Dick Harter
As a Pacers assistant in 2009
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| Personal information | |
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| Born |
October 14, 1930 Pottstown, Pennsylvania |
| Died | March 12, 2012 (aged 81) Hilton Head Island, South Carolina |
| Career information | |
| High school |
The Hill School (Pottstown, Pennsylvania) |
| College | Penn (1950–1953) |
| Coaching career | 1955–2010 |
| Career history | |
| As coach: | |
| 1955–1956 | Penn (freshmen) |
| 1956–1958 | Germantown Academy |
| 1958–1965 | Penn (assistant) |
| 1965–1966 | Rider |
| 1966–1971 | Penn |
| 1971–1978 | Oregon |
| 1978–1983 | Penn State |
| 1983–1986 | Detroit Pistons (assistant) |
| 1986–1988 | Indiana Pacers (assistant) |
| 1988–1990 | Charlotte Hornets |
| 1991–1994 | New York Knicks (assistant) |
| 1994–1997 | Portland Trail Blazers (assistant) |
| 1997–2000 | Indiana Pacers (assistant) |
| 2001–2004 | Boston Celtics (assistant) |
| 2004–2007 | Philadelphia 76ers (assistant) |
| 2007–2010 | Indiana Pacers (assistant) |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Richard Alvin "Dick" Harter (October 14, 1930 – March 12, 2012) was an American basketball coach who served as both a head and assistant coach in both the NBA and NCAA.
Born in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, Harter attended the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, where he played basketball for the Quakers and graduated in 1953. He served two years as an officer in the U.S. Marine Corps, and then was an assistant freshman coach back at Penn for a year. He then coached at Germantown Academy for three years, then back to Penn in 1959 as an assistant coach.
Harter left Penn in 1965 to become head coach at Rider University, then returned to Penn as its head coach. After success at Penn, with just one regular season defeat in his final two seasons, Harter was hired in April 1971 at the University of Oregon in Eugene. He succeeded Steve Belko, who stepped down after fifteen years and consecutive 17–9 seasons to become assistant athletic director.
Harter was regarded as one of the top defensive coaches in the 1970s, where his "Kamikaze Kids" at Oregon in the Pac-8 were known for a swarming defense. Many basketball notables came from Harter's Duck program, including Stu Jackson and former Oregon head coach Ernie Kent. After seven seasons in Eugene, Harter left Oregon in 1978, at a salary of $38,000 annually, for Penn State and $41,000, where he stayed for five seasons.
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