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Dartmouth officially confirmed Tuesday night what had been rumored for the last couple of weeks: head men’s basketball coach David McLaughlin would not be offered a new contract for the 2026-27 season.
It closes the book on a 10-year coaching career in Hanover (nine seasons), which saw McLaughlin post records of 87-161 overall and 41-85 in Ivy League play.
We’re counting down the top 10 moments in each Ivy school’s history as part of our Ivy League at 60 retrospective. Dartmouth is next because green and white really were Doggie colors.
Boston Celtics fans know Alvin “Doggie” Julian as the coach that preceded Red Auerbach, but Julian made a more memorable name for himself with the Indians (they weren’t the Big Green until 1974).
Julian coached Dartmouth for 17 seasons from 1950 through 1967, winning back-to-back Ivy League titles after the formation of the modern Ivy League in 1956. Dartmouth went 76-27 and 44-12 in conference play in the Ivy League’s first four seasons, never finishing lower than second. Dartmouth nabbed a NCAA East Regional Final appearance in 1958, led by Rudy LaRusso.