Ken Norton (basketball)


Kenneth A. Norton was an American college basketball coach. He was the head coach of the Manhattan Jaspers from 1946 to 1968.
Nicknamed "Red", Norton played high school baseball and basketball at Jamaica High School in Queens, and played college basketball under coach Clair Bee at Long Island University. Norton received a bachelor's degree from LIU, and a master's degree from New York University. He played basketball professionally for the New York Jewels of the American Basketball League. Norton served in the Navy during World War II.
Norton coached Manhattan to a 300–205 record, winning six conference championships and leading the team to eleven postseason appearances. He was inducted to the Jasper Hall of Fame in 1989. Norton died in 1996 at age 82 in Hendersonville, North Carolina.

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