William H. Detrick Gymnasium

The facility is named after Bill Detrick, who was head coach at CCSU for 29 years, compiling a school-record 468 wins.[1] In 2020–21, William H. Detrick Gymnasium celebrated its 55th season of Central Connecticut men's basketball.Under head coach Bill Detrick, for whom the gymnasium is named, the Blue Devils christened their new home court with a 109–57 win over Coast Guard on December 4, 1965.Central's Bob Plosky scored the first points in the gym's history with a basket at the 19:30 mark of the first half.Built with a total capacity of 4,500, it was the second-largest on-campus basketball gym in New England when it opened in 1965.
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