Harold "Chief" Litwack (September 20, 1907 – August 7, 1999) was an American college basketball coach. He served as head basketball coach at Temple University from 1952 to 1973, compiling a record of 373–193. He was inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in 1973. Coaching career Litwack was born in Galicia, Austria but raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Temple in 1930. He began his coaching career at Simon Gratz High School (1930–31), then he became head coach of the freshman team at Temple. Meanwhile, he was playing pro basketball with Eddie Gottlieb's all-Jewish Philadelphia Sphas, from 1930 to 1936. Before he became head coach at Temple in 1952, he also served briefly as assistant coach for the Philadelphia Warriors (1948–51). He died at the age of 91 in 1999. He coached Team USA's gold-medal winning team at the 1957 Maccabiah Games in Israel, and its silver medal-winning team at the 1973 Maccabiah Games. Head coaching record See also List of NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament Final Four appearances by coach References 1907 births 1999 deaths American men's basketball coaches American men's basketball players American people of Polish-Jewish descent Basketball coaches from Pennsylvania Basketball players from Philadelphia High school basketball coaches in the United States Jewish American sportspeople Jewish men's basketball players Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame inductees Philadelphia Sphas players Philadelphia Warriors coaches South Philadelphia High School alumni Temple Owls men's basketball coaches Temple Owls men's basketball players 20th-century American Jews