Dead Celebrity Alert

Red Sarachek, the Yeshiva University basketball coach for a quarter-century who was known for his innovative tactics in a program far from the sport’s limelight, died Monday at his home in Deerfield Beach, Fla. He was 93. …

Sarachek coached at a university that offered no athletic scholarships, had no home gymnasium and demanded much from its students in academic and religious pursuits. But he became a well-known figure on the New York college basketball scene alongside coaches like Red Holzman, Nat Holman, Joe Lapchick, Clair Bee, Howard Cann and Lou Carnesecca. … Read full obituary

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