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Edmund Eugene Malanowicz (December 30, 1910 – September 5, 1967) was an American professional basketball player and coach.[1][2] He played in the National Basketball League for the Buffalo Bisons during the 1937–38 season and averaged 7.2 points per game.[1][3] He served as the head coach for the Rochester Royals from 1945–46 through 1947–48, then as an assistant from 1948–49 through 1950–51.[4][5][6] During this time, the Royals transitioned from the NBL to the BAA to the NBA.[2]

Head coaching record

Legend
Regular season G Games coached W Games won L Games lost W–L % Win–loss %
Playoffs PG Playoff games PW Playoff wins PL Playoff losses PW–L % Playoff win–loss %
Team Year G W L W–L% Finish PG PW PL PW–L% Result
Rochester 1945–46 34 24 10 .706 2nd in Eastern 7 6 1 .857 Won NBL Championship
Rochester 1946–47 44 31 13 .705 1st in Eastern 10 6 4 .600 Lost in NBL Finals
Rochester 1947–48 60 44 16 .733 1st in Eastern 10 6 4 .600 Lost in NBL Finals
Total 138 99 39 .717 27 18 9 .667

References

  1. ^ a b "Edmund Malanowicz NBL stats". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved August 25, 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Eddie Malanowicz". Peach Basket Society. August 31, 2015. Retrieved August 25, 2019.
  3. ^ "Edmund Malanowicz Statistics". Just Sports Stats. Retrieved August 25, 2019.
  4. ^ "Eddie Malanowicz, Ex-Royals Coach, Dies at Age 56". Democrat and Chronicle. September 6, 1967. p. 48. Retrieved August 26, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Riess, Steven A. (1998). Sports and the American Jew. Syracuse, New York: Syracuse University Press. p. 226. ISBN 0-8156-2754-8.
  6. ^ Nelson, Murry R. (2009). The National Basketball League: A History 1935–1949. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company. p. 143. ISBN 978-0-7864-4006-1.
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Malanowicz