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In total, Meyer recorded 37 winning seasons and twelve 20-win seasons, including seven straight from 1978 to 1984 . Two Meyer-coached teams reached the Final Four ( 1943 and 1979 ), and in 1945 , Meyer led DePaul past Bowling Green to capture the National Invitation Tournament, the school's only post-season title. Meyer coached a College All-Star team that played a coast-to-coast series against the Harlem Globetrotters for 11 years. One of his best players was George Mikan , who was a game-changing player and basketball's first great "big man". Meyer recruited Mikan from Archbishop Quigley Preparatory Seminary , a school Meyer had himself earlier attended. Other top players coached by Meyer include former NBA players Mark Aguirre and Terry Cummings . During Meyer's tenure the basketball rivalry between DePaul and Loyola reached an extremely high level. Meyer was a much-beloved figure in Chicago, and is a member of the Basketball Hall Of Fame . He was succeeded as DePaul coach by his son, Joey, who led the team for several more seasons, but less successfully than had his father. Meyer also ran a summer basketball camp near Three Lakes in northern Wisconsin for many years. EXTERNAL LINK |
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