Charles Elliot Rosen (born January 18, 1941) is an American author and former basketball player and basketball coach.

Career

The 6' 8" Rosen played college basketball at

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in New York City for three seasons (1959–62), setting school records for both scoring and rebounding, and earning most valuable player honors each season. He, along with Larry Brown and Art Heyman, played on the United States basketball team that won a gold medal at the

1961 Maccabiah Games The 6th Maccabiah Games were held in Tel Aviv, Israel in 1961, with 1,100 athletes from 27 countries competing in 18 sports. The Games were officially opened in an Opening Ceremony on August 29, 1961, in Ramat Gan Stadium by Israeli President Yitz ...

. After college, he played for Scranton and Camden in the old Eastern Basketball League, and taught English at

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, New York. From 1983–86, he was an assistant to

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with the

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of the

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(CBA). He also served as head coach of the Patroons, as well as the CBA's Rockford Lightning, Oklahoma City Cavalry and

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. He also served as head coach of the women's basketball team at the

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, a four-year college located between Albany and

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, and was men's head coach at

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during the 1979–80 season, which he chronicled in the book ''Players and Pretenders''. A native of the Bronx, New York, Rosen is the author of 16 books about basketball, including ''The First Tip Off'', ''The House of Moses All-Stars'', ''Barney Polan's Game'', ''No Blood, No Foul'', ''More Than a Game'', ''The Pivotal Season'', and ''The Wizard of Odds''. Rosen was inducted into the Bronx Jewish Hall of Fame on November 28, 2018. ''Barney Polan's Game'' and ''The House of Moses All-Stars'' were both recognized as

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Notable Books, and ''Barney Polan's Game'' was recognized on the

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Editor's 1998 Recommended Summer Reading List. He is known for his in-depth analysis and caustic views. His last article at ''FOXSports.com'' was dated June 29, 2011. Since then, his regular articles have been published at ''HoopsHype.com''.

References

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