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Ralph Willard (born March 28, 1946) is the former men's head basketball coach at the College of the Holy Cross, a member of the NCAA Patriot League in Worcester, Massachusetts. He held this position from 1999 to 2009 and was the 14th head coach in the 88-year history of Holy Cross basketball.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Player Bio: Ralph Willard :: Men's Basketball )〕 Willard was also an assistant athletic director for the College. In 2007, Willard agreed on a new 5-year contract with Holy Cross to remain the men's basketball coach through 2013.〔(Holy Cross, Willard agree on five-year extension - Monsters and Critics )〕 On June 10, 2009, Willard became an associate head coach with the University of Louisville to team once again with longtime personal friend Rick Pitino.〔(Willard Joins U of L Men's Basketball Staff - Louisville Cardinals Official Athletic Site )〕 ==Career== Willard has had a distinguished career coaching on all levels. His first coaching job was as an assistant coach at the Merchant Marine Academy during the 1971/1972 season.〔 He then spent the next 13 years coaching at St. Dominic in Oyster Bay, New York, his high school alma mater. During his tenure there he led his team to the 1980 state championship. He was also honored as coach of the year in the conference 5 times.〔 After leaving St. Dominic, Willard became the assistant coach at Hofstra University. When Willard left Hofstra, he became a member of the Syracuse University staff that appeared in the NCAA national championship game in 1987. Willard briefly joined Rick Pitino as a member of the staff of the National Basketball Association's New York Knicks. When Pitino left to become the head coach of the University of Kentucky, Willard joined him as the associate head coach in 1989.〔 In 1990 Willard was given his first college head coaching job at Western Kentucky University where he stayed until 1994. Within three years Willard led Western Kentucky to a Top 25 national ranking and an appearance in the NCAA Sweet 16.〔 In 1994 Willard became the head coach of the University of Pittsburgh Panthers men's basketball team.〔 He held this position until 1999 when he returned to his college alma mater at Holy Cross where he had been a member of the class of 1967 and the captain of the 1966-1967 men's basketball team. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ralph Willard」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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