Garland F. Pinholster
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| Born | February 19, 1928 Clyattville, Georgia | ||||||||||||||
| Died | September 20, 2020 (aged 92) Ball Ground, Georgia | ||||||||||||||
| Playing career | |||||||||||||||
| Basketball | |||||||||||||||
| 1948–1950 | North Georgia | ||||||||||||||
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |||||||||||||||
| Basketball | |||||||||||||||
| 1956–1966 | Oglethorpe | ||||||||||||||
| Accomplishments and honors | |||||||||||||||
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| Oglethorpe Athletic Hall of Fame Georgia Sports Hall of Fame | |||||||||||||||
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Garland Folsom Pinholster (February 19, 1928 – September 20, 2020) was an athletic director as well as college basketball, baseball, and tennis coach, elected to the Oglethorpe Athletic Hall of Fame in its inaugural year of 1962.[1] He is also a member of the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame.[2]
Early years
[edit]Pinholster was born in Clyattville, Georgia. He served in the United States Army and was commissioned a lieutenant. He was a basketball player for North Georgia College, a member of a team that won a state title in 1950.[3]
Oglethorpe University
[edit]Pinholster most notably coached at Oglethorpe University from 1956 to 1966.
Basketball
[edit]He compiled a 181–67 record as a basketball coach. Pinholster developed the wheel offense, an offensive strategy developed in the late 1950s.[4] It is a kind of continuity offense in which players move around in a circular pattern to create good scoring opportunities. The wheel offense is a popular offensive play, frequently used by teams from middle school to college levels because it can effectively work against any defense, including zone defense and man-to-man defense.[5] He is one proposed inventor for the foul-line huddle.[6] His teams were notable for their defense.[7]
He wrote several books on the sport, including Coach's Guide to Modern Basketball Defense .
United States national basketball
[edit]He coached the United States men's national basketball team including a gold medal finish at the 1963 Pan American Games and fourth-place finish in the 1963 FIBA World Championship. The 1963 team included Willis Reed. Former coach Gary Colson once said "Garland Pinholster, for a period of time, was the best coach in the United States."[8]
Business
[edit]After his days at Oglethorpe, he became one of Atlanta's most successful business men.[2]
Politics
[edit]Pinholster served in the Georgia House of Representatives from 1990 to 2002 and was a Republican.[9][10] Pinholster became chairman of the minority caucus of the Georgia House of Representatives and was elected to the Georgia State Board of Transportation.[2]
Death
[edit]He died on September 20, 2020, in Ball Ground, Georgia at age 92.[11]
References
[edit]- ^ "Oglethorpe Athletic Hall of Fame". Archived from the original on March 30, 2019. Retrieved February 24, 2015.
- ^ a b c "A Little Old-Fashioned "Gumption"". Retrieved February 24, 2015.
- ^ Georgia Basketball legend, former state legislator, dies at 92
- ^ "Georgia Trend". Archived from the original on 2011-09-27. Retrieved 2015-02-25.
- ^ "Coach a Winning Team: Wheel Offense". Archived from the original on 2015-01-02. Retrieved 2015-02-25.
- ^ "Garland Pinholster" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved February 24, 2015.
- ^ Gene Asher (2005). Legends: Georgians who Lived Impossible Dreams. p. 340. ISBN 9780865549777.
- ^ Doug Monroe. "The coach".
- ^ Votesmart.org.-Garland Pinhoster
- ^ Georgia House of Representatives-Garland F. Pinholster
- ^ Price, Kelly (2020-09-20). "Georgia basketball legend, former state legislator dies at 92". Fox5atlanta.com. Retrieved 2020-09-21.
- 1928 births
- 2020 deaths
- American men's basketball coaches
- Tennis coaches from Georgia (U.S. state)
- Basketball coaches from Georgia (U.S. state)
- Basketball players from Georgia (U.S. state)
- Businesspeople from Atlanta
- Republican Party members of the Georgia House of Representatives
- Military personnel from Georgia (U.S. state)
- North Georgia Nighthawks men's basketball players
- Oglethorpe Stormy Petrels baseball coaches
- Oglethorpe Stormy Petrels men's basketball coaches
- Sportspeople from Lowndes County, Georgia
- United States men's national basketball team coaches
- United States Army officers
- 21st-century members of the Georgia General Assembly