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{{Short description|American basketball player and coach}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name            = Richie Regan
| image           = Richie Regan 1953.jpg
| width           = 
| caption         = Regan, circa 1953
| height_ft       = 6
| height_in       = 2
| weight_lb       = 180
| birth_date      = {{birth date|1930|11|30}}
| birth_place     = [[Newark, New Jersey]], U.S.
| death_date      = {{death date and age|2002|12|24|1930|11|30}}
| death_place     = [[Neptune Township, New Jersey|Neptune, New Jersey]], U.S.
| nationality     = American
| high_school     = [[West Side High School (New Jersey)|West Side]] (Newark, New Jersey)
| college         = [[Seton Hall Pirates men's basketball|Seton Hall]] (1950–1953)
| draft_year      = 1953
| draft_round     = 1
| draft_pick      = 4
| draft_team      = [[Rochester Royals]]
| career_start    = 1955
| career_end      = 1959
| career_number   = 14
| career_position = [[Point guard]] / [[shooting guard]]
| years1          = {{nbay|1955|start}}–{{nbay|1957|end}}
| team1           = [[Rochester Royals|Rochester / Cincinnati Royals]]
| years2          = 1958–1959
| team2           = [[Baltimore Bullets (EPBL)|Baltimore Bullets]]
| highlights      = 
* [[NBA All-Star]] ({{nasg|1957}})
* No. 12 [[Seton Hall Pirates men's basketball#Honored and retired jerseys|retired by Seton Hall Pirates]]
|stats_league=NBA
| stat1label      = [[Point (basketball)|Points]]
| stat1value      = 1,785 (8.3 ppg)
| stat2label      = [[Rebound (basketball)|Rebounds]]
| stat2value      = 554 (2.6 rpg)
| stat3label      = [[Assist (basketball)|Assists]]
| stat3value      = 629 (2.9 apg)
| bbr             = reganri01
}}

'''Richard Joseph Regan''' (November 30, 1930 – December 24, 2002) was an American [[basketball]] player and coach who played in the NBA for the [[Rochester Royals|Rochester / Cincinnati Royals]]

Raised in [[Newark, New Jersey]], Regan played prep basketball at [[West Side High School (New Jersey)|West Side High School]].<ref name=NYTobit>[[Richard Goldstein (writer born 1942)|Goldstein, Richard]]. [https://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/26/sports/richie-regan-72-star-player-and-then-coach-at-seton-hall.html "Richie Regan, 72, Star Player And Then Coach at Seton Hall"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', December 26, 2002. Accessed November 15, 2018. "Richie Regan, a star guard on Seton Hall's 1953 National Invitation Tournament champions and later the university's basketball coach, athletic director and fund-raising director for athletics, died Tuesday at a hospital in Neptune, N.J. Regan, who lived in Sea Girt, N.J., was 72.... A native of Newark who gained all-New Jersey honors playing basketball at West Side High School, Regan helped Seton Hall reach the N.I.T. in all three of his seasons there."</ref>

The {{convert|6|ft|2|in|adj=on}} Regan played collegiately at [[Seton Hall University]] during the early 1950s.  His team made three consecutive appearances in the [[National Invitation Tournament]], winning in 1953.  After graduation, he was selected by the [[Rochester Royals]] with the fifth pick of the [[1953 NBA draft]]. After two years serving in the [[United States Marine Corps]], Regan played three seasons with the Royals and averaged 8.3 [[points per game]]. He appeared in the [[1957 NBA All-Star Game]].

Regan later served as a basketball coach and [[athletic director]] at Seton Hall.<ref name=NYTobit/>

A resident of [[Sea Girt, New Jersey]], Regan died of [[heart failure]] at the age of 72.<ref name=NYTobit/>

== NBA career statistics ==
{{NBA player statistics legend}}

=== Regular season ===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right;"
!Year
!Team
!GP
!MPG
!FG%
!FT%
!RPG
!APG
!PPG
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |[[1955–56 NBA season|1955–56]]
| style="text-align:left;" |[[1955–56 Rochester Royals season|Rochester]] 
|'''72'''
|24.3
|.352
|.639
|2.4
|'''3.1'''
|7.8
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |[[1956–57 NBA season|1956–57]]
| style="text-align:left;" |[[1956–57 Rochester Royals season|Rochester]]
|71
|'''29.6'''
|.329
|'''.774'''
|'''2.9'''
|'''3.1'''
|'''9.8'''
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |[[1957–58 NBA season|1957–58]]
| style="text-align:left;" |[[1957–58 Cincinnati Royals season|Cincinnati]]
|'''72'''
|22.9
|'''.355'''
|.698
|2.4
|2.6
|7.3
|- class="sortbottom"
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |Career
|215
|25.6
|.344
|.717
|2.6
|2.9
|8.3
|}

=== Playoffs ===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right;"
!Year
!Team
!GP
!MPG
!FG%
!FT%
!RPG
!APG
!PPG
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |[[1958 NBA Playoffs|1958]]
| style="text-align:left;" |[[1957–58 Cincinnati Royals season|Cincinnati]]
|2
|31.5
|.462
|.000
|4.5
|1.5
|12.0
|- class="sortbottom"
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |Career
|2
|31.5
|.462
|.000
|4.5
|1.5
|12.0
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/r/reganri01.html NBA statistics]
* [https://archive.today/20130102150412/http://nabc.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/122702aaa.html Obituary]

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