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Ray Amalbert, City Tech Director of Athletics and Recreation, Inducted into Hunter College Athletic Hall of Fame
City Tech Director of Athletics Ray Amalbert
New York City College of Technology Director of Athletics and Recreation Ray Amalbert was inducted into the Hunter College Athletic Hall of Fame at its 21st Annual Athletic Hall of Fame Banquet in October 2002. In seven seasons as head coach of the Hunter College men's basketball team from 1988 to 1995, he built the team into a bona fide powerhouse on the conference, regional and national levels, and ranks as its all-time leader in coaching victories with 138.
His Hunter teams posted six straight winning records with five trips to the NCAA Division III Championship Tournament and one appearance in the ECAC Championship Tournament. Four of those teams won 20 or more games, posting records of 20-8 in 1990, 24-5 in 1992, 25-4 in 1993 and 26-3 in 1994. The 1992 and 1994 teams advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament while the 1993 squad made it all the way to the "Sweet 16" round.
Amalbert's teams dominated the CUNY Athletic Conference by winning championships in 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994 and 1995. His career winning percentage with the Hawks was .697 (138-60), including a .779 (67-19) mark in conference games. He also earned Coach of the Year awards from the CUNYAC, Skyline Conference, ECAC and MBWA.
A graduate of Hunter, Lehman College and New York City College of Technology, Amalbert has been with City Tech since 1970 and director of intercollegiate athletics since 1995. Over the course of his career, he has coached more than 1,000 basketball games. His coaching status is recognized by an array of prestigious organizations, including the National Basketball Association (NBA), National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference (ECAC), City University of New York Athletic Conference (CUNYAC), National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA), Amateur Basketball Association of the United States (ABAUSA), the Federation International Basketball Association (FIBA) and the Superior Basketball League of Puerto Rico (SBLPR).
He has been a coach in the Puerto Rican Superior Basketball League for 24 seasons and won three consecutive championships with the Quebradillas Pirates from 1977 to 1979. During the summer of 1999, he served as first assistant coach to the national basketball team of Puerto Rico for the Pre-Olympics, held in San Juan in July of that year, and the Pan Am Games, held in Winnipeg that August.
