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- | ====== Danny Nee ====== | ||
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- | **High School:** Power Memorial in New York, NY\\ | ||
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- | ===== High School Career ===== | ||
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- | Nee was a teammate of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (then Lew Alcindor) at New York's Power Memorial High School. | ||
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- | ===== Marquette Career ===== | ||
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- | He was a member of the [[Al McGuire|Al McGuire' | ||
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- | ===== Post-Marquette Career ===== | ||
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- | As a Vietnam veteran, Nee received Combat Air Insignia Medals and an honorable discharge in 1968. | ||
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- | He did not return to Marquette. Instead, Nee returned to college at St. Mary of the Plains College in Dodge City, Kansas, where he graduated with a bachelor' | ||
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- | Nee spent four seasons as a high school coach in New Jersey before beginning his college coaching career at Notre Dame as an assistant to Digger Phelps from 1976-80. He helped lead the Fighting Irish to four NCAA Tournaments, | ||
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- | Nee's first head coaching job was at Ohio University from 1980-86. In six seasons with the Bobcats, he posted a 107-67 (.607) mark and led the team to two NCAA (1982-83 & 1984-85) and one NIT (1985-86) appearances. He earned Mid-American Conference Coach of the Year honors twice before taking the head job at Nebraska. | ||
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- | Nee spent 14 years as head coach at the University of Nebraska (1986-2000), | ||
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- | Only for one season (2000-01), Nee was the head coach for Robert Morris College before accepting the head position at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He served in that capacity for five seasons until his resignation on March 4, 2006. | ||
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