Thomas J. Haggerty (died January 14, 1956) was an American
college basketball
In United States colleges, top-tier basketball is governed by collegiate athletic bodies including National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), the United States Collegiate Athleti ...
coach. He coached
DePaul University
DePaul University is a private, Catholic research university in Chicago, Illinois. Founded by the Vincentians in 1898, the university takes its name from the 17th-century French priest Saint Vincent de Paul. In 1998, it became the largest Ca ...
to a record of 64–29 from 1936 to 1940, and after a stint in the
United States Army
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, returned to the school in 1944 to become its
athletic director
An athletic director (commonly "athletics director" or "AD") is an administrator at many American clubs or institutions, such as colleges and universities, as well as in larger high schools and middle schools, who oversees the work of coaches an ...
. From 1945 to 1950, he coached
Loyola University Chicago to a record of 111–41, and guided them to a second-place finish in the
1949 National Invitation Tournament
The 1949 National Invitation Tournament was the 1949 edition of the annual NCAA college basketball competition.
Selected teams
Below is a list of the 12 teams selected for the tournament. . He later coached at
Loyola University New Orleans, but resigned during the 1953–54 season because of health issues. He died of
pneumonia
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at age 51 on January 14, 1956.
["Ex-Loyola Coach dies". ''Chicago Daily Tribune''. January 15, 1956. A1.]
References
1956 deaths
American men's basketball coaches
Deaths from pneumonia in Louisiana
DePaul Blue Demons athletic directors
DePaul Blue Demons men's basketball coaches
Loyola Ramblers athletic directors
Loyola Ramblers men's basketball coaches
Loyola Wolf Pack men's basketball coaches
1903 births
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