April 16, 2018(2018-04-16) (aged 91) Richmond, Virginia, U.S.
Playing career
1944–1945
Illinois
1947–1951
NC State
Position(s)
Guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1951–1959
NC State (assistant)
1959–1969
Duke
Head coaching record
Overall
213–67
Tournaments
11–4 (NCAA University Division) 1–1 (NIT)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
3 NCAA Final Four (1963, 1964, 1966) 4 ACC regular season (1963–1966) 4 ACC tournament (1960, 1963, 1964, 1966)
Awards
3× ACC Coach of the Year (1963, 1964, 1966) North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame (1975) Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame (2002)
College Basketball Hall of Fame Inducted in 2007
Victor Albert Bubas (January 28, 1927 – April 16, 2018) was an American college basketball coach for Duke University and the first commissioner of the Sun Belt Conference.[1][2]
^The News & Observer, Vic Bubas, coach of Duke's first ACC champion basketball team, dies at 91 by Steve Wiseman, April 16, 2018, Retrieved Apr. 16, 2018.
^Legacy.com, Woody Funeral Home – Huguenot Chapel, Victor Bubas Obituary, April 17, 2018, Retrieved Apr. 23, 2018.
championship trophy, the VicBubas Cup, is named after him. In 2007 Bubas was inducted into the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame. Bubas died on the morning...
national title with a 98–83 victory in the final game over Duke, coached by VicBubas. Walt Hazzard of UCLA was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player...
Driesell Southern Regional Fourth Place Saint Joseph's L 92–76 East Duke VicBubas Atlantic Coast Third Place Utah W 79–77 East Providence Joe Mullaney Independent...
(football-only) Associate members (other) Other Conference Other Conference VicBubas (1976–1990) Jim Lessig (1990–1991) Craig Thompson (1991–1998) Wright Waters...
Daly moved on to the college level in 1963 as an assistant coach under VicBubas at Duke University. During his six seasons at Duke, the Blue Devils won...
national championship and first undefeated season as the Bruins beat VicBubas' taller and slower racially segregated Duke team 98–83 in the final. Walt...
Brown Mack Brown Ted Brown Wilt Browning Charlie Bryant Kelvin Bryant VicBubas Al Buehler Willie Burden Forrest "Smokey" Burgess Tommy Burleson Marge...
Case and McGuire, including Terry Holland and Tony Bennett of Virginia; VicBubas and Mike Krzyzewski of Duke; Press Maravich, Norm Sloan and Jim Valvano...
Sun Belt titles. In 1978, USF won the Sun Belt Cup (now known as the VicBubas Cup) for the first time as the Sun Belt Conference's all-sports champion...
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