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His best squad was his 1944-1945 team, they finished with a 21-3 record and a 10-game winning streak.
His best squad was his 1944-1945 team, they finished with a 21-3 record and a 10-game winning streak.
He served as the head basketball coach at Valparaiso University from 1941 to 1947 and at Stetson University during the 1950-1951 season, compiling a career college basketball record of 101–71. They were inducted into the Valparaiso Hall of Fame in 2004. Ellis was also the football coach at Valparaiso from 1942 to 1945, though the school did not field a football team in 1943 or 1944.
He remains to this day, the winningest coach (by percentage) in Valparaiso history.
He served as the university"s Athletic Director. He resigned following the 1947 season in order to accept the position of Head Coach / General Manager of the Hammond Buccaneers of the National Basketball League.
When that franchise folded in 1949, he accepted the position of Head Coach at Stetson University.
