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Sheridan High School.
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Dick Shrider
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Career
Shrider was selected in the 1948 Bachelor of Applied Arts Draft by the New York Knicks after a collegiate career at Ohio. He played for the Knicks for four total games in 1948 before then playing in the National Basketball League for the Detroit Vagabond Kings. Shrider then became a high school boys" basketball coach at Gallipolis High School until 1955, at which point he took over the boys" basketball team at Fairborn High School.
In 1957, Miami University of Ohio named him as their new head coach.
In 1957-1958, his first season, Shrider"s Redskins (now RedHawks) went undefeated against Mid-American Conference (MAC) opponents. During Shrider"s nine seasons as Miami"s head coach he led them to four MAC championships and two National Collegiate Athletic Association Tournament appearances (1958, 1966).
He compiled an overall record of 126–96, and in 1996 he was named an honoree of the school"s "Cradle of Coaches" award. After retiring from coaching in 1966, Shrider stayed as the school"s athletic director until 1988.
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United States