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Harold Hunter Sr. was an American basketball player and coach, born on the 30th of April 1926 in Kansas City, Kansas. On the 26th of April 1950, he became the first African American to sign a professional contract with an NBA team when he joined the Washington Capitols, though he was cut during training camp and never played in an NBA game.
Hunter went on to a long coaching career, leading the Tennessee State Tigers basketball team for nine seasons from 1959 to 1968 and compiling a 172-67 record. He also became the first African American to coach the U.S. men's Olympic basketball team in 1968, leading them on a tour of the Soviet Union and Europe.
Hunter played as a guard for North Carolina College in Durham, North Carolina. He helped the team win the 1950 Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association Tournament championship and was named the most valuable player of the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association tournament that year.
Harold Hunter coached the U.S. men's Olympic basketball team in 1968, becoming the first African American to hold that position. He led the team on a tour of the Soviet Union and Europe, including a victory over the Soviet national team in a game held in Minsk.
Harold Hunter was interviewed for the 2008 ESPN documentary Black Magic, which focused on early pioneering basketball players from Historically Black Colleges and Universities in the United States.
Harold Hunter died on the 7th of March 2013, at 6:55 a.m., at his home in Hendersonville, Tennessee. He was 86 years old and was survived by his wife Jacqueline T. Hunter, his daughter Micki, and his son Harold Jr.