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Following an outstanding career with the NBA's Boston Celtics,James Loscutoff enjoyed tremendous coaching career as Boston StateCollege's men's basketball mentor from 1964-76. The formerUniversity of Oregon star was the most successful basketball coachin school history, compiling an impressive 219-92 record over 12seasons for a .704 winning percentage. Loscutoff suffered his onlylosing season, going 8-12 as a rookie coach in 1964-65, but quicklymade Boston State into one of the best programs in the region witha 23-5 mark the following season. He directed the Warriors to nineseasons of 18 or more wins, including five campaigns of 20-plus. Aprofessor for 17 years at Boston State, his teams found thenational spotlight on more than one occasion, making an appearancein the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA)national tournament in 1967 and another NAIA berth in 1972. Loskyled Boston State to an 18-8 mark for the 1969-70 season and wasoffered to coach the NBA's fledgling Portland Trailblazers, butelected to stay at BSC and coached the Warriors to their first everNew England State Athletic Conference title the following season.He wrapped up his Boston State coaching career with a pair of NCAAtournament appearances, while posting a combined 45-9 record in hisfinal two seasons of coaching. Prior to his arrival to HuntingtonAvenue, Loscutoff put together a legendary career with the Celtics,helping the Green to seven world championships in a span of nineseasons after being drafted in the first round by the Celts in1955. His retired jersey currently hangs from the rafters of theBoston Garden.