A Williams Life | Episode 1: Harry Sheehy - Part I: Becoming a Williams Sports Icon

A Williams Life was conceived as a means to capture, in podcast format, some of the lives led by members of the Williams Class of 1975. The goal is to explore those lives in depth-examining personal backgrounds, time at Williams, and what has transpired in the years since graduation.
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Harry Sheehy is the former head men's basketball coach and athletic director at Williams College. In this interview, he talks about his time in Williamstown as a child and young adult, often accompanied by his father (Williams '51). He discusses his time as a star college basketball player at Williams as well as a professional athlete, and his phenomenal success as Williams basketball coach (1983-2000) and athletic director (2000-10). Toward the end of the interview, Harry talks about his decade as athletic director at Dartmouth, a position he retired from in early 2021, and his marriage to Williams classmate Connie (Williams ’75), the love of his life for over 40 years.
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0:00 Childhood
9:10 Student at Williams
24:35 Athletes in Action, Part I
30:01 NBA itch
37:48 Athletes in Action, Part II
44:36 Coaching at Williams
1:16:59 Athletic Director at Williams
1:30:00 Dartmouth
1:39:14 Plans for the Future
This interview was recorded at Harry's house in Williamstown, MA in May 2021.
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