William J. Reinhart (August 2, 1896 – February 14, 1971) was an American college basketball, football, and baseball coach at the

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, the

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, and the

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. From 1923 to 1935, he served as the head basketball coach at Oregon. He is the school's second-winningest coach with 180 victories. His record through 13 seasons at Oregon was 180–101. He suffered only one losing season. Largely due to his success, Oregon was forced to build

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to accommodate the large crowds that became fixtures for Ducks games on his watch.University of Oregon Hall of Fame bio
/ref> At George Washington, he compiled a 319–237 record in basketball, or .574 winning percentage, including a 23–3 season in 1953–54. His teams twice made the NCAA tournament, in 1954 and

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, George Washington's only trips to the NCAA Tournament until

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's team in 1993.GW bio
/ref> Players he coached at George Washington included future Basketball Hall of Famer

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and future

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(NBA) players

Joe Holup Joseph J. Holup (February 26, 1934 – January 28, 1998) was an American basketball player. He played college basketball for George Washington University and later professionally in the National Basketball Association and the Eastern Professi ...

, Corky Devlin and Gene Guarilia and at Oregon he coached

Howard Hobson Howard Andrew "Hobby" Hobson (July 4, 1903 – June 9, 1991) was an American basketball player and coach of football, basketball, and baseball. He served as the head basketball coach at Southern Oregon Normal School—now Southern Oregon Univers ...

. Auerbach said Reinhart's coaching and fast break offenses were "15 years ahead of their time." Reinhart also was head football coach at George Washington and the

, assistant football coach at Oregon, and head baseball coach at Oregon and George Washington. Reinhart died of cancer on February 14, 1971, at

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He was inducted into George Washington's athletic hall of fame in 1993. A collection of papers and memorabilia related to Reinhart is housed in the Special Collections Research Center of The

. The collection includes correspondence, photographs, certificates, and news clippings. The material ranges in date from 1920 to 1993.Guide to the William Reinhart Papers, 1920-1993
Special Collections Research Center, Estelle and Melvin Gelman Library, The George Washington University

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