Joe Belmont

Joseph Elliott Belmont (July 12, 1934 – January 6, 2019) was an American basketball player and coach.

[1] He played college basketball at Duke University, and was selected in the 1956 NBA Draft by the Philadelphia Warriors.

He had a long playing career with the Denver-Chicago Truckers of the National Industrial Basketball League.

In 1970, he was hired as the head coach of the American Basketball Association's Denver Rockets, a position he held for as season and a half.

He shared ABA Coach of the Year honors in 1970 with Bill Sharman of the Utah Stars.