University of Massachusets Athletics
Hall of Fame
- Induction:
- 2002
- Class:
- 1961
Doug Grutchfield was a three-year letterman for coaches Robert T. Curran and Matthew Zunic, and set 13 school records during his career from 1959-61. He tallied a then-school record 1,257 points in just 74 games for the Maroon and White, a figure that still ranks among the best marks in school history.
Grutchfield earned second team all-Yankee Conference honors as a sophomore in 1958-59, then earned unanimous first team recognition in his final two seasons while also being named first team all-ECAC. He still ranks among UMass' all-time leaders in scoring, scoring average (17.0 ppg), field goals attempted (1,207) and rebound average (10.6 rpg).
Grutchfield's 782 rebounds stood asย a school record at the time of his graduation, and sits just outside the all-time UMass top 10 today.
A 1961 UMass graduate and a native of North Quincy, Mass., Grutchfield was one of the Commonwealth's most successful high school basketball coaches ever, and recently retired as the Athletic Director at Fitchburg (Mass.) High School. He began his high school coaching career at Amherst Regional High School, where he won the first of his 21 career conference championships in 1963-64. All-told, Grutchfield's teams won 588 games at Amherst and Fitchburg, 21 league titles and seven district championships.
As an administrator, Grutchfield was named the 1994 National High School Athletic Director of the Year.
He was inducted into the UMass Athletics Hall of Fame in 2002.
