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Vito J. Kubilus (June 29, 1914 – November 16, 1986)^[1] was an American professional basketball player and coach.^[2]

Kubilus played college basketball for Ohio College of Chiropody where he was named the captain for the 1935–36 season.^[3]

He played in the National Basketball League for the Cleveland Chase Brassmen during the 1943–44 season and averaged 2.0 points per game.^[2] Hired as a player-coach,^[4] he had served as the team's head coach for the first two-thirds of the season before Bill Brownell took over the responsibility.^[5] Kubilus stayed on the team as a player.^[5]

During the 1946–47 season, he was a player-coach for the Cleveland Rosenblums.^[6]

In 1959, Kubilus was appointed as the head coach at John Carroll University for one season.^[7] He led the school to its third straight title in the President's Athletic Conference. As he was hired on a part-time bases, due to his job as a wage and salary administrator for the Chase Brass and Copper Company, he ineligible to continue for another season as PAC rules dictated that part-time coaches could only be hired for a single season.^[8]

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