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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
  • Birthdate: June 20, 1973

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)
  • Played professionally in Switzerland from 1973-75.11)12)

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.13)
  • Thomas John went on to play basketball at Princeton.14)15)
  • Another son, Corry, played at Vermont.16)
  • Daughter Ashley played at Holy Cross.17)
  • Brother Frank played at Fordham, coached at Harvard (1977-85), then served as Athletic Director back at Fordham. The court in Rose Hill Gym was named in his honor in 2022.18)19)
tom_mclaughlin.txt · Last modified: 2023/11/06 10:20 by mikeuma