Category | Contributor Date of Birth | 07.11.1920 Date of Death | 21.05.1990 Country | USA
Highlights
Authored more than 300 articles on basketball and its rules
Director of the School of Physical Education at Springfield College: 1950-1956
Assistant Athletic Director of Springfield College: 1954-1956
Chairman of the Research Committee of the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC), in the U.S.A.: 1954-1966
Basketball head coach of Springfield College: 1956-1966
Athletic Director of Springfield College: 1956-1989
National Chairman of the YMCA Basketball Championship Committee: 1957-1965
Professor of Physical Education at Springfield College: 1961-1989
Secretary, editor and national interpreter of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Rules Committee: 1965-1990
Member of the Technical Commission of FIBA
Original founder of the Amateur Basketball Association of the United States of America (ABAUSA), now USA Basketball: 1974
President of ABAUSA
Treasurer and Central Board member of COPABA (current FIBA Americas)
Distinctions & Recognitions
Edward S. Steitz will be always remembered for his outstanding contributions and influence, both in the United States and internationally, in the field of the basketball rules
NABC (National Association of Basketball Coaches) Metropolitan Award in 1974
The Edward S. Steitz Award, awarded by USA Basketball since 1991, ""recognizes and individual for her or his outstanding contributions to international basketball""