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Dec 30, 1921 Portland, Oregon, United States Died on 31 Jul 2013 (aged 91)
American basketball coach
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About Jim Mcgregor Basketball
- Jim McGregor (December 30, 1921 – July 30, 2013) was the head men's basketball coach at Whitworth College (1950–53), and New Mexico State (1965–66).
- He also coached many international teams including Italy (1954–56), Greece, Turkey (1960, for the Olympics), Sweden, Austria, Peru, Morocco, Central Africa, Colombia, and a number of league European league teams.
- McGregor graduated from Grant High School in Portland, Oregon.
- He served in the Marines during World War 2.
- He was also pioneer in promoting American basketball to European teams by taking players that had not been drafted by the NBA and playing exhibition games against European teams.
- Many players from these teams were signed to contracts to play in Europe - far before this became a commonplace.
- McGregor received fees when these players signed contracts - and thus an early agent in international basketball.
- McGregor was inducted into the Grant High School Athletic Hall of Fame in 2011.
- McGregor died on July 30, 2013.
