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Robert W. Kalbaugh

  • Class
  • Induction
    1986
  • Sport(s)
    Basketball, Golf
Coached men's basketball team for 30 years (1953-83) ... Posted 297-341 record ... Set school record for career wins ... Won seven Independent Collegiate Athletic Conference (ICAC) titles, including four outright (1966-67, 1968-69, 1972-73 & 1975-76) ... Earned four trips to the NCAA Division III Tournament, including 1957-58 (14-6), 1972-73 (16-9), 1974-75 (13-9) and 1975-76 (17-9) ... Team hosted NCAA Regionals in 1975-76 ... Capital District Coach of the Year in 1970 (all sports) ... Named District I College Coach of the Year in 1975 ... Team twice won ECAC Howard Schoenfeld Sportsmanship Award by College Basketball Officials Association ... Assessed just one technical foul in RPI career ...

Coached RPI's golf team beginning in 1961 ... The 1986 team won the RAA Team of the Year Award ... Executive Director of "Let's Go Red!" booster club beginning in 1983 ... Initiated annual golf tournament ... Served as Associate Professor ...

Attended Mechanicville High School, graduating in 1940 ... Graduated from Springfield College in 1944 (physical education)  and 1947 (Master's) ... Captained baseball team ... Played professionally in Brooklyn Dodgers organization ... Coached basketball at Mechanicville High School, where he coached the "Whiz Kids" prior to joining RPI.
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