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A native of Elmhurst, New York, Konchalski played at Archbishop Molloy High School before embarking on a university career at Acadia in 1962. He guided the Axemen to its first ever national title in the CIAU in 1965. Known mostly as a coach, Kochalski as a player set a single game high 41 points and 17 field goals, while being presented with the Jack Donohue Trophy as the tournament Most Valuable Player. His career 1,479 points were more than any player had scored in the history of the program when he left. Konchalski graduated from Acadia in 1966 with a Bachelor of Arts and subsequently enrolled at Dalhousie Law School.He worked as assistant coach at Loyola College in Montreal for four years and in 1975 accepted the position as head coach of the St. Francis Xavier University men's basketball team.[8] He coached the X-Men to national titles in 1993, 2000 and 2001, while receiving CIS Coach of the Year honours in 2001. He was named Atlantic University Sport (AUS) Coach of the Year in 1983, 1991, 2000, 2001, 2003 and 2006.Konchalski was inducted into the Canadian Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach in 1993, the Acadia Sports Hall of Fame as an athlete in 1994. In 1999, he was the recipient of the Frank Baldwin Award for dedication to basketball in Nova Scotia.Courtesy of Wikipedia