| Dick Shrider | |
| Number: | 7 |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 2 |
| Weight Lb: | 190 |
| Birth Date: | 7 February 1923 |
| Birth Place: | Glass Rock, Glenford, Ohio, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Somerville, Ohio, U.S. |
| High School: | Glenford (Thornville, Ohio)[1] |
| College: | Ohio (1946–1947) |
| Draft Year: | 1948 |
| Draft Round: | -- |
| Draft Pick: | -- |
| Draft Team: | New York Knicks |
| Years1: | 1948 |
| Team1: | New York Knicks |
| Years2: | 1948 |
| Team2: | Detroit Vagabond Kings |
| Cyears1: | 1949–1955 |
| Cteam1: | Gallipolis HS |
| Cyears2: | 1955–1957 |
| Cteam2: | Fairborn HS |
| Cyears3: | 1957–1966 |
| Cteam3: | Miami (Ohio) |
| Highlights: |
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| Stat1label: | Points |
| Stat1value: | 1 (0.3 ppg) |
| Stat2label: | Assists |
| Stat2value: | 2 (0.5 apg) |
| Stats League: | BAA |
| Bbr: | shriddi01 |
Richard Guy Shrider (February 7, 1923 – January 21, 2014) was an American professional basketball player and college coach.[2] [3] Shrider was selected in the 1948 BAA Draft by the New York Knicks after a collegiate career at Ohio.[2] He played for the Knicks for four total games in 1948 before then playing in the National Basketball League for the Detroit Vagabond Kings.[2] [4]
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.[5] In 1957, Miami University of Ohio named him as their new head coach.[6] In 1957–58, his first season, Shrider's Redskins (now RedHawks) went undefeated against Mid-American Conference (MAC) opponents.[5] They became the first MAC team to ever win an NCAA Tournament game that year as well.[5] During Shrider's nine seasons as Miami's head coach he led them to four MAC championships and two NCAA Tournament appearances (1958, 1966).[7] He compiled an overall record of 126–96, and in 1996 he was named an honoree of the school's "Cradle of Coaches" award.[5] [7]
After retiring from coaching in 1966, Shrider stayed as the school's athletic director until 1988.[8]
| Legend | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | Games played | ||||
| FG% | Field-goal percentage | ||||
| FT% | Free-throw percentage | ||||
| APG | Assists per game | ||||
| PPG | Points per game | ||||
| Year | Team | GP | FG% | FT% | APG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948–49 | New York | 4 | .000 | .333 | .5 | .3 |
| Career | 4 | .000 | .333 | .5 | .3 | |