1939-40 Men's College Basketball Coaches

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1939-40 Coaches

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1939-40 Coaches Table
			1939-40 Season						Career at Current School								Career Overall
Coach	School	Conference	W	L	W-L%	AP Pre	AP Post	NCAA Tournament	Since	W	L	W-L%	NCAA	S16	FF	Chmp	W	L	W-L%	NCAA	S16	FF	Chmp
Eck Allen	Brown	Ind	13	6	.684				1938-39	29	10	.744	1				29	10	.744	1
Phog Allen	Kansas	Big 6	19	6	.760			Lost National Final	1907-08	344	102	.771	1		1		473	142	.769	1		1
Harold Anderson	Toledo	Ind	24	6	.800				1934-35	98	33	.748					98	33	.748
Lew Andreas	Syracuse	Ind	10	8	.556				1924-25	225	63	.781					225	63	.781
Lawrence Apitz	Louisville	Ind	1	18	.053				1936-37	10	52	.161					10	52	.161
Whitey Baccus	SMU	SWC	7	13	.350				1938-39	21	21	.500					21	21	.500
Clark Ballard	Cincinnati	Ind	8	9	.471				1939-40	8	9	.471					8	9	.471
Sam Barry	USC	PCC	20	3	.870			Lost Regional Final	1929-30	177	79	.691	1		1		239	133	.642	1		1
George Barsi	Santa Clara	Ind	17	3	.850				1935-36	69	26	.726					69	26	.726
Clair Bee	LIU	Ind	19	4	.826				1931-32	191	30	.864					244	38	.865
Paul Bixler	Colgate	Ind	12	6	.667				1939-40	12	6	.667					12	6	.667
Buster Brannon	Rice	SWC	25	4	.862			Lost Regional Semifinal	1938-39	35	15	.700	1				35	15	.700	1
Lloyd Brazil	Detroit Mercy	Ind	14	9	.609				1930-31	109	68	.616					109	68	.616
Brick Breeden	Montana State	Ind	10	16	.385				1935-36	78	50	.609					78	50	.609
William Browne	Nebraska	Big 6	6	12	.333				1932-33	64	87	.424					64	87	.424
Mike Brumbelow	TCU	SWC	7	16	.304				1937-38	17	48	.262					17	48	.262
Jim Buford	Vanderbilt	SEC	10	12	.455				1936-37	39	41	.487					39	41	.487
Henry Bunoski	Siena	Ind	12	7	.632				1939-40	12	7	.632					12	7	.632
Paul Calvert	Lehigh	Ind	5	10	.333				1937-38	22	23	.489					22	23	.489
Eddie Cameron	Duke	Southern	19	7	.731				1928-29	190	89	.681					198	94	.678
			1939-40 Season						Career at Current School								Career Overall
Coach	School	Conference	W	L	W-L%	AP Pre	AP Post	NCAA Tournament	Since	W	L	W-L%	NCAA	S16	FF	Chmp	W	L	W-L%	NCAA	S16	FF	Chmp
Wally Cameron	San Francisco	Ind	9	8	.529				1932-33	72	72	.500					72	72	.500
Howard Cann	NYU	Ind	18	1	.947				1923-24	192	87	.688					192	87	.688
Cappy Cappon	Princeton	Ivy	14	8	.636				1938-39	24	17	.585					102	74	.580
Doc Carlson	Pitt	Ind	8	9	.471				1922-23	251	122	.673					251	122	.673
James Carter	Dayton	Ind	4	17	.190				1939-40	4	17	.190					4	17	.190
Bill Chandler	Marquette	Ind	7	9	.438				1930-31	110	68	.618					150	153	.495
Jake Christiansen	Valparaiso	Ind	6	14	.300				1929-30	98	96	.505					98	96	.505
Neil Cohalan	Manhattan	Ind	14	9	.609				1929-30	144	66	.686					144	66	.686
Mel Collard	Boston University	Ind	6	7	.462				1935-36	35	39	.473					35	39	.473
Rody Cooney	St. Francis (NY)	Ind	13	5	.722				1932-33	107	68	.611					107	68	.611
Ozzie Cowles	Dartmouth	Ivy	15	6	.714				1936-37	67	24	.736					134	50	.728
Frosty Cox	Colorado	MSAC	17	4	.810			Lost Regional Semifinal	1935-36	62	27	.697	1				62	27	.697	1
Hank Crisp	Alabama	SEC	18	5	.783				1923-24	221	114	.660					221	114	.660
