Dan Dougherty was an American

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Dougherty was the head coach of the

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team for four seasons from 1971 to 1975. His tenure at Army was succeeded and preceded by Basketball Hall of Famers

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and

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. He was an assistant coach with Villanova prior to coaching the Black Knights. Dougherty was also a high school basketball coach for

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and

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. He retired from coaching in 2010. Dougherty died at the age of 87 in 2022.

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