Edmund Dollard circa 1904 on Syracuse Orange basketball team

Edmund "Eddie" Dollard (February 12, 1885 – June 1964) was an American

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coach. He was the head basketball coach at

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from 1911 to 1924. His teams compiled a record of 151 wins along with 59 losses, and an overall winning percentage of .719. Dollard guided Syracuse to 11 consecutive winning seasons, along with an unblemished 12–0 mark during the 1913–14 season. His 1917–18 team finished the season with a 16–1 record and was retroactively named the national champion by the

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and the

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. Dollard left Syracuse after an unsuccessful 1923–24 campaign where the team went 8–10.

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1885 births 1964 deaths Basketball players from New York (state) Holy Cross Crusaders men's basketball players Syracuse Orangemen baseball players Syracuse Orange men's basketball coaches Syracuse Orange men's basketball players American men's basketball coaches Basketball coaches from New York (state) American men's basketball players {{1880s-US-basketball-bio-stub