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George M. "Doc" Flint was an American college basketball player and coach. He played at the University of Pennsylvania, where he was a two-time All-American, and served as the head basketball coach at the University of Pittsburgh's for ten seasons, from 1911 to 1921.

Biography

Flint was born in Ontario, Canada and moved to Pennsylvania at an early age. In 1903 he played on a basketball team organized by Pittsburgh Pirates great Honus Wagner.^[1] In college, he earned All-American status as basketball player in 1906 and 1907 at the University of Pennsylvania.^[2] While at Penn, he played center and served as the captain of the Quakers team that would win an Eastern Intercollegiate championship in 1905-06.^[3] He later became the head coach the University of Pittsburgh's Panthers men's basketball team for ten seasons from 1911–12 to 1920–21. While there he compiled an overall record of 105–68 (.607) and was regarded as a "great floor coach" by the local media and was given much credit for building the basketball program from a "bunch of green players". He was noted for his system of "short, snappy passing" and "accurate team play" with excellent foul shooting and "brilliant guards".^[4] Highlighting his tenure were city championships^[3] and eight winning seasons, in six of which the Panthers won 10-plus games including a 15–2 record in 1915–16. The 1914–15 season saw Pitt in postseason action when the Panthers defeated Penn State at Duquesne Gardens, 39–35, to win the sectional title to advance to the state championship in Philadelphia against {{cbb link|1914|sex=men|team=Swarthmore Garnet Tide|title=Swarthmore}}, which had won the eastern and central championships by defeating {{cbb link|1914|sex=men|team=Lehigh Engineers|title=Lehigh}} and {{cbb link|1914|sex=men|team=Albright Lions|title=Albright}}. Pitt cruised past Swarthmore 40–26 win to secure the state collegiate championship and finish with a 13–5 record.^[5] At Pitt, Flint coached Doc Carlson, a star in both basketball and football at the university, who went on to coach Pitt's basketball team for 31 seasons and was elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Following Flint's coaching career, he worked 50 years as a dentist in the Pittsburgh area.^[1]

References

1. ^¹{{cite book | url=http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/pitt/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/09-10_Pitt_MBB_Rec-Achiev.pdf | title=2009-10 Pitt Men's Basketball Media Guide | pages=137, 179 | publisher=University of Pittsburgh Athletic Media Relations Office | location=Pittsburgh, PA | editor-first=Greg | editor-last=Hotchkiss | accessdate=January 15, 2010}}
2. ^{{cite web|title=NCAA Men's Basketball Records (Award Winners) |author=NCAA |url=http://web1.ncaa.org/web_files/stats/m_basketball_RB/2009/Award.pdf |work= |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/5gVcgrbcX?url=http://web1.ncaa.org/web_files/stats/m_basketball_RB/2009/Award.pdf |archivedate=May 4, 2009 |deadurl=no |accessdate=January 15, 2010 |df= }}
3. ^¹{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=OBsbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=HUkEAAAAIBAJ&dq=george%20flint&pg=5162%2C3210677 | title=Dr. George Flint Will Again Coach Pitt's Floor Team | date=October 13, 1912 | newspaper=The Pittsburg Press | location=Pittsburg, PA | accessdate=January 15, 2010}}
4. ^{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=trcaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=gkkEAAAAIBAJ&dq=george%20flint%20basketball&pg=3834%2C358413 | title=Flint A Great Floor Coach | newspaper=The Pittsburg Press | date=March 2, 1919 | location=Pittsburg, PA | accessdate=January 15, 2010}}
5. ^{{cite book | url=http://digital.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=pittyearbooks;cc=pittyearbooks;g=documentingpitt;xc=1;xg=1rgn=full%20text;idno=1916e49702;didno=1916e49702;view=image;seq=286;page=root;size=s;frm=frameset | title=The 1916 Owl | year=1916 | publisher=University of Pittsburgh | page=281 | accessdate=January 15, 2010}}