Buckeye and
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Following his eight-year stint as the head basketball coach, Truitt became the head golf coach at Kent State for five years and the head soccer coach for four years.
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that season. The state of the LSU basketball program was such that Truitt's 6-20 record that year was considered by some to be a "good start" for a head coach.
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in the championship game in each of the next two seasons. To date, the 1960 NCAA Championship remains the only basketball national title in school history.
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happened. The fourth reason was I just assumed I could recruit blacks and didn't think to ask before I took the job." While African American players like
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During the season, Truitt, who Taylor deemed to have "an extremely keen analytical basketball mind" often traveled around to scout other teams. In 2010,
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Following the 1957-58 season with the Polar Bears, Truitt was, at least for the moment, named head basketball coach at Otterbein on 3 May 1958. But
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on Kent State's campus when Ohio National Guard troops opened fire on a rioting crowd and killed four students, an incident since known as the
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In all, the Buckeyes won five straight Big Ten titles during Truitt's tenure as an assistant coach, which concluded with the 1964-65 season.
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for six years before retiring in 1986. Truitt and his wife, Kay, worked together in real estate for over 20 years before retiring in 2009.
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In 1958, Truitt's 24-0 North High Polar Bears advanced to the Division AA state semifinals, where they encountered Paul Walker's 24-0
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From 1951 to 1954, Truitt taught History, Government, and French and was the head basketball coach at Bloomingburg High School in
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on 15 December 1970. This was Kent State's last true road win at a "BCS school" until the Golden Flashes defeated the
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In his final coaching stint, Truitt served as the head coach of Buckeye Valley Middle School's golf team in 2001.
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Truitt's second and final winning season at Kent State, 1970–71, was highlighted by a 64-62 victory over the
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Three seasons later, in 1968-69, Truitt guided the Golden Flashes to their first winning season in 17 years.
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Truitt resigned from his position at Ohio State University in 1965 to become the head coach of the
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from Ohio State in 1962. His office in St. John Arena was just down the hall from the office of
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Following the 1965-66 season, Truitt quit at LSU and assumed the head coaching position of the
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great coaching move that was, and I copied it a lot over the years with my own teams. I asked
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Middies basketball team in the Ohio 1958 Division AA state semifinals and helped coach the
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Frank and Kay were married for 66 years and had three daughters and nine grandchildren.
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and coach the basketball team, Truitt became a teacher and the head basketball coach at
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Truitt resigned as the head golf and soccer coach at Kent State in 1978 and moved to
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on 28 December 1961, to which Wooden replied, "Oh no, I will never be that lucky."
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team. He coached the Tigers for one year, during which his Tigers played against
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Among his noteworthy accomplishments, Truitt engineered the historic upset of
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Wooden would later win a record 10 NCAA championships as coach of the Bruins.
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in 1943, Truitt served in the 282nd Engineer Combat Battalion as part of
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Ohio State routs UCLA behind 30 points and 30 rebounds from Jerry Lucas
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gave Truitt a lifetime membership to the Ohio Basketball Hall of Fame.
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Ohio State University College of Education and Human Ecology alumni
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for 32 months. While in college, Truitt helped found the Otterbein
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Frank's mother, Charlotte Hook Truitt, lived to be 106 years old.
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Truitt next taught and coached at Mount Gilead High School in
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Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball 1959–60 NCAA champions
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After a stop at Columbus West Junior High School to teach
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The first African American to play basketball at LSU was
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teacher of individual skills I've ever been around.
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team, in addition to playing three years of varsity
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Columbus, Ohio
Otterbein
Ohio State
HC
Ohio State
LSU
Kent State
coach
World War II
Jerry Lucas
Middletown
Ohio State men's basketball team

Worthington High School
General
George S. Patton
Third Army
Staff Sergeant
France
Battle of the Bulge
Luxembourg
Otterbein University
United States Army
golf
basketball
Bachelor of Science
Bachelor of Arts
History
Government

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