| Doggie Julian | |
| Birth Date: | 5 April 1901 |
| Birth Place: | Reading, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Death Place: | White River Junction, Vermont, U.S. |
| Player Sport1: | Football |
| Player Years2: | 1920–1922 |
| Player Team2: | Bucknell |
| Player Years3: | 1924 |
| Player Team3: | Pottsville Maroons |
| Player Sport4: | Basketball |
| Player Years5: | 1921–1922 |
| Player Team5: | Bucknell |
| Player Sport6: | Baseball |
| Player Years7: | 1922–1923 |
| Player Team7: | Bucknell |
| Player Years8: | 1923 |
| Player Team8: | Reading Keystones |
| Player Years9: | 1924 |
| Player Team9: | Harrisburg Senators |
| Player Years10: | 1924–1925 |
| Player Team10: | York White Roses |
| Player Years11: | 1926 |
| Player Team11: | Chambersburg Maroons |
| Player Years12: | 1926 |
| Player Team12: | Lawrence Merry Macks |
| Player Positions: | End (football) Catcher (baseball) |
| Coach Sport1: | Basketball |
| Coach Years2: | 1936–1945 |
| Coach Team2: | Muhlenberg |
| Coach Years3: | 1945–1948 |
| Coach Team3: | Holy Cross |
| Coach Years4: | 1948–1950 |
| Coach Team4: | Boston Celtics |
| Coach Years5: | 1950–1967 |
| Coach Team5: | Dartmouth |
| Coach Sport6: | Football |
| Coach Years7: | 1925–1928 |
| Coach Team7: | Schuylkill |
| Coach Years8: | 1929–1930 |
| Coach Team8: | Albright |
| Coach Years9: | 1933–1935 |
| Coach Team9: | Ashland HS (PA) |
| Coach Years10: | 1936–1944 |
| Coach Team10: | Muhlenberg |
| Coach Sport11: | Baseball |
| Coach Years12: | 1942–1944 |
| Coach Team12: | Muhlenberg |
| Overall Record: | 379–332 (college basketball) 16–18 (college baseball) 47–81 (BAA/NBA) 77–63–3 (college football) 30–4 (high school football) |
| Tournament Record: | Basketball 7–3 (NCAA) 0–2 (NIT) |
| Championships: | Basketball NCAA (1947) 3 Ivy (1956, 1958, 1959) Football PIAA (1935) |
| Baskhof Year: | 1968 |
| Cbbaskhof Year: | 2006 |
| Baskhof Id: | alvin-f-julian |
Alvin Fred "Doggie" Julian (April 5, 1901 – July 28, 1967) was a college football coach, a college basketball player and coach, and an NBA coach.
Julian was born in Reading, Pennsylvania. He attended Bucknell University, where he lettered in football, basketball, and baseball, and from which he graduated in 1923
From 1923 to 1926, Julian played minor league baseball with a number of clubs: the Reading Keystones, the Harrisburg Senators, the York White Roses, the Chambersburg Maroons, and the Lawrence Merry Macks.
Julian served as the head college basketball coach at Muhlenberg College in Allentown, Pennsylvania, from 1936 to 1945, at the College of the Holy Cross from 1945 to 1948, and at Dartmouth College from 1950 to 1967, compiling a career college basketball record of 379–332. Julian led Holy Cross to the NCAA title in 1947. His team, which included later National Basketball Association (NBA) great Bob Cousy, almost repeated this feat in 1948, losing in the semifinals. Dartmouth reached the NCAA tournament three times under him, with their 1959 appearance being their last appearance in the tournament as of 2024; in the eight seasons following 1959, Dartmouth had a losing record six times.
Julian was hired by the Boston Celtics of the NBA after his college success, but he recorded only a 47–81 mark before he was dismissed in 1950. Julian was also the head football coach at Schuylkill College from 1925 to 1928, Albright College from 1929 to 1930, and Mulhlenberg from 1936 to 1944, amassing a career college football record of 77–63–3. In addition, he served as Mulhlenberg's head baseball coach from 1942 to 1944, tallying a mark of 16–18. Julian was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach in 1968.
Julian died on July 28, 1967, at a nursing home in White River Junction, Vermont. He had suffered a stroke the previous December in Rochester, New York while coaching Dartmouth in the Kodak Classic basketball tournament.[1]