Jarrett Durham capped an outstanding basketball
career at Aliquippa High by being named to the Section 3 All Star
team as a senior in 1967. Unfortunately, the strong Aliquippa cagers
were in the same section as Ambridge High School’s best basketball squad,
which breezed to the state championship that season. Some sports
writers thought the Quips were the second best team in the state in
1967. At Duquesne University his freshman year, Jarrett scored 296
points for an average of 21.1 per game as the frosh squad went
unbeaten. As a sophomore, he won the MVP
award in the Steel Bowl tournament, scoring 15 points in a 57-42 win
over Pitt to clinch the title for the Dukes. Later that season, he
scored 30 points in a win over Providence and was named Player of
the Year in 1969 by the Pittsburgh Area Basketball Writers. Jarrett,
6'-4" and 180 pounds, was not big by modern basketball standards,
but he led the Dukes in his junior year with an 18.9 points per game
average as they earned an NIT bid. As a senior, Jarrett was named All
East and honorable mention All American as he became the Dukes’
fourth all time leading scorer with 1339 points. The 1970 Dukes had a 20-3
record and were ranked No 11. In the NCAA tournament, Jarrett scored
25 points in a win over Xavier and 18 points when the Dukes whipped
Niagara 99-69. After college, he played a short stint with the
New York Nets of the American Basketball Association before
returning to Duquesne for his master’s degree. He served as Duquesne
assistant coach before becoming head cage coach at the Community
College of Beaver County in 1976. His two teams there had records of
13-9 and 17-10. Jarrett then served as assistant coach at Robert
Morris College.
Jarrett Durham capped an outstanding basketball
career at Aliquippa High by being named to the Section 3 All Star
team as a senior in 1967. Unfortunately, the strong Aliquippa cagers
were in the same section as Ambridge High School’s best basketball squad,
which breezed to the state championship that season. Some sports
writers thought the Quips were the second best team in the state in
1967. At Duquesne University his freshman year, Jarrett scored 296
points for an average of 21.1 per game as the frosh squad went
unbeaten. As a sophomore, he won the MVP
award in the Steel Bowl tournament, scoring 15 points in a 57-42 win
over Pitt to clinch the title for the Dukes. Later that season, he
scored 30 points in a win over Providence and was named Player of
the Year in 1969 by the Pittsburgh Area Basketball Writers. Jarrett,
6'-4" and 180 pounds, was not big by modern basketball standards,
but he led the Dukes in his junior year with an 18.9 points per game
average as they earned an NIT bid. As a senior, Jarrett was named All
East and honorable mention All American as he became the Dukes’
fourth all time leading scorer with 1339 points. The 1970 Dukes had a 20-3
record and were ranked No 11. In the NCAA tournament, Jarrett scored
25 points in a win over Xavier and 18 points when the Dukes whipped
Niagara 99-69. After college, he played a short stint with the
New York Nets of the American Basketball Association before
returning to Duquesne for his master’s degree. He served as Duquesne
assistant coach before becoming head cage coach at the Community
College of Beaver County in 1976. His two teams there had records of
13-9 and 17-10. Jarrett then served as assistant coach at Robert
Morris College.