Frank Truitt

Frank Truitt
Biographical details
Born(1925-04-04)April 4, 1925
Columbus, Ohio, U.S.
DiedDecember 21, 2014(2014-12-21) (aged 89)
Columbus, Ohio, U.S.
Alma materOtterbein '50
Ohio State '62
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1958–1965Ohio State (assistant)
1965–1966LSU
1966–1978Kent State

Frank Wilson Truitt, Jr., (April 4, 1925 – December 21, 2014) was an American multi-sport collegiate coach and a veteran of World War II.

Among his noteworthy accomplishments, Truitt engineered the historic upset of Jerry Lucas's Middletown Middies basketball team in the Ohio 1958 Division AA state semifinals and helped coach the Ohio State men's basketball team to the 1960 NCAA Championship.