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TheSummary!
Since the birth of basketball in the
YMCA's of New England at the dawn of the 20th century,
the game has known many great coaches. Each
makes his own contributions to the sport, others learn
from his successes and build on what they've learned
to make their own mark on the game. However,
there was a time when there was no one to learn from,
no successes to emulate.
Someone
had to be the first.
When basketball was in its infancy, many men saw
the sport's potential for building physical fitness
and good character in young men. But one man
possessed the rare combination of skill, passion and
charisma that came together in unique circumstances to
produce basketball's first great coach. Ernest
Blood developed a system of training boys that
dominated basketball in a way like none other before
or since. Affectionately called Professor Blood
or "Prof" Blood for short-the game's first
coaching phenom amassed a mind-boggling 159-game win
streak spanning six seasons with his teams at New
Jersey's Passaic High School. It was no wonder
his teams were dubbed the "Wonder Teams."
Like many transcendent success stories, this one is
rife with controversy and adversity, jealousy, and
battles of wills. At the heart of it all, though
you will find a coach whose greatness is not merely
measured by his extraordinary record, but also by his
deep love of the game, unquestionable values and a
desire to help boys become men of integrity and honor.
This is his story.
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Chic Hess grew up in Philadelphia and played
basketball at Bishop Egan High School in the
Philadelphia Catholic League. After high
school, he started for Howie Landa at Mercer
Country Community College before moving on to
East Stroudsburg University for a bachelor's and
master's degree in Health and Physical
Education. |
 While teaching
and coaching in Pennsylvania, Hess's team accumulated
a 230-81 record, and he earned three coach of the year
awards. At Lebanon High School, Hess coached Sam
Bowie for four years, and coached the Pennsylvania
all-star team in the 1979 Dapper Dan Classic. In
the 1988 and 1989 seasons at Brigham Young
University-Hawaii, he was recognized as the NAIA
District 29 Basketball Coach of the Year, and
in 1991 was awarded the NABC-Kodak National Junior
College Coach of the Year for his efforts at Arizona
Western College.
Hess has served as the President
of the Hawaii Association for Health, Physical
Education, Recreation, and Dance. He is
currently serving as the Vice President for the
Division of Sport in the Southwest District of the
American Alliance for Health, Physical Education,
Recreation, and Dance.
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