11 Facts About Vic Bubas

Victor Albert Bubas was an American college basketball coach for Duke University and the first commissioner of the Sun Belt Conference.

Vic Bubas then went on to North Carolina State University where he played for Everett Case.

Vic Bubas took it from a successful regional program that won a lot of games to a national program.

Vic Bubas is widely credited with pioneering the art of recruiting by targeting players very early and gathering information on them before other coaches had learned of them and would send newspaper clippings of Duke games to prospects.

Heyman was originally set to attend North Carolina but a near fight between Heyman's stepfather and UNC head coach Frank McGuire sent Heyman on a different path and Vic Bubas stepped in and was able to convince Heyman to attend Duke.

In 1965 Vic Bubas recruited Claudius Claiborne, the first black athlete to play a varsity sport at Duke University.

Vic Bubas led Duke to the NCAA Final Four three times.

Vic Bubas's teams finished first in league play on four occasions and won four ACC championships, competing in the ACC Tournament championship game in eight of his ten seasons.

The Sun Belt's all-sports championship trophy, the Vic Bubas Cup, is named after him.

In 2007 Vic Bubas was inducted into the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame.

Vic Bubas died on the morning of April 16,2018 at age 91.