Harry Litwack

Harold "Chief" Litwack (September 20, 1907 – August 7, 1999) was a college men's basketball coach. He served as head coach of Temple University from 1947 to 1973, compiling a 373-193 record.

Litwack was born in Poland, but raised in Philadelphia, USA. He graduated from Temple in 1930. He began his coaching career at Simon Gratz High School (1930–31), then he became head coach of the freshman team at Temple. Meanwhile he was playing pro basketball with Eddie Gottlieb's all-Jewish Philadelphia Sphas, from 1930 to 1936. After he became head coach at Temple in 1947, he also served briefly as assistant coach for the Philadelphia Warriors (1948–51).

Head coaching record

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Temple Owls (Independent) (1952–1973)
1952-1953	Temple	16-10
1953-1954	Temple	15-12
1954-1955	Temple	11-10
1955-1956	Temple	27-4			NCAA Final Four/National 3rd Place
1956-1957	Temple	20-9
1957-1958	Temple	27-3			NCAA Final Four/National 3rd Place
Temple:		116-48
Temple Owls (Middle Atlantic) (1958–1964)
1958-1959	Temple	6-19	4-7	9th
1959-1960	Temple	17-9	9-2	3rd	NIT 1st Round
1960-1961	Temple	20-8	9-1	2nd	NIT Quarterfinals
1961-1962	Temple	18-9	8-2	2nd	NIT Quarterfinals
1962-1963	Temple	15-7	6-3	4th
1963-1964	Temple	17-8	6-1	1st	NCAA 1st Round
Temple:		93-60	42-16
Temple Owls (Independent) (1964–1969)
1964-1965	Temple	14-10
1965-1966	Temple	21-7			NIT Quarterfinal
1966-1967	Temple	20-8			NCAA 1st Round
1967-1968	Temple	19-9			NIT 1st Round
1968-1969	Temple	22-8			NIT Championship
Temple:		96-42
1969-1970	Temple	15-13	2-3	T-3rd(Eastern)	NCAA 1st Round
1970-1971	Temple	13-12	3-3	4th(Eastern)
1971-1972	Temple	23-8	6-0	1st(Eastern)	NCAA 1st Round
1972-1973	Temple	17-10	5-1	2nd(Eastern)
Temple:		68-43	16-7
Total:		373-193
National champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference tournament champion       Conference regular season & conference tournament champion       Conference division champion

See also

• NCAA Men's Division I Final Four appearances by coaches