In 1931, Julien C. "Dutch" Reinhardt was hired by Southwestern Louisiana Institute (now the University of Louisiana at Lafayette) to handle an assortment of jobs. He was a University of Iowa graduate and a native of Centralia, Illinois. Reinhardt was associated with SLI and USL Athletics for more than a half-century. He was Head Basketball Coach for 27 years, compiling a career mark of 346-253. His numbers of all-time wins is the second highest among Louisiana coaches. Reinhardt, who retired as a coach in 1957, was a member of the Helms Foundation Hall of Fame, Sugar Bowl Basketball Classic Hall of Fame, USL Hall of Fame, and the Louisiana Association of Basketball Coaches Hall of Fame. He also served at USL as football coach, tennis coach, sports director, health and physical education instructor, director of barracks, and trainer. He retired after 58 years at USL. As a teenager, Reinhardt worked as a junior counselor at the Red Arrow Camp for boys on Trout Lake, near Boulder Junction, Wisconsin. He returned to camp each summer for more than 60 years. In September 1989, his battle with cancer ended. Reinhardt, 82, died at a hospital near Boulder Junction, Wisconsin. His wife of 51 years, Martha, and their two sons, Rollie and Jimmie, survived him.