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Apr 05, 1915 Hiawatha, Kansas, United States Died on 08 Oct 1999 (aged 84)
American basketball coach
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About John Mclendon
- John B.
- McLendon Jr.
- (April 5, 1915 – October 8, 1999) was an American basketball coach who is recognized as the first African American basketball coach at a predominantly European-American university and the first African American head coach in any professional sport.
- He was a major contributor to the development of modern basketball and coached on both the college and professional levels during his career.
- He has been enshrined three times in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, and also inducted into the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame.
