Harold Olsen
Harold G. Olsen was a college men's basketball coach. The Rice Lake, Wisconsin native was the head coach of the Ohio State University from 1922 to 1946. That year, he became the first head coach of the BAA's Chicago Stags, where he coached almost three seasons before being replaced by Philip Brownstein.
| Harold Olsen | |
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| Sport(s) | Basketball, football, baseball |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | May 12, 1895 Rice Lake, Wisconsin |
| Died | October 29, 1953 (aged 58) Rice Lake, Wisconsin |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 311–241 (college basketball) 95–63 (BAA) 13–6–1 (college football) 0–1 (college baseball) |
| Tournaments | 6–4 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships Basketball 5 Big Ten (1925, 1933, 1939, 1944, 1946) NCAA Runner-up (1939) 3 NCAA Final Four (1944–1946) | |
| Awards Helms Foundation All-American (1917) | |
| Basketball Hall of Fame Inducted in 1959 (profile) | |
| College Basketball Hall of Fame Inducted in 2006 | |