Ed Sadowski
1st Toronto Huskies Head Coach | Toronto Huskies Player-Coach | BAA Center
Ed Sadowski was born on July 11, 1915, in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. He played college basketball at Seton Hall University before beginning a long professional basketball career.
Sadowski joined the Toronto Huskies for the inaugural 1946-1947 Basketball Association of America season and became the first head coach in franchise history while also playing for the team.
He coached 12 games and went 3-9 before leaving the position. Toronto used three more head coaches during the remainder of its only BAA season.
Coach Sadowski passed away on September 18, 1990, at the age of 75.
- Overall Coaching Record: 3-9
Coaching Career
Ed Sadowski began the 1946-1947 season as the player-coach of the Toronto Huskies.
The Huskies played the New York Knickerbockers on November 1, 1946, in the first game in Basketball Association of America history.
Sadowski coached 12 games and went 3-9 before leaving the head coaching position. Managing director Lew Hayman coached one game, Dick Fitzgerald went 2-1, and Red Rolfe coached the final 44 games.
Toronto finished the season with a 22-38 record and missed the playoffs. The franchise folded after its first and only BAA season.
Notable Players Coached
- Kleggie Hermsen
- 1948 BAA Champion with the Baltimore Bullets
- Mike McCarron
- One of the Toronto Huskies’ leading scorers during the 1946-1947 season