Michigan Jewish Sports Hall of Fame

David Ginsberg

Dave Ginsberg was born in Detroit, grew up in Flint and attended Grand Blanc High School, where he competed in basketball all four years. His junior season led to the 1963 Big 9 Championship. He went on to Central Michigan University, became a part of the basketball program as a student assistant, and was a member of three conference Championships (1965, 1966, and 1967). After graduating in 1968 from CMU, Ginsberg began a career in education that lasted until 2005 when he retired as the Principal of Flint Southwestern Academy in Flint, Michigan. Over six decades Ginsberg was involved with basketball and education at every level. He taught and coached at Leslie, Battle Creek Central, Grand Rapids Union, Swartz Creek, Flint Central, Traverse City St. Francis, Traverse City West, and Northport high schools, and had a 16-year stint as an assistant coach at Central Michigan University beginning in 1975. At CMU Dave assisted with four Mid-American Conference titles (1975, 1977, 1979, and 1987), and had the honor of attending the 1988 USA Olympic Trials in Colorado Springs as a representative of the CMU program and in support of one of CMU’s players, Dan Majerle, who went on to become the captain and leading scorer for the 1988 United States Olympic Team in Seoul, Korea.