ESPN college basketball analyst Dick Vitale revealed last year he had been diagnosed with lymphoma and Dysplasia on the vocal cords.
His coaching career began in 1962 at Lincoln School in Garfield, N.J. He won two New Jersey state championships at East Rutherford High School, and had a career record of 131‐47.
Vitale was theassistant coach who recruited Phil Sellers and Mike Dabney, two players who led the Scarlet Knights to 31 straight victories and a trip to the National Collegiate tournament final in 1975‐76. By then, Vitale had moved to the University of Detroit, having been passed over for the head job at Rutgers, a job for which he said he had begged.
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