Frank Truitt
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Frank Wilson Truitt, Jr., (April 4, 1925 – December 21, 2014) was a multi-sport collegiate coach and a veteran of World War II. Among his noteworthy accomplishments, Truitt engineered the historic upset of Jerry Lucas's Middletown Middies basketball team in the Ohio 1958 Division AA state semifinals and helped coach the Ohio State men's basketball team to the 1960 NCAA Championship.
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Frank Truitt
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Frank Truitt
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Frank Truitt
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Columbus, Ohio
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Ohio State '62
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"It got their attention."
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"We'll play every game like it's the only one on our schedule."
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"I told them in practice one day, 'Somebody is going to beat Middletown this year and I'll tell you what kind of team it will be: good on defense, a good shooting team that can make its foul shots.' I said, 'there was only one team in Ohio who could do that. And that's you guys.'"
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"Your team is very well organized. Some day you'll coach an NCAA championship team."
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Wooden would later win a record 10 NCAA championships as coach of the Bruins.
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— Frank Truitt, to his North High Polar Bears: 1957-58
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Frank Wilson Truitt, Jr., (April 4, 1925 – December 21, 2014) was a multi-sport collegiate coach and a veteran of World War II. Among his noteworthy accomplishments, Truitt engineered the historic upset of Jerry Lucas's Middletown Middies basketball team in the Ohio 1958 Division AA state semifinals and helped coach the Ohio State men's basketball team to the 1960 NCAA Championship.
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