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Tom McLaughlin

  • Player
  • Seasons: 1970-71, 1971-72, 1972-73
  • Number: 40
  • Position: F/G
  • Height: 6' 4“
  • Weight: 185 lbs.
  • Hometown: Bronx, NY
  • High School: ?
  • Prep School: Fordham Prep
  • Transfer From: Tennessee

Coaching

UMass (Head Coach, 1981-82 and 1982-83)

SeasonOverallWin %ConfWin %PlacePost-Season
1981-827-20.2593-11.2148thnone
1982-839-20.3104-10.4004th-Eastnone
Totals16-40.2867-21.333

Notre Dame (Assistant Coach, 1978-81)

Stanford Cardinal (Assistant Coach, 1975-78)

  • Served on their staff.5)6)

College Basketball (Player)

UMass

Statistics

SeasonGGSMPMPGFGFGAFG%FTFTAFT%PTSPPGTRBRPGASTPF
1970-7114???51121.4211932.5941218.6604.32524
1971-7226???97238.40870107.65426410.21375.34050
1972-7326?46718.0100214.4675163.8102519.71174.54640
NCAA Varsity Career66???248573.433140202.6936369.63144.8111114

UMass record book has incomplete data for some categories.

Tennessee

  • Led the Volunteers' freshman team in scoring at 17 points per game.8)

Professional basketball

  • Participated in a free-agent tryout with the Boston Celtics in the summer of 1973.9)10)
  • (Not basketball): Also in 1973, was invited to pursue possible opportunities with the Dallas Cowboys11)
  • Played professionally in Switzerland from 1973-75.12)13)

Personal

  • April 1982: Tom helped his wife Debbie deliver their newborn son, Thomas John, at home. A late season storm dumped two feet of snow and the McLaughlins were unable to get to the hospital.14)
  • Thomas John went on to play basketball at Princeton.15)16)
  • Another son, Corry, played at Vermont.17)
  • Daughter Ashley played at Holy Cross.18)
  • Brother Frank played at Fordham, coached at Harvard (1977-85), then served as Athletic Director back at Fordham. Frank's time as AD included Fordham's move from the Patriot League to the Atlantic 10 in 1995. The court in Rose Hill Gym was named in his honor in 2022.19)20)
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