Joe Belmont
Joseph Elliott Belmont (July 12, 1934 – January 6, 2019) was an American basketball player and coach.[1] He played college basketball at Duke University, and was selected in the 1956 NBA Draft by the Philadelphia Warriors. He never played in the NBA, however. He had a long playing career with the Denver-Chicago Truckers of the National Industrial Basketball League.
In 1970, he was hired as the head coach of the American Basketball Association's Denver Rockets, a position he held for as season and a half. He shared ABA Coach of the Year honors in 1970 with Bill Sharman of the Utah Stars.
In 2005 Belmont was inducted into the Colorado Sports Hall of Fame.
Personal life
In 1959 Belmont married Helen Sanquist and then had 2 kids. He died on January 6, 2019.[2]
Coaching career
ABA
| Regular season | G | Games coached | W | Games won | L | Games lost | W–L % | Win–loss % |
| Playoffs | PG | Playoff games | PW | Playoff wins | PL | Playoff losses | PW–L % | Playoff win–loss % |
| Team | Year | G | W | L | W–L% | Finish | PG | PW | PL | PW–L% | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEN | 1969–70 | 56 | 42 | 14 | .750 | 1st in Western | 12 | 5 | 7 | .000 | Lost in Division finals |
| DEN | 1970–71 | 13 | 3 | 10 | .231 | (fired) | - | - | - | - | (fired) |
| Career | 69 | 45 | 24 | .652 | 12 | 5 | 7 | .417 |
References
- "Joseph Elliott Belmont". Legacy.com. January 11, 2019.
- "Joseph Elliot Belmont". Aspen Mortuaries. January 15, 2019. Archived from the original on January 21, 2019. Retrieved January 20, 2019.