Terry Kunze Explained

Terry Kunze
Height Ft:6
Height In:4
Weight Lb:210
Nationality:American
Birth Date:1943 3, mf=yes
Birth Place:Duluth, Minnesota
High School:Central (Duluth, Minnesota)
College:Minnesota (1962–1965)
Draft Year:1965
Draft Round:7
Draft Pick:58
Draft Team:St. Louis Hawks
Career Start:1966
Career End:1974
Career Number:33
Career Position:Shooting guard
Coach Start:1974
Coach End:1981
Team1:Minnesota Muskies
Cyears1:1974–1977
Cteam1:Minnesota (assistant)
Cyears2:1978–1979
Cteam2:East Carolina (assistant)
Cyears3:1979–1981
Cteam3:Minnesota Fillies
Cyears4:1991–1992
Cteam4:Anoka-Ramsey CC
Bbr:kunzete01
Cstats League1:WBL
Cwin1:29
Closs1:37

Terry Duane Kunze (born March 11, 1943) is an American basketball player and coach. Kunze played in the 1967 season with the American Basketball Association's Minnesota Muskies after playing collegiately for the Minnesota Golden Gophers. Kunze attended Duluth Central High School in Duluth, Minnesota.

Kunze was drafted by the St. Louis Hawks, but instead chose to pursue a career in Belgium.[1]

Coaching career

In June 1978, Kunze was named the associate head coach of the East Carolina Pirates men's basketball team.[2]

From 1979 to 1981, he was the head coach of the Minnesota Fillies of the Women's Professional Basketball League, the first women's pro basketball league in the United States.[3] [4]

In 1991, Kunze began coaching at Anoka-Ramsey Community College.[5]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: U.S. PLAYERS TAKE IT TO LOWER COURT . April 9, 1988 . Washington Post . February 29, 2016.
  2. News: East Carolina Names Kunze . June 9, 1978 . Herald-Journal . February 29, 2016.
  3. News: Kunze 'willing to take risks', returns to state to coach Fillies . 4 November 2023 . . 15 May 1979 . 2C . Newspapers.com.
  4. News: Bill McAuliffe . Fillies' debacle hasn't soured Kunze . 4 November 2023 . . 17 September 1981 . 21 . Newspapers.com.
  5. Web site: Women Officials For Men -- Female Refs On NCAA Basketball Horizon . Thomas O'Toole . January 20, 1991 . The Seattle Times . www.seattletimes.com . November 22, 2016.