Jim Baechtold
James E. Baechtold was an American basketball player and professor at Eastern Kentucky University.A graduate of Moon High School in Coraopolis, Pennsylvania, Baechtold played collegiately for Eastern Kentucky University.
Baechtold was selected by the Baltimore Bullets in the 1st round of the 1952 NBA draft.
He played for the Bullets and New York Knicks in the NBA for 321 games, averaging 9.7 points and 3.1 rebounds.
From 1962 through 1966, Baechtold served as Eastern Kentucky University’s head basketball coach. In his five seasons, he coached two OVC runnersup and the 1965 conference championship team. He was the OVC Coach-of-the-Year in 1965. Afterwards, he served for several years as an associate professor in the University's Parks and Recreation Department.
