Carl Bennett

This article is about the American basketball coach. For the Thai-American racing driver, see Carl Bennett (racing driver).

Carl Blair Bennett (December 7, 1915 – May 15, 2013) was an American professional basketball general manager and head coach.^[1][2] He was born in Rockford, Indiana and began his sports career by playing softball. Bennett was recruited by Fred Zollner in 1938 to join his staff. He coached the Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons of the National Basketball League (NBL) and then the Fort Wayne Pistons of the Basketball Association of America (BAA). for six games in 1948–49. Bennett became the franchise's general manager and served in that capacity from 1948 to 1954. Bennett endured a 15-year campaign to get Zollner inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, which occurred in 1999. Bennett died at the age of 97 in 2013.^[2]

Carl Bennett

Personal information
Born	(1915-12-07)December 7, 1915 Rockford, Indiana, U.S.
Died	May 15, 2013(2013-05-15) (aged 97) Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.
Nationality	American
Coaching career	1941–1948
Career history
Coaching
1941–1943, 1945–1948	Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons
1948	Fort Wayne Pistons
Career coaching record
BAA	0–6 (.000)
Record at Basketball Reference

Head coaching record

Legend

Regular season	G	Games coached	W	Games won	L	Games lost	W–L %	Win–loss %
Playoffs	PG	Playoff games	PW	Playoff wins	PL	Playoff losses	PW–L %	Playoff win–loss %

Team	Year	G	W	L	W–L%	Finish	PG	PW	PL	PW–L%	Result
Fort Wayne	1948–49	6	0	6	.000	(replaced)	—	—	—	—	—

Source^[3]