Frank Truitt
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| Sport(s) | Basketball, Golf, Soccer |
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| Biographical details | |
| Born |
April 4, 1925 Columbus, Ohio |
| Died | December 21, 2014 (aged 89) Columbus, Ohio |
| Alma mater |
Otterbein '50 Ohio State '62 |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1958–1965 | Ohio State (assistant) |
| 1965–1966 | LSU |
| 1966–1978 | Kent State |
Frank Wilson Truitt, Jr., (April 4, 1925 – December 21, 2014) was a multi-sport collegiate coach and a veteran of World War II.
Among his noteworthy accomplishments, Truitt engineered the historic upset of Jerry Lucas's Middletown Middies basketball team in the Ohio 1958 Division AA state semifinals and helped coach the Ohio State men's basketball team to the 1960 NCAA Championship.
After graduating from Thomas Worthington High School in 1943, Truitt served in the 282nd Engineer Combat Battalion as part of General George S. Patton's Third Army and eventually rose to the rank of Staff Sergeant. Truitt's battalion arrived in France on 25 December 1944 and saw action during the Battle of the Bulge while stationed in Luxembourg. The 282nd Engineers built "pontoon bridges, Bailey bridges, and rafts [that were] essential for rapidly moving large numbers of infantry and tanks over the numerous water obstacles."
Truitt enrolled at Otterbein University in 1946 after serving overseas in the United States Army for 32 months. While in college, Truitt helped found the Otterbein golf team, in addition to playing three years of varsity basketball. He married fellow student Katharine Ellen "Kay" Turner on 16 June 1948 before graduating with Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Arts degrees in 1950. He majored in both History and Government.
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