Jerry Bush

Jerry Bush

Biographical details
Born	(1914-09-06)September 6, 1914 Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Died	October 27, 1976(1976-10-27) (aged 62) Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S.
Playing career
1935–1938	St. John's
1938–1941	Akron Firestone Non-Skids
1941–1942	Wilmington Bombers
1942–1948	Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons
Position(s)	Forward
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1947–1954	Toledo
1954–1963	Nebraska
Head coaching record
Overall	208–190 (.523)
Tournaments	NCAA: 0–1 (.000)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
4× NBL champion (as player) (1939, 1940, 1944, 1945) ABL champion (as player) (1942) MAC championship (1954)
Awards
All-NBL First Team (1939) 3× All-NBL Second Team (1943–1945)

Gerard L. Bush (September 6, 1914 – October 27, 1976) was a college men's basketball coach and player. He was the head coach of Toledo from 1947 to 1954 and Nebraska from 1954 to 1963. He coached his teams to a 208–190 record, winning a Mid-American Conference championship and one NCAA tournament appearance. He played his college basketball at St. John's. He was inducted into the Toledo athletics Hall of Fame in 1986.

He was the grandfather of current Nebraska Cornhuskers men's basketball head coach Fred Hoiberg, and also the cousin of National Basketball League player Jake Ahearn.

Head coaching record

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Toledo Rockets (Independent) (1947–1951)
1947–48	Toledo	21–5
1948–49	Toledo	13–12
1949–50	Toledo	22–6
1950–51	Toledo	22–7
Toledo Rockets (Mid-American Conference) (1951–1954)
1951–52	Toledo	20–11	8–4	3rd
1952–53	Toledo	16–7	9–3	T–2nd
1953–54	Toledo	13–10	10–2	1st	NCAA First Round
Toledo:		127–58 (.686)	27–9 (.750)
Nebraska Cornhuskers (Big Seven Conference) (1954–1957)
1954–55	Nebraska	9–12	6–6	4th
1955–56	Nebraska	7–16	3–9	6th
1956–57	Nebraska	11–12	5–7	T–4th
Nebraska Cornhuskers (Big Eight Conference) (1957–1963)
1957–58	Nebraska	10–13	5–7	T–4th
1958–59	Nebraska	12–13	5–9	T–5th
1959–60	Nebraska	7–17	4–10	T–7th
1960–61	Nebraska	10–14	5–9	6th
1961–62	Nebraska	9–16	5–9	T–5th
1962–63	Nebraska	6–19	1–13	8th
Nebraska:		81–132 (.380)	44–88 (.333)
Total:		208–190 (.523)
National champion         Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion