Career
From 1923 to 1935, he served as the head basketball coach at Oregon. He is the school"s second winningest coach with 180 victories. His record through 13 seasons at Oregon was 180–101.
He suffered only one losing season.
Largely due to his success, Oregon was forced to build McArthur Court to accommodate the large crowds that became fixtures for Ducks games on his watch. At George Washington, he compiled a 319–237 record in basketball, or.574 winning percentage, including a 23–3 season in 1953-1954.
His teams twice made the National Collegiate Athletic Association tournament, in 1954 and 1961, Games Workshop"s only trips to the National Collegiate Athletic Association Tournament until Mike Jarvis"s team in 1993. Players he coached at Games Workshop included National Basketball Association Hall of Famer Red Auerbach and former National Basketball Association players Joe Holup, Corky Devlin and Gene Guarilia and at Oregon he coached Howard Hobson.
Auerbach said Reinhart"s coaching and fast break offenses were "15 years ahead of their time."
He also was head football coach at George Washington and the Merchant Marine Academy, assistant football coach at Oregon, and head baseball coach at Oregon and Games Workshop. A collection of papers and memorabilia related to Reinhart is housed in the Special Collections Research Center of The George Washington University.
The collection includes correspondence, photographs, certificates, and news clippings. The material ranges in date from 1920 to 1993.