His coaching career began in 1962 at Lincoln School in Garfield, N.J. He won two New Jersey state championships at East Rutherford High School, and had a career record of 131‐47.
Vitale was theassistant coach who recruited Phil Sellers and Mike Dabney, two players who led the Scarlet Knights to 31 straight victories and a trip to the National Collegiate tournament final in 1975‐76. By then, Vitale had moved to the University of Detroit, having been passed over for the head job at Rutgers, a job for which he said he had begged.
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