Clem Crowe	Xavier	Ind	6	17	.261				1933-34	67	52	.563					67	52	.563
Harold Cunningham	Washington & Lee	Southern	13	5	.722				1939-40	13	5	.722					13	5	.722
Glenn Curtis	Indiana State	Ind	15	3	.833				1938-39	25	12	.676					25	12	.676
Jiggs Dahlberg	Montana	Ind	17	8	.680				1937-38	44	40	.524					44	40	.524
Chick Davies	Duquesne	Ind	20	3	.870			Lost Regional Final	1924-25	233	82	.740	1		1		233	82	.740	1		1
Joe Davis	Clemson	Southern	9	12	.429				1931-32	102	85	.545					102	85	.545
John Davis	Colorado State	MSAC	6	12	.333				1937-38	15	35	.300					86	88	.494
			1939-40 Season						Career at Current School								Career Overall
Coach	School	Conference	W	L	W-L%	AP Pre	AP Post	NCAA Tournament	Since	W	L	W-L%	NCAA	S16	FF	Chmp	W	L	W-L%	NCAA	S16	FF	Chmp
Everett Dean	Stanford	PCC	14	9	.609				1938-39	30	18	.625					238	115	.674
E.A. Diddle	Western Kentucky	Ind	24	6	.800			Lost Regional Semifinal	1922-23	290	103	.738	1				290	103	.738	1
Bruce Drake	Oklahoma	Big 6	12	7	.632				1938-39	24	16	.600	1		1		24	16	.600	1		1
Jim Dunn	Northeastern	Yankee	4	13	.235				1937-38	17	36	.321					17	36	.321
Joel Eaves	Sewanee	SEC	2	13	.133				1938-39	3	29	.094					3	29	.094
Hec Edmundson	Washington	PCC	10	15	.400				1920-21	356	122	.745					376	131	.742
George Edwards	Missouri	Big 6	13	6	.684				1926-27	138	110	.556					138	110	.556
Fred Enke	Arizona	BIAA	15	10	.600				1925-26	211	101	.676					225	121	.650
Dee Errikson	Washburn	MVC	8	8	.500				1936-37	25	56	.309					25	56	.309
Bill Ferguson	St. Joseph's	Ind	10	5	.667				1928-29	130	88	.596					130	88	.596
Wes Fesler	Harvard	Ivy	5	14	.263				1933-34	50	87	.365					50	87	.365
Bud Foster	Wisconsin	Big Ten	5	15	.250				1934-35	59	61	.492					59	61	.492
Jack Friel	Washington State	PCC	23	10	.697				1928-29	217	116	.652					217	116	.652
Taps Gallagher	Niagara	Ind	12	7	.632				1931-32	116	70	.624					116	70	.624
Jack Gardner	Kansas State	Big 6	6	12	.333				1939-40	6	12	.333					6	12	.333
Slats Gill	Oregon State	PCC	27	11	.711				1928-29	195	129	.602					195	129	.602
Al Gorton	Panzer College	Ind	22	0	1.000				1938-39	42	1	.977					42	1	.977
Jack Gray	Texas	SWC	18	5	.783				1936-37	61	32	.656	1				61	32	.656	1
Murray Greason	Wake Forest	Southern	13	9	.591				1933-34	73	64	.533	1				73	64	.533	1
Blair Gullion	Cornell	Ivy	10	13	.435				1938-39	22	25	.468					69	44	.611
			1939-40 Season						Career at Current School								Career Overall
Coach	School	Conference	W	L	W-L%	AP Pre	AP Post	NCAA Tournament	Since	W	L	W-L%	NCAA	S16	FF	Chmp	W	L	W-L%	NCAA	S16	FF	Chmp
Thomas Haggerty	DePaul	Ind	22	6	.786				1936-37	64	29	.688					64	29	.688
Hudson Hellmich	Washington (MO)	MVC	7	13	.350				1935-36	34	65	.343					34	65	.343
Cam Henderson	Marshall	Ind	26	3	.897				1935-36	105	30	.778					105	30	.778
Bill Hennigh	Wichita State	Ind	10	8	.556				1935-36	50	57	.467					50	57	.467
Eddie Hickey	Creighton	MVC	11	9	.550				1935-36	57	50	.533					57	50	.533
Edward Hickox	Springfield	Ind	16	3	.842			Lost Regional Semifinal	1926-27	186	68	.732	1				189	73	.721	1
Frank Hill	Rutgers	Ind	5	14	.263				1915-16	200	131	.604					392	206	.656
