1. Joseph Anthony Mihalich was born on August 29,1956 and is an American former college basketball coach and current Special Assistant to the Head Coach at La Salle University.
12 Facts About Joe Mihalich
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Joe Mihalich received the Skip Prosser Man of the Year Award in 2013.
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Joe Mihalich was a part of eight postseason appearances including five NCAA Tournament teams.
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Joe Mihalich coached several players at La Salle who would go on to play professionally in the National Basketball Association ; including Simmons, Doug Overton, Randy Woods and Tim Legler.
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Joe Mihalich literally was raised up the street from the La Salle campus, on Chew Avenue in the Mount Airy section of Philadelphia.
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Joe Mihalich was in the right place at the right time, playing on teams coached by Paul Westhead.
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Joe Mihalich moved to the Maryland suburbs of Washington after graduation to be an assistant at DeMatha High School to legendary coach Morgan Wootten.
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Joe Mihalich took his first head coaching opportunity by the horns and became the most steady program in the MAAC, earning a slew of honors, awards and postseason appearances in his 15 years at the helm of Niagara.
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At Niagara Joe Mihalich amassed 265 victories making the NIT in 2004,2009, and 2013 winning a game over Troy State in 2004.
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Joe Mihalich's teams are known for their up-tempo style scoring 70 points per game in nine of the last 10 seasons.
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Joe Mihalich brought over to his staff assistant coaches Mike Farrelly and Shane Nichols from Niagara.
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Joe Mihalich later added Hofstra legend Craig "Speedy" Claxton as special assistant to the head coach, and who now serves as a Head Coach for the team.