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Don Zech, former Puget Sound men’s basketball coach, dies at 83

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Don Zech could spot basketball talent and earned a reputation early in his career as an astute recruiter while he was an assistant at the University of Washington. When he got a chance to lead a college team, he proved to be a pretty good head coach, too.

Don Zech could spot basketball talent and earned a reputation early in his career as an astute recruiter while he was an assistant at the University of Washington.

When he got a chance to lead a college team, he proved to be a pretty good head coach, too.

During a 21-year career at the University of Puget Sound, Zech recruited 10 players to the tiny Division II college in Tacoma who later played in the NBA.