Jerry Hines	New Mexico State	BIAA	16	7	.696				1929-30	149	92	.618					149	92	.618
Tony Hinkle	Butler	Ind	17	6	.739				1926-27	193	96	.668					193	96	.668
Dick Hitt	Mississippi State	SEC	9	6	.600				1939-40	9	6	.600					9	6	.600
Howard Hobson	Oregon	PCC	19	12	.613				1935-36	113	45	.715	1		1	1	113	45	.715	1		1	1
Nat Holman	CCNY	Ind	8	8	.500				1919-20	236	73	.764					236	73	.764
Clyde Hubbard	Denver	MSAC	6	15	.286				1932-33	66	83	.443					66	83	.443
Berl Huffman	Texas Tech	Ind	21	7	.750				1935-36	75	39	.658					75	39	.658
Hank Iba	Oklahoma State	MVC	26	3	.897				1934-35	115	34	.772					213	50	.810
Charles Jaskwhich	Ole Miss	SEC	9	10	.474				1939-40	9	10	.474					9	10	.474
Wilbur Johns	UCLA	PCC	8	17	.320				1939-40	8	17	.320					8	17	.320
Roy Johnson	New Mexico	BIAA	3	22	.120				1919-20	156	139	.529					156	139	.529
Ralph Jordan	Auburn	SEC	7	10	.412				1933-34	64	54	.542					64	54	.542
Lon Jourdet	Penn	Ivy	5	13	.278				1914-15	198	115	.633					198	115	.633
			1939-40 Season						Career at Current School								Career Overall
Coach	School	Conference	W	L	W-L%	AP Pre	AP Post	NCAA Tournament	Since	W	L	W-L%	NCAA	S16	FF	Chmp	W	L	W-L%	NCAA	S16	FF	Chmp
Doggie Julian	Muhlenberg	Ind	11	9	.550				1936-37	42	37	.532					42	37	.532
Frank Keaney	Rhode Island	Yankee	19	3	.864				1920-21	257	90	.741					257	90	.741
Edward Kelleher	Fordham	Ind	11	8	.579				1923-24	178	71	.715					188	82	.696
William Kenyon	Maine	Yankee	3	9	.250				1937-38	15	22	.405					15	22	.405
George Keogan	Notre Dame	Ind	15	6	.714				1923-24	282	85	.768					326	104	.758
Edwin Kimball	BYU	MSAC	17	8	.680				1935-36	45	29	.608					45	29	.608
Moose Krause	Holy Cross	Ind	2	3	.400				1939-40	2	3	.400					2	3	.400
Piggy Lambert	Purdue	Big Ten	16	4	.800				1916-17	308	99	.757					308	99	.757
Elmer Lampe	Georgia	SEC	20	6	.769				1938-39	31	12	.721					31	12	.721
Paul Landis	Bowling Green State	Ind	16	5	.762				1925-26	138	110	.556					138	110	.556
Bill Lange	UNC	Southern	23	3	.885				1939-40	23	3	.885					23	3	.885
Joe Lapchick	St. John's (NY)	Ind	15	5	.750				1936-37	60	20	.750					60	20	.750
Rudy Lavik	Arizona State	BIAA	8	13	.381				1933-34	25	35	.417					69	56	.552
John Lawther	Penn State	Ind	15	8	.652				1936-37	51	30	.630					203	61	.769
Valentine Lentz	Army	Ind	11	4	.733				1939-40	11	4	.733					11	4	.733
Kenneth Loeffler	Yale	Ivy	13	6	.684				1935-36	44	58	.431					44	58	.431
Dutch Lonborg	Northwestern	Big Ten	13	7	.650				1927-28	151	91	.624					203	104	.661
R.C. Madison	Lafayette	Ind	11	8	.579				1938-39	17	19	.472					17	19	.472
John Mauer	Tennessee	SEC	14	7	.667				1938-39	28	14	.667					114	108	.514
Sam McAllister	Florida	SEC	13	9	.591				1937-38	33	24	.579					57	42	.576
			1939-40 Season						Career at Current School								Career Overall
Coach	School	Conference	W	L	W-L%	AP Pre	AP Post	NCAA Tournament	Since	W	L	W-L%	NCAA	S16	FF	Chmp	W	L	W-L%	NCAA	S16	FF	Chmp
Branch McCracken	Indiana	Big Ten	20	3	.870			Won National Final	1938-39	37	6	.860	1		1	1	37	6	.860	1		1	1
Aaron McCreary	Northern Arizona	BIAA	8	12	.400				1931-32	92	95	.492					140	149	.484
Mac McEver	Virginia Tech	Southern	4	15	.211				1937-38	13	37	.260					13	37	.260
