(1946-03-28) March 28, 1946 (age 78) Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Playing career
1964–1967
Holy Cross
Position(s)
Guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1971–1972
Merchant Marine (assistant)
1972–1984
St. Dominic HS
1984–1985
Hofstra (assistant)
1986–1987
Syracuse (assistant)
1987–1989
New York Knicks (assistant)
1989–1990
Kentucky (associate HC)
1990–1994
Western Kentucky
1994–1999
Pittsburgh
1999–2009
Holy Cross
2009–2010
Louisville (assistant)
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
2010–2011
Louisville (dir. of operations)
Head coaching record
Overall
336–241
Tournaments
2–6 (NCAA Division I) 2–3 (NIT)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Sun Belt tournament (1993) Sun Belt regular season (1994) 4× Patriot League regular season (2001, 2003, 2005, 2007) 4× Patriot League tournament (2001–2003, 2007)
Awards
3× Patriot League Coach of the Year (2001, 2005, 2007)
Ralph Daniel Willard (born March 28, 1946) is an American former basketball coach. He served as the head men's basketball coach at Western Kentucky University from 1990 to 1994, the University of Pittsburgh from 1994 to 1999, and the College of the Holy Cross from 1999 to 2009, compiling a career college basketball coaching record of 336–241. Willard was also an assistant athletic director at Holy Cross.
Ralph Daniel Willard (born March 28, 1946) is an American former basketball coach. He served as the head men's basketball coach at Western Kentucky University...
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before transferring to Pittsburgh to finish his playing career. Willard's father, RalphWillard, was the associate head coach at Louisville and a former head...
twice, first to MIT researcher Seymour Papert, and then to consultant RalphWillard. Both marriages ended in divorce. In The Second Self (1984), Turkle...
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Kentucky University and Crean was an assistant basketball coach to RalphWillard. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/%7Ebattle/celeb/harbaugh...
Keady (1978–1980) Clem Haskins (1980–1986) Murray Arnold (1986–1990) RalphWillard (1990–1994) Matt Kilcullen (1994–1997) Ron Brown & Al Seibert # (1997)...
University of Kansas (led by Greg Ostertag) in 1995. Horn played for RalphWillard and Matt Kilcullen while at WKU. Horn served as an assistant coach from...
at St. Dominic High School in nearby Oyster Bay while playing under RalphWillard, who later was the head coach at Western Kentucky, Pittsburgh, and Holy...
and at UCSB, but again was turned down. He later ended up replacing RalphWillard at the University of Pittsburgh, a member of the Big East Conference...
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to his alma mater of Pittsburgh for a season as an assistant under RalphWillard. In 1996, Miller rejoined Sendek at North Carolina State. In Miller's...
then to Catherine Willard (1931–1945). On the occasion of his marriage to organist Ethel Smith (1945–1947), Time magazine reported "Ralph Bellamy, 41, veteran...
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Donohue (1965–1972) George Blaney (1972–1994) Bill Raynor (1994–1999) RalphWillard (1999–2009) Sean Kearney (2009–2010) Milan Brown (2010–2015) Bill Carmody...
1997 when it was purchased by The Bain, Willard Companies for approximately $20 million. William Bain, RalphWillard, and Alexander Spaulding took over operations...
Grgurich (1975–1980) Roy Chipman (1980–1986) Paul Evans (1986–1994) RalphWillard (1994–1999) Ben Howland (1999–2003) Jamie Dixon (2003–2016) Kevin Stallings...
high-profile name on Pitino's coaching staff at Kentucky. Future head coaches RalphWillard, Herb Sendek, Billy Donovan, and Bernadette Locke-Mattox were all Smith's...
Keady (1978–1980) Clem Haskins (1980–1986) Murray Arnold (1986–1990) RalphWillard (1990–1994) Matt Kilcullen (1994–1997) Ron Brown & Al Seibert # (1997)...
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