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Johnny Halpert
Jonathan Halpert played college basketball for Yeshiva University’s legendary coach Red Sarachek from 1962 to 1966 and began his college coaching career in 1972. He was winner of the College Basket...view moreJonathan Halpert played college basketball for Yeshiva University’s legendary coach Red Sarachek from 1962 to 1966 and began his college coaching career in 1972. He was winner of the College Basketball Official’s Sportsmanship Award in 1980 and 1997, recipient of the Metropolitan Basketball Writer’s Good Guy Award in 1998, and was Skyline Conference Coach of the Year in 2000 and 2010.
He is currently the longest-tenured college coach in New York City history, fourth among all currently active NCAA coaches. In 2012, he became the seventh coach in New York City history to earn 400 victories. He received a BA and BHL degree from Yeshiva College in 1966, an MA degree from New York University in 1967, and a PhD in Special Education from Yeshiva University’s Ferkauf Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences in 1978.
He is married to the former Aviva Margolis and has five children and nineteen grandchildren.view less
Books by Johnny Halpert
Are You Still Coaching?: 41 Years Coaching Yeshiva University Basketball