Frank Zummach  Francis E. "Frank" Zummach (January 28, 1911 – April 30, 2012) was an American basketball player and coach. He served as the head coach of the Sheboygan Red Skins, a team that played in the National Basketball League (NBL) and later the National Basketball Association (NBA), from 1939 to 1942. In 1940–41, the Red Skins made it to the NBL Finals before losing the series 3 games to 0 to the Oshkosh All-Stars. Zummach lived to become a centenarian and died when he was 101 years old. Zummach was born and raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and was a standout multi-sport athlete at Marquette University High School. He enrolled at Marquette University in 1929 but did not play basketball, his strongest sport, as a freshman. In fact, he had never planned to play in college, but when he became eligible to compete in 1930–31 as a sophomore, the team needed bodies and Zummach was given the opportunity to play. New head coach Bill Chandler did not play him in the first four games of the season, but Zummach played the final three quarters in a game against the University of Wisconsin—Marquette's rival—and helped the team to a 16–14 upset win. From then on he became part of the regular rotation, and prior to his junior season in 1931–32 he was given an athletic scholarship to remain on the team. After his junior season in which Marquette finished 11–8, the team had a breakthrough year in Zummach's senior season. He anchored a defense that propelled the Golden Eagles to a 14–3 record, including wins over Notre Dame, Michigan State, Detroit, and Indiana. Although Zummach did not score much, his intangible skills greatly contributed to the team's success. Marquette's men's basketball team registered eight straight losing seasons prior to Zummach and head coach Chandler's arrival, and in their first three seasons together led the Golden Eagles to consecutive winning seasons. Frank Zummach enrolled at the Marquette University Law School in 1933 after finishing his undergraduate studies the year before. Coach Chandler insisted that Zummach become an assistant coach, and thus in 1933–34 he became Marquette's first-ever paid assistant men's basketball coach. He stayed as an assistant through the 1938–39 season. Other than the 1939–40 season, Zummach played for or coached Marquette basketball throughout the entire 1930s, one which saw the program have a 63% overall win percentage.