Leonard Sachs (basketball coach)
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Leonard D. Sachs (August 7, 1897 – October 27, 1942) was an American basketball coach. The Chicago, Illinois native coached Loyola University Chicago for 19 years (1923-1942), compiling a 224-129. Known as a strong advocate of "big man" basketball, Sachs taught a stingy 2-2-1 zone defense that enabled bigger players to goaltend.
After serving in the US Navy during World War I, Sachs began to play pro football with NFL's Chicago Cardinals, and meanwhile started a coaching career in basketball at Wendell Phillips High School in Chicago. Two years later he accepted a coaching job at Marshall High School, which he guided to the 1922 city title. In 1923 Sachs became men's basketball head coach at Loyola University. He died in 1942 and was inducted to the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1961.
