![]() ![]() The Mullins Center court is named after him. He coached the Minutemen from 1966 to 1979 and remains the school’s winningest coach with 217 victories. Jack Leaman’s was the first of four statues unveiled last Friday to celebrate the pillars of the UMass men’s basketball program. She gazed lovingly up at the bronze replica and placed her hand on the marble base. STAFF PHOTO/KEVIN GUTTINGĪMHERST - Rita Leaman looked up at the newly unveiled statue of her late husband, Jack Leaman, outside the Mullins Center and brought a hand to her heart. Julius Erving, left, joins in a picture with Marcus Camby, second from left, and other players from John Calipari's 1995-1996 basketball team just before the unveiling of statues honoring four University of Massachusetts greats, Erving, Camby, Calipari (at center), and the late Jack Leaman on the Mullins Center Plaza in Amherst on Friday, Sept. John Calipari unveils his statue on the Mullins Center Plaza on Sept. Rita Leaman, widow of the late University of Massachusetts basketball coach Jack Leaman, talks with Julius Erving before the start of a ceremony dedicating statues honoring four University of Massachusetts basketball greats including Leaman, Erving, John Calipari and Marcus Camby on the Mullins Center Plaza in Amherst on Friday, Sept. Marcus Camby unveils a statue of himself during the dedication of four statues honoring University of Massachusetts basketball greats. J” Erving, second from left, is applauded by Rita Leaman, widow of Jack Leaman, who was Erving’s coach during his time at UMass, John Calipari and Marcus Camby, right, during the unveiling of statues honoring the four basketball greats on the Mullins Center Plaza in Amherst last Friday. Julius Erving looks up at a statue of himself during the unveiling of four statues honoring UMass basketball greats on the Mullins Center Plaza. ![]()
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