tweeterhawk
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Sharm Scheuerman was a Hawkeye star who took over when Bucky O’Connor was killed in a car crash. He resigned at the end of the ‘64 season. Per Wikipedia :
Following the close of his college career, Scheuerman was hired as an assistant coach by his mentor Bucky O'Connor, then was hired as head coach in 1958 when O'Connor was killed at the age of 44 in an automobile accident.[1] At 24, Schuerman was the youngest head basketball coach in Big Ten history and one of the youngest in college basketball overall. In six years as the Hawkeyes' head coach, Scheuerman's teams compiled a record of 72–69. He resigned in 1964 to enter private business.[2]
Scheuerman settled in Denver, Colorado after coaching. He died on August 30, 2010 after a long battle with cancer.[3]
