Danny Nee
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| Sport(s) | Basketball |
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| Biographical details | |
| Born |
June 18, 1945 Brooklyn, New York |
| Alma mater |
St. Mary of the Plains College Kansas State University |
| Playing career | |
| 1964-1965 | Marquette |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1972–1973 | Red Bank Regional HS |
| 1973–1976 | Brick Township HS |
| 1976–1980 | Notre Dame (asst.) |
| 1980–1986 | Ohio |
| 1986–2000 | Nebraska |
| 2000–2001 | Robert Morris |
| 2001–2006 | Duquesne |
| 2008–2009 | Rutgers (asst.) |
| 2009–2010 | Towson (asst.) |
| 2010–2014 | Merchant Marine Academy |
| 2015–present | Gateway HS (asst.) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 461–433 (.516) |
| Tournaments | 1–7 (NCAA) 12–5 (NIT) 13–12 (Total) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 2× MAC Tournament championship (1983, 1985) Big Eight Tournament championship (1994) NIT championship (1996) |
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| Awards | |
| University of Nebraska Hall of Fame | |
Daniel Hugh "Danny" Nee (born June 18, 1945) is an American former college basketball coach and was most recently the head men's basketball coach at the United States Merchant Marine Academy.
Born Daniel Hugh Nee, Danny Nee grew up in his native Brooklyn, New York. His father Patrick immigrated to the U.S. from Ireland. "Rough is what I grew up knowing, and it's what I still know," said Nee in an interview with Sports Illustrated in 1991.
Nee played high school basketball at Power Memorial Academy alongside future NBA Hall of Famer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. After his junior year in 1963, Nee was expelled from Power Memorial for participating in a gang fight.
For his senior year, Nee transferred to Fort Hamilton High School and was recruited to Marquette University by Al McGuire. Nee was captain of the freshman team but dropped out of Marquette after one year. In 1967, Nee enlisted in the United States Marine Corps. With the Marines, Nee served in the Vietnam War and was honorably discharged in 1968.
Resuming his college education in the U.S., Nee earned a bachelor's degree in English and physical education from St. Mary of the Plains College in 1971 and an M.S. in physical education from Kansas State University in 1972, his master's thesis being titled Intramural programs in the Big Eight universities.
After earning his degrees, Nee coached high school basketball in New Jersey, first at Red Bank Regional High School from 1972 to 1973 and Brick Township High School from 1973 to 1976 before being recruited as an assistant at Notre Dame by Digger Phelps, where he would coach until hired by Ohio to his first collegiate head coaching appointment.
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