Bio

During the 1963-64 season, Landa led the MCCC men’s basketball team on their first trip to Nationals in Hutchinson, KS. Under Landa’s leadership, the 1972-73 team finally brought home the National Title, beating the host team, Hutchinson, in the Championship game and completing a record-breaking 34-3 season. The streak continued with another national title in the 1973-74 season. With their two National Championships, Mercer remains the only East Coast team to win the NJCAA title in men’s basketball.

Over his 25 plus years of coaching men’s basketball at MCCC, Landa recorded 495 wins, including ten regional championships and fifteen district titles.

In addition to coaching men’s basketball, Landa also coached baseball and men’s soccer, and served as the Athletic Director for a few years during the 60’s. Landa was named NJCAA Region XIX Coach of the Year ten times, and National Coach of the Year three times.

Landa has been inducted into the Philadelphia Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, the Lebanon Valley College Hall of Fame, the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame, and the NJCAA Hall of Fame.