Charley Rosen

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Charley Rosen
Personal information
Born (1941-01-18) January 18, 1941 (age 83)
NationalityAmerican
Career information
College Hunter (1959–1962)
NBA draft 1962: undrafted
Playing career1962–1963
Coaching career1979–1995
Career history
As player:
1962–1963 Scranton Miners
As coach:
1979–1980 Bard
1983–1986 Albany Patroons (assistant)
1986–1987 Savannah Spirits
1987–1990 Rockford Lightning
1990–1991 Oklahoma City Cavalry
1991–1992Albany Patroons
1993–1995 SUNY New Paltz (women's)
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing the Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Maccabiah Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1961 Israel Men's basketball

Charles Elliot Rosen [1] (born January 18, 1941) [1] is an American author and former basketball player and basketball coach. Rosen has been selected for induction into the NYC Basketball Hall of Fame with the Class of 2024.

Career

The 6' 8" Rosen played college basketball at Hunter College in New York City for three seasons (1959–62), setting school records for both scoring and rebounding, and earning most valuable player honors each season. [1]

He, along with Larry Brown and Art Heyman, played on the United States basketball team that won a gold medal at the 1961 Maccabiah Games. [2] [3]

After college, he played for Scranton Miners in the old Eastern Professional Basketball League, [4] and taught English at Hofstra University on Long Island, New York.

From 1983 to 1986, he was an assistant to Phil Jackson [5] with the Albany Patroons of the Continental Basketball Association (CBA). He also served as head coach of the Patroons, as well as the CBA's Rockford Lightning, Oklahoma City Cavalry and Savannah Spirits. [6]

He also served as head coach of the women's basketball team at the State University of New York at New Paltz, [7] a four-year college located between Albany and New York City, and was men's head coach at Bard College during the 1979–80 season, which he chronicled in the book Players and Pretenders.

A native of the Bronx, New York, Rosen is the author of 16 books about basketball, including The First Tip Off, The House of Moses All-Stars, Barney Polan's Game, No Blood, No Foul, More Than a Game, The Pivotal Season, and The Wizard of Odds. Rosen was inducted into the Bronx Jewish Hall of Fame on November 28, 2018. [8] Barney Polan's Game and The House of Moses All-Stars were both recognized as New York Times Notable Books, and Barney Polan's Game was recognized on the New York Times Book Review Editor's 1998 Recommended Summer Reading List.

He is known for his in-depth analysis and caustic views. His last article at FOXSports.com was dated June 29, 2011. Since then, his regular articles have been published at HoopsHype.com. [9]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Rosen, Charley (1981). Players and pretenders: the basketball team that couldn't shoot straight. Holt, Rinehart, and Winston. ISBN   978-0-03-053786-8.
  2. ↑ "History: The 1960s". Maccabiusa.com. Archived from the original on April 14, 2014. Retrieved November 1, 2011.
  3. ↑ "ESPN.com - Page2 - The evolution of Larry Brown". www.espn.com.
  4. ↑ "Charley Rosen minor league basketball statistics". Stats Crew. Retrieved July 27, 2023.
  5. ↑ Vecsey, George (1997-04-11). ""Novelist and a Coach Are Still Hanging Out", NYTimes.com". The New York Times. Retrieved 2008-02-08.
  6. ↑ "Charley Rosen minor league basketball coaching statistics". Stats Crew. Retrieved July 27, 2023.
  7. ↑ Remsnyder, Rick (April 19, 2023). "Author Charley Rosen, an Accord resident, still has the write stuff". Daily Freeman. Retrieved July 27, 2023.
  8. ↑ Wirsing, Robert (December 16, 2018). "Diaz Inducts Jewish Hall of Fame Class of 2018 – Bronx Times". www.bxtimes.com.
  9. ↑ "HoopsHype - Charley Rosen" . Retrieved 2012-06-15.


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