Hoddy Mahon, Date of Birth, Date of Death
TweetHoddy Mahon
American basketball player-coach
Date of Birth: 17-Jan-1932
Date of Death: 25-Nov-2011
Profession: basketball coach
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn 
About Hoddy Mahon
- Horace J.
- "Hoddy" Mahon (January 17, 1932 – November 25, 2011) was the head coach of the Seton Hall Pirates men's basketball team during the 1981-82 season.
- He succeeded Bill Raftery and preceded P.
- J.
- Carlesimo.
- He was a longtime assistant coach for the Pirates and was hired to replace Raftery, who left to pursue his communications career.
- He was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania Preceding his tenure at Seton Hall, he was a very successful New Jersey high school coach at Orange High School and at Essex Catholic High School.
- He brought both schools to the state finals.
- He won the Essex county and state championships while at Orange.
- Mahon's college coaching career began at Fordham University as an assistant to Hal Whistle, where he helped recruit players Ken Charles and Charlie Yelverton for the Rams.
- After Fordham, he joined Raftery at Seton Hall as an assistant for 12 years.
- While head coach, he knocked off the University of Houston and Phi Slama Jama in a huge upset and started the season with a 9–1 record.
- Then, two starters and one bench player who played large minutes were declared academically ineligible for the Pirates' second half of the season.
- Despite this, Mahon finished with a respectable season.
- However, even after doing this, Mahon was not hired by the university at the end of the season.
- In the end, Seton Hall decided to hire the younger, more energetic P.
- J.
- Carlesimo instead of the older, more conservative Mahon.
- This effectively ended Mahon's tenure at Seton Hall and he later took the reins at both William Paterson University and Upsala University, both of which are New Jersey schools.
- At both institutions he recorded winning records.
- His grandson JP Mahon of Red Bank Catholic High School led the Shore Conference in assists during the 2012 - 2013 basketball season. He died at his Allenhurst, New Jersey home in 2011.
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