September 16, 2011(2011-09-16) (aged 73) near Rumford, Rhode Island, U.S.
Playing career
Basketball
1959–1960
Dartmouth
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Basketball
1960–1962
Worcester Academy (assistant)
1962–1966
Providence (assistant)
1966–1967
Dartmouth (assistant)
1967–1969
Dartmouth
1969–1979
Providence
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1971–1982
Providence
1979–1990
Big East (commissioner)
1990–1994
Boston Celtics (CEO)
Head coaching record
Overall
209–84
Tournaments
5–6 (NCAA University Division / Division I) 6–4 (NIT)
Basketball Hall of Fame Inducted in 2006 (profile)
College Basketball Hall of Fame Inducted in 2006
David Roy Gavitt (October 26, 1937 – September 16, 2011) was an American college basketball coach and athletic director at Providence College in Providence, Rhode Island. He was also well known as the first commissioner of the Big East Conference and as part of the committee which created the 1992 Olympic basketball "Dream Team".
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David Roy Gavitt (October 26, 1937 – September 16, 2011) was an American college basketball coach and athletic director at Providence College in Providence...
as their founding date, when the original conference was founded by DaveGavitt, and the same history through 2013. Three more schools, Butler, Creighton...
1974 and 1976 under the leadership of head coach Tom Heinsohn with center Dave Cowens, forward John Havlicek, and point guard Jo Jo White. In the 1980s...
January 19, 1973 John Havlicek, SF (1962–1978); retired October 13, 1978 Dave Cowens, C 4 (1970–1980); retired February 8, 1981 Jim Loscutoff, PF 5 (1955–1964);...
Base in the Lower Cape Division. Orleans was skippered in the 1960s by DaveGavitt, an Orleans pitcher in the late 1950s and later the CEO of the Boston...
along with Frank Baumholtz, Hank Biasatti, Gene Conley, Chuck Connors, Dave DeBusschere, Dick Groat, Steve Hamilton, Mark Hendrickson, Cotton Nash, Ron...
basketball team. The 1980 United States Olympic team was coached by DaveGavitt and assisted by Larry Brown. The 1980 US team was the youngest American...
Kennedy, Cliff Fagan, Edward Gottlieb, Danny Biasone, Larry O'Brien, DaveGavitt, C. M. Newton, Tex Winter, Meadowlark Lemon, Tom Jernstedt, Tom "Satch"...
founded in 1979 by former athletic director and men's basketball coach DaveGavitt. On December 15, 2012, Providence and the other seven Catholic, non-FBS...
aging Celtics with shrewd draft picks, among them future Hall-of-Famers Dave Cowens and Jo Jo White, as well as Paul Westphal and Don Chaney. With his...
The Gavitt Tipoff Games were an annual eight-game NCAA Division I men's college basketball series played between the Big Ten Conference and the Big East...
Walter A. Brown (1946–1951) Red Auerbach (1951–1984) Jan Volk (1984–1990) DaveGavitt (1990–1994) M. L. Carr (1994–1997) Rick Pitino (1997–2001) Chris Wallace...
original on February 27, 2020. Retrieved November 27, 2019. D'Alessandro, Dave (March 13, 2000). "There's something about Pitino and the Celtics". The Sporting...
McDaniel signed with the Boston Celtics prior to the 1992–93 season. DaveGavitt, the executive vice president for the Celtics claimed that “McDaniel...
Butkus; John Caneira; Will Clark; Pat Hope; Eric Milton; Jim Norris; Don Reed; Dave Staton; Tello Tontini 2005 – Mike Curran; Bobby Kielty; Mickey Morandini;...
v t e Big East Conference commissioners DaveGavitt (1979–1990) Mike Tranghese (1990–2009) John Marinatto (2009–2012) Michael Aresco (2012–2013) Val Ackerman...
Hubie Brown, John W. Bunn, Alva Duer, Wayne Embry, Harry A. Fisher, DaveGavitt, Edward J. Hickox, Paul Hinkle, Emil S. Liston, Ralph Morgan, Dr. James...
Rick Weitzman (1983–90) DaveGavitt (1983–89) Upton Bell (1983–88) Jimmy Myers (1983–90) Bob Ryan (1983–89) M.L. Carr (1985–89) Dave Cowens (1985–89) Ronnie...
Jim Chones Hubert Davis Joe Dean Len Elmore Larry Farmer Dino Gaudio DaveGavitt Jack Givens Michael Holton Mike Jarvis Clark Kellogg Bob Knight Bruce...
Lawrence Drew (1946–1949) James Cuddy (1949–1955) Joe Mullaney (1955–1969) DaveGavitt (1969–1979) Gary Walters (1979–1981) Joe Mullaney (1981–1985) Rick Pitino...