Dick Harter

Richard Alvin Harter (October 14, 1930 – March 12, 2012) was an American basketball coach who served as both a head and assistant coach in both the NBA and NCAA.

Early life Born in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, Harter attended the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, where he played basketball for the Quakers and graduated in 1953. He served two years as an officer in the U.S. Marine Corps, and then was an assistant freshman coach back at Penn for a year. He then coached at Germantown Academy for three years, then back to Penn in 1959 as an assistant coach.

College head coach Harter left Penn in 1965 to become head coach at Rider University, then returned to Penn as its head coach. After seven seasons in Eugene, Harter left Oregon in 1978, at a salary of $38,000 annually, for Penn State and $41,000, where he stayed for five seasons. In the team's second season Harter was fired in 1990 during mid-season when the Hornets' record was 8–32. Harter went on to be an assistant coach for the New York Knicks under Pat Riley (1991–1994), Portland Trail Blazers under P. J. Carlesimo (1994–1997), Indiana Pacers under Larry Bird (1997–2000), and Boston Celtics under Jim O'Brien. Harter joined the Philadelphia 76ers' coaching staff on May 5, 2004.

Death Harter died on March 12, 2012, at the age of 81. The cause of death was cancer, said Penn athletic director Steve Bilsky, a co-captain on the 1971 team. Harter died at a hospital at Hilton Head, South Carolina, where he had a residence.

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