Joey Meyer, who spent more than 30 years with DePaul University's men's basketball team — first as a player and later as a coach — has died. He was 74.
喬伊·邁耶去世了,他在德保羅大學的男子籃球隊度過了30多年,最初是一名球員,后來是一名教練。他74歲。
The Chicago-based university said in a news release that Meyer died on Friday afternoon in Hinsdale, Illinois, surrounded by his family.
這所總部位于芝加哥的大學在一份新聞稿中表示,邁耶于周五下午在伊利諾伊州海因斯代爾去世,他的家人陪伴著他。
Meyer, who was born in Chicago in 1949, began his basketball career at DePaul Academy, helping lead his team to the 1967 Chicago Catholic League Championship and the Chicago City Championship. He went on to play for DePaul University's Blue Demons under his father, Ray Meyer, who coached the team from 1942 to 1984.
邁耶1949年出生于芝加哥,在德保羅學院開始了他的籃球生涯,幫助帶領球隊獲得了1967年芝加哥天主教聯(lián)盟冠軍和芝加哥城市冠軍。他在父親雷·邁耶的指導下為德保羅大學的藍魔鬼隊效力,雷·邁耶曾在1942年至1984年執(zhí)教該隊。
When Meyer graduated in 1971, he ranked as the fourth-highest scorer in the school's history with 1,233 points. He joined the Blue Demons staff in 1974, working alongside his father as assistant coach for 11 seasons before taking over as head coach when Ray retired.
當邁耶1971年畢業(yè)時,他以1233分的成績成為學校歷史上得分第四高的人。1974年,他加入藍魔鬼隊,與父親一起擔任助理教練11個賽季,雷退役后接任主教練。
During his 13-year tenure in the role, Meyer led the Blue Demons to seven NCAA tournament appearances, including back-to-back Sweet 16 appearances in his second and third seasons. At the time of the 1986 NCAA tournament, DePaul was the second all-time 12-seed to reach the Sweet Sixteen.
在他13年的任期內,邁耶帶領藍魔鬼隊在NCAA錦標賽中出場7次,包括在他的第二個和第三個賽季連續(xù)出場16次。在1986年NCAA錦標賽上,德保羅是有史以來第二位進入甜蜜十六強的12號種子選手。
Meyer has the second-most wins in the program's history (231) behind his father, who won 724 games in his 42 seasons.
邁耶是該項目歷史上獲勝次數(shù)第二多的(231場),僅次于他的父親,他父親在42個賽季中贏得了724場比賽。
He was named the 1987 Chevrolet National Coach of the Year and guided DePaul's basketball team to its first conference title, winning the 1992 Great Midwest Conference regular season championship.
他被評為1987年雪佛蘭年度國家教練,并帶領德保羅的籃球隊獲得了第一個聯(lián)盟冠軍,贏得了1992年大中西部聯(lián)盟常規(guī)賽冠軍。
Following his time at DePaul, Meyer went on to serve as head coach of the Chicago Skyliners in the American Basketball Association from 2000 to 2001, before taking over the head coaching role for the Asheville Altitude in the NBA Development League. He won back-to-back league championships in 2004 and 2005.
在德保羅效力后,邁耶于2000年至2001年擔任美國籃球協(xié)會芝加哥天際線隊的主教練,之后在NBA發(fā)展聯(lián)盟擔任阿什維爾高原隊的主執(zhí)教。他在2004年和2005年連續(xù)獲得聯(lián)賽冠軍。
In 2009, he moved on to serve as head coach of the Fort Wayne Mad Ants for three seasons. After retiring from coaching in 2012, Meyer worked as a WGN-AM basketball broadcaster and a regional scout for the Los Angeles Clippers.
2009年,他繼續(xù)擔任韋恩堡瘋狂螞蟻隊的主教練三個賽季。2012年退役后,邁耶曾擔任WGN-AM籃球廣播員和洛杉磯快船隊的地區(qū)球探。
In 2021, Meyer was inducted into the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association Hall of Fame, joining his father (1974) and brother Tom (2000). He is also a member of the DePaul Athletics Hall of Fame.
2021年,邁耶與父親(1974年)和兄弟湯姆(2000年)一起入選伊利諾伊州籃球教練協(xié)會名人堂。他也是德保羅田徑名人堂的成員。