Joe Harrington

Joe Harrington is an American basketball coach. He last served as the Director of Men's Basketball Student Services at the Maryland. Harrington served as the head coach at Hofstra University, George Mason University, California State University, Long Beach, and the University of Colorado. He was an assistant coach with the Toronto Raptors in the National Basketball Association.

Biography

Harrington was the star of Morse High School's back-to-back state championship teams in 1962–63. He attended the University of Maryland, where he played college basketball under Maryland head coach Bud Millikan and alongside point guard Gary Williams. The Boston Celtics selected Harrington in the 1967 NBA Draft.

Harrington served as the head coach at Hofstra for the 1979–80 season. From 1980 to 1986, he coached at George Mason, where he compiled a 112–85 record. From 1987 to 1990, he coached at Long Beach State, where he compiled a 53–36 record. From 1990 to 1996, he served as the head coach at Colorado, where he compiled a 72–85 record. Harrington served as a manager for the US national team in the 1990 FIBA World Championship, which won the bronze medal. He worked as an assistant coach for the Toronto Raptors from 1999 to 2001. In November 2007, he joined former teammate Gary Williams' coaching staff at their alma mater, Maryland, as the Director of Men's Basketball Student Services.

Joe Harrington (broadcaster)

Joe Harrington is an Irish presenter of radio employed by Dublin's Sunshine 106.8. He is a multi nominated award winning broadcaster who has vast experience in radio programming and management. His brother Paul Harrington won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1994. He has co written a number of tracks on the Paul Harrington album 'What I'd Say' The Album entered the Irish charts in the early nineties.

Career

He worked as a presenter with Ireland's first Independent National Broadcaster Century Radio, he then worked with Dublin's Rock 104 and subsequently FM104, he joined East Coast FM in 1994 as Head of Music and then became Programme Controller, a position he held until 2011.

In 2009, he joined with his brothers as "The Harrington Brothers" to record Molly Malone with The Official Leinster Supporters Group and the song became the Official Anthem for The Leinster Rugby Team. The song Molly Malone entered the Irish Charts in 2009 and was number one in the download charts. The Harrington Brothers performed Molly Malone live at The RDS Dublin just before Leinster played Edinburgh in the Heiniken Cup.

Joe Harrington (baseball)

Joseph C. Harrington (December 21, 1869 in Fall River, Massachusetts – September 13, 1933) was a professional baseball third baseman. He played in Major League Baseball from 1895–1896 for the Boston Beaneaters. He was the first major league ballplayer ever to hit a home run in his first at bat.

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