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Thomas L. Ackerman is an American former basketball player and coach. He played college basketball as a guard for the West Liberty State Hilltoppers and was a three-time All-West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WVIAC) selection.[1][2] He also played baseball and golf for the Hilltoppers and was the only athlete to be named to the All-WVIAC team in three sports.[1]
Personal information | |
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Born | Elm Grove, West Virginia, U.S. |
Listed height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) |
Listed weight | 170 lb (77 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Triadelphia (Wheeling, West Virginia) |
College | West Liberty (1950–1952, 1954–1956) |
NBA draft | 1952: 4th round |
Selected by the Minneapolis Lakers | |
Position | Guard |
Coaching career | 1969–1992 |
Career history | |
As coach: | |
1969–1975; 1987–1992 | West Liberty |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Career coaching record | |
College | 101–200 (.336) |
Ackerman attended Triadelphia High School in Wheeling, West Virginia.[3] He made his first All-WVIAC basketball team for the Hilltoppers in 1952.[1] He was selected by the Minneapolis Lakers in the 1952 NBA draft but he enlisted into the United States Army for the Korean War.[1] Ackerman returned to West Liberty in 1954 to continue his athletic career and was named to the All-WVIAC basketball teams in 1955 and 1956.[1] Ackerman served as head coach of the Hilltoppers men's basketball team from 1969 to 1975 and 1987 to 1992 and amassed a 101–200 record over eleven seasons.[4]
Ackerman was inducted into the West Liberty Athletics Hall of Fame in 1982.[1]
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