Dan Lynch is one of a kind

No one else in the history of New York City basketball has achieved all these things:

• New York City All-City performer twice
• New York City All-Met three years
• Won a high school City Championship
• New York High School Coach of the Year
• New York City College Coach of the Year

And, he’s not in the Basketball Hall of Fame. Someone’s not doing their homework.

Dan Lynch, Sr., was an All-Met basketball performer all four years at St. Francis College, Brooklyn. He amassed over 500 coaching victories at Trinity High School, St. Francis Prep and with the Terriers of St. Francis College.

He won a City Championship at the Prep, and was named Coach of the Year. At St. Francis College, he was the Met Coach of the Year in ’54, ’56, ’63 and in ’67. From 1949- ‘56 he won 144 and dropped just 70 as Terriers’ coach.

As for Hall of Fames, he’s in the ECAC, St. Francis College, St. Francis Prep and New York City Basketball Halls of Fame.

Springfield, Mass., are you listening?

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It was close, but Medgar Evers College Prep sidestepped Frank J. Macchiarola for a 53-51 victory last week for back-to-back wins for the Prep. Dejon Williams had 12 points and six rebounds. The game was Williams’ seventh in-a-row with at least 10 points. Joshua Edwards added eight rebounds and 12 points. The win pushed Medgar Evers College Prep to 6-1. As for Frank J. Macchiarola, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-2.

Everything came up roses for Brooklyn Tech at home against Robeson Business Tech last week, as they secured a 61-33 win. The win made it back-to-back wins for the Engineers.

Chadwyck Beckford scored 15 points along with six rebounds for the winners. Troy Hornbeck had 16 and six. Tech bumped their record to 3-1; Robeson Business Tech fell to 1-2.

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This week’s New York Basketball Rankings saw Medgar Evers College Prep at 29. The other local school to crack the top 31 was Seward Park (31).

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