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McCafferty was selected in 1958 as
Catholic College Coach of the Year, and Ohio College Coach of the Year. He has been inducted into the Halls of Fame at both Loyola and Xavier, as well as the Cincinnati Basketball Hall of Fame, and twice was designated to receive Loyola's Distinguished Alumnus
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Conference Championship, and was named MVP of the tournament.
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After graduating with a degree in physical education in 1942, McCafferty remained at Loyola as the assistant coach in both basketball and track. He was the assistant under Coach Jack Orsley when the
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Showing early signs of his eventual 6'8", 280-pound frame which would earn him the nickname "Big Jim", James Joseph McCafferty was born in
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McCafferty became Loyola's head basketball coach in 1953, and led the
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in 1985. McCafferty served as the first
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In his first season at Xavier, McCafferty led the
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1370:American men's basketball coaches
155:James Joseph "Big Jim" McCafferty
19:For the Scottish footballer, see
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1380:Basketball coaches from Kansas
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1202:# denotes interim head coach
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21:Jim McCafferty (footballer)
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84:Seattle, Washington
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77:September 18, 2006
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263:McCafferty Trophy
217:Xavier University
198:NAIA championship
167:Xavier Musketeers
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91:Coaching career (
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719:. Retrieved
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666:. Retrieved
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594:91–71 (.562)
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485:NIT Champion
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1360:1916 births
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1323:(2004–2006)
1321:Dawn Rogers
1315:(1998–2004)
1307:(1984–1998)
1299:(1979–1984)
1291:(1962–1979)
1259:(1920–1935)
1194:Sean Miller
1186:Jonas Hayes
1180:(2018–2022)
1172:(2009–2018)
1164:(2004–2009)
1162:Sean Miller
1156:(2001–2004)
1148:(1994–2001)
1140:(1985–1994)
1138:Pete Gillen
1132:(1979–1985)
1124:(1973–1979)
1116:(1971–1973)
1108:(1967–1971)
1100:(1963–1967)
1092:(1957–1963)
1084:(1951–1957)
1076:(1946–1951)
1068:(1945–1946)
1060:(1943–1945)
1052:(1933–1943)
1044:(1920–1933)
1036:(1919–1920)
970:(2014–2022)
962:(2004–2014)
954:(1991–2004)
946:(1972–1991)
938:(1968–1972)
930:(1966–1968)
922:(1959–1966)
914:(1958–1959)
906:(1957–1958)
904:Jim Harding
898:(1953–1957)
890:(1950–1953)
882:(1949–1950)
874:(1939–1949)
872:Jack Orsley
866:(1933–1939)
858:(1931–1933)
850:(1930–1931)
848:Zeke Bonura
842:(1928–1930)
840:Tad Gormley
834:(1927–1928)
832:Zeke Bonura
826:(1926–1927)
818:(1925–1926)
810:(1924–1925)
802:(1923–1924)
463:(1957–1963)
352:(1953–1957)
320:(1949–1950)
306:Postseason
300:Conference
1354:Categories
1281:Al Stephan
1265:Clem Crowe
1170:Chris Mack
1154:Thad Matta
1098:Don Ruberg
1050:Clem Crowe
936:Bob Luksta
928:Ron Greene
912:Hank Kuzma
816:Nat Tycher
631:"Obituary"
617:References
173:Early life
159:basketball
60:1916-03-14
1297:Bob Staak
1130:Bob Staak
1122:Tay Baker
668:April 17,
303:Standing
135:1962–1979
110:1957–1963
100:1954–1957
1339:(2013– )
1196:(2022– )
1188:# (2022)
1082:Ned Wulk
1074:Lew Hirt
1066:Ed Burns
978:(2022– )
743:July 25,
721:July 25,
696:July 25,
637:July 25,
326:1949–50
297:Overall
202:Team USA
1283:(–1957)
1267:(1935–)
1058:No team
944:No team
856:No team
590:Xavier:
575:Xavier
571:1962–63
556:Xavier
552:1961–62
534:Xavier
530:1960–61
515:Xavier
511:1959–60
496:Xavier
492:1958–59
474:Xavier
470:1957–58
441:Loyola:
423:Loyola
419:1956–57
404:Loyola
400:1955–56
385:Loyola
381:1954–55
363:Loyola
359:1953–54
329:Loyola
291:Season
1275:(1946)
604:Total:
275:Dayton
228:Dayton
139:Xavier
114:Xavier
86:, U.S.
69:, U.S.
578:12–16
559:14–12
537:17–10
499:12–13
477:19–11
426:14–12
407:10–15
294:Team
745:2013
723:2013
698:2013
670:2013
639:2013
518:17–9
388:14–9
332:9–15
213:1957
211:and
209:1954
165:and
74:Died
54:Born
42:Wolf
366:7–8
224:NIT
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