Former NBA Assistant Joe Gallagher Featured in Our 13th Show

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Joe Gallagher, a coaching veteran of over 30 years is on the phone with Fletcher Arritt and Brooks Berry in this week's edition of The Passing Game.  Gallagher spent decades at the collegiate and NBA levels, including head coaching stints at his alma mater UNC Pembroke (1975-1978), Methodist College (1973-1975), and Belmont Abbey (1991-1992).  As an NBA assistant, Coach Gallagher (left with his wife Sharon and family) made stops in Boston and Philadelphia where he established himself as an expert on post play. He also served as an assistant at UNC Greensboro, the University of Richmond, Boston College, and Campbell University.

As an assistant at the University of Richmond (1979-1986 and 1992-1996), Coach Gallagher helped the Spiders to two NCAA Tournaments and two NIT berths--defeating Charles Barkley's Auburn Tigers in the first round of the 1986 NCAA Tournament.

Coach Gallagher is a native of Philadelphia and a 1968 graduate of Pembroke State (now UNC Pembroke), where he averaged 20.1 points and 13.3 rebounds for the Braves.  He was inducted into the Pembroke Hall of Fame in 1980.