THE BEST BASKETBALL COACH YOU DON’T KNOW (BUT HE’S NOT A NOBODY CUZ I WOULDN’T WANT TO PISS OFF ANYONE AT D3HOOPS.COM)*

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Meet Landry Kosmalski. He’s not a character from Twelve Angry Men. He’s the head hoops coach at Swarthmore College outside of Philadelphia. Kosmalski, who doesn’t even have his own Wikipedia page, coaches the only undefeated men’s team in any Division in the NCAA. The Garnet are 25-0 this season.

Two incredible things to know about Kosmalski and Swarthmore: first, this is his eighth season as head coach and the Garnet have improved every single season he’s been at the helm: 7-18, 8-17, 11-14, 22-8, 23-6, 25-6, 29-4 and now 25-0. That’s pretty hard to do. Second, all five Swarthmore starters average in double figures but no one averages more than 12.1 points per game. Again, difficult to do.

If the name sounds familiar, or vaguely familiar, Landry’s dad Len was a 7-footer who started three seasons for the Tennessee Vols in the early 1970s and played parts of two seasons for the Kansas City Kings. My guess is that Landry, who played at Davidson and then professionally overseas, is in his early to mid-forties. Swarthmore advanced to the Division III championship game last season but lost.

*but they probably haven’t profiled him, either

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