John Kresse

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John Kresse is a basketball coach and writer.

He is former head coach of the College of Charleston Cougars and assistant coach with the New York Nets and St. John's University. Kresse has the 5th highest winning percentage (.797) of any Division 1 NCAA college basketball coach with 560 wins and 143 losses during his 23 years as head coach of the College of Charleston. Kresse retired from coaching duties in 2002. In 2005, Kresse was inducted into the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics Hall of Fame. The John Kresse Arena is named after him.

[edit] Selected bibliography

• The Complete Book of Man-To-Man Offense (with Richard Jablonski) ISBN 1585188735
• Attacking Zone Defenses (with Richard Jablonski) ISBN 1585181587

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• NCAA coaching stats
• Article on Kresse's retirement

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