Joseph Elliott Belmont (July 12, 1934 – January 6, 2019) was an American

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player and coach. He played college basketball at Duke University, and was selected in the 1956 NBA Draft by the Philadelphia Warriors. He never played in the NBA, however. He had a long playing career with the Denver-Chicago Truckers of the

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. In 1970, he was hired as the head coach of the American Basketball Association's

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, a position he held for as season and a half. He shared ABA Coach of the Year honors in 1970 with Bill Sharman of the

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. In 2005 Belmont was inducted into the

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Personal life

In 1959 Belmont married Helen Sanquist and then had 2 kids. He died on January 6, 2019.

Coaching career

ABA

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References

External links

BasketballReference.com: Joe Belmont
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