Tom Ackerman (basketball)

Thomas L. Ackerman is an American former basketball player and coach. He played college basketball as a guard for the West Liberty State Hilltoppers and was a three-time All-West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WVIAC) selection.[1][2] He also played baseball and golf for the Hilltoppers and was the only athlete to be named to the All-WVIAC team in three sports.[1]

Tom Ackerman
Personal information
NationalityAmerican
Listed height5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Career information
High schoolTriadelphia
(Wheeling, West Virginia)
CollegeWest Liberty (1950–1952, 1954–1956)
NBA draft1952 / Round: 2 / Pick: 19th overall
Selected by the Minneapolis Lakers
PositionGuard
Coaching career1969–1992
Career history
As coach:
1969–1975;
1987–1992		West Liberty
Career highlights and awards
  • 3× First-team All-WVIAC (1952, 1955, 1956)
Career coaching record
College101–200 (.336)

Ackerman attended Triadelphia High School in Wheeling, West Virginia.[3] He made his first All-WVIAC basketball team for the Hilltoppers in 1952.[1] He was selected by the Minneapolis Lakers as the 19th overall pick of the 1952 NBA draft but he enlisted into the United States Army for the Korean War.[1] Ackerman returned to West Liberty in 1954 to continue his athletic career and was named to the All-WVIAC basketball teams in 1955 and 1956.[1] Ackerman served as head coach of the Hilltoppers men's basketball team from 1969 to 1975 and 1987 to 1992 and amassed a 101–200 record over eleven seasons.[4]

Ackerman was inducted into the West Liberty Athletics Hall of Fame in 1982.[1]

References
  1. "Thomas L. Ackerman (1982)". West Liberty University Athletics. Retrieved June 23, 2020.
  2. "Solomon, Rosen On Tourney Team" (PDF). Charleston Daily Mail. March 7, 1952. p. 9. Retrieved June 23, 2020.
  3. Holbrook, George (March 7, 1952). "No Speed Limit, So West Liberty Sets Sail" (PDF). Charleston Daily Mail. p. 9. Retrieved June 23, 2020.
  4. "2018–19 West Liberty Hilltoppers Media Guide" (PDF). West Liberty University Athletics.
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