Harold Olsen
American basketball player and coach (1895–1953)
Harold G. Olsen was a college men's basketball coach. The Rice Lake, Wisconsin native was the head coach of the Ohio State University from 1922 to 1946. That year, he became the first head coach of the BAA's Chicago Stags, where he coached almost three seasons before being replaced by Philip Brownstein.
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| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | May 12, 1895 Rice Lake, Wisconsin |
| Died | October 29, 1953 (aged 58) Rice Lake, Wisconsin |
| Playing career | |
| Basketball | |
| 1914–1917 | Wisconsin |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Basketball | |
| 1918–1919 | Bradley |
| 1919–1922 | Ripon |
| 1922–1946 | Ohio State |
| 1946–1949 | Chicago Stags |
| 1950–1952 | Northwestern |
| Football | |
| 1919–1921 | Ripon |
| Baseball | |
| 1919 | Bradley |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 311–241 (college basketball) 95–63 (BAA) 13–6–1 (college football) 0–1 (college baseball) |
| Tournaments | 6–4 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| Basketball 5 Big Ten (1925, 1933, 1939, 1944, 1946) NCAA Runner-up (1939) 3 NCAA Final Four (1944–1946) | |
| Awards | |
| Helms Foundation All-American (1917) | |
| Basketball Hall of Fame Inducted in 1959 (profile) | |
| College Basketball Hall of Fame Inducted in 2006 | |