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1 week agoWelsh, longtime SUNY Potsdam coach, dies at 89
Jerry Welsh, a former longtime men's basketball coach at SUNY Potsdam and a recent finalist for enshrinement into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame, has died at the age of 89. Welsh's son, Tim, who is a college men's basketball analyst for ESPN, confirmed the news on Tuesday. Jerry Welsh coached at Potsdam from 1968 to 1991 and guided the Bears to the NCAA Division III national title in 1981 and 1986, a season in which his team finished a perfect 32-0.
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