Dave McMillan	Minnesota	Big Ten	12	8	.600				1927-28	132	117	.530					132	117	.530
Hub McQuillan	Texas A&M	SWC	11	11	.500				1935-36	49	57	.462					49	57	.462
Louis Menze	Iowa State	Big 6	9	9	.500				1928-29	93	103	.474					93	103	.474
Ernest Messikomer	Temple	Ind	13	10	.565				1939-40	13	10	.565					13	10	.565
Douglas Mills	Illinois	Big Ten	14	6	.700				1936-37	51	24	.680					51	24	.680
Paul Mooney	Columbia	Ivy	5	12	.294				1933-34	77	54	.588					77	54	.588
Roy Mundorff	Georgia Tech	SEC	7	8	.467				1926-27	146	110	.570					146	110	.570
Arthur Musicat	Brooklyn	Ind	9	9	.500				1936-37	36	33	.522					36	33	.522
Malcolm Musser	Bucknell	Ind	13	7	.650				1917-18	91	83	.523					91	83	.523
Nelson Norgren	Chicago	Big Ten	5	15	.250				1921-22	113	239	.321					113	239	.321
Rock Norman	The Citadel	Southern	4	4	.500				1935-36	45	31	.592					117	91	.562
Harold Olsen	Ohio State	Big Ten	13	7	.650				1922-23	186	142	.567	1		1		219	161	.576	1		1
Bennie Oosterbaan	Michigan	Big Ten	13	7	.650				1938-39	24	16	.600					24	16	.600
Jack Otten	Saint Mary's	Ind	7	12	.368				1939-40	7	12	.368					7	12	.368
Ben Parker	The Citadel	Southern	4	5	.444				1939-40	4	5	.444					4	5	.444
Marshall Pennington	UTEP	BIAA	15	11	.577				1936-37	27	57	.321					27	57	.321
Vadal Peterson	Utah	MSAC	19	4	.826				1927-28	175	112	.610					175	112	.610
			1939-40 Season						Career at Current School								Career Overall
Coach	School	Conference	W	L	W-L%	AP Pre	AP Post	NCAA Tournament	Since	W	L	W-L%	NCAA	S16	FF	Chmp	W	L	W-L%	NCAA	S16	FF	Chmp
Ted Petoskey	South Carolina	Southern	5	13	.278				1935-36	37	67	.356					37	67	.356
Malcolm Pitt	Richmond	Southern	11	6	.647				1933-34	93	39	.705					93	39	.705
Nibs Price	California	PCC	15	17	.469				1924-25	240	129	.650					240	129	.650
Harry Rabenhorst	LSU	SEC	10	8	.556				1925-26	164	118	.582					164	118	.582
Dyke Raese	West Virginia	Ind	13	6	.684				1938-39	23	15	.605					23	15	.605
Herbert W. Buck Read	Western Michigan	Ind	10	9	.526				1921-22	242	105	.697					242	105	.697
Carroll Reilly	St. Bonaventure	Ind	11	6	.647				1928-29	100	54	.649					100	54	.649
William Reinhart	George Washington	Ind	13	6	.684				1935-36	71	25	.740					251	126	.666
Lefty Reitz	Loyola (MD)	Ind	14	8	.636				1937-38	33	28	.541					33	28	.541
Elmer Ripley	Georgetown	Ind	8	10	.444				1927-28	45	25	.643					127	75	.629
Alfred Robertson	Bradley	Ind	14	6	.700				1920-21	213	145	.595					213	145	.595
Dick Romney	Utah State	MSAC	11	7	.611				1919-20	219	142	.607	1				219	142	.607	1
Glen Rose	Arkansas	SWC	12	10	.545				1933-34	115	40	.742					115	40	.742
Adolph Rupp	Kentucky	SEC	15	6	.714				1930-31	162	37	.814					162	37	.814
Honey Russell	Seton Hall	Ind	19	0	1.000				1936-37	49	25	.662					49	25	.662
Tex Ryon	Tulsa	MVC	12	15	.444				1939-40	12	15	.444					12	15	.444
Leonard Sachs	Loyola (IL)	Ind	5	14	.263				1923-24	194	115	.628					194	115	.628
Allie Seelbach	Canisius	Ind	8	9	.471				1933-34	56	53	.514					56	53	.514
Ray Sermon	NC State	Southern	8	11	.421				1930-31	111	74	.600					111	74	.600
Alex Severence	Villanova	Ind	17	2	.895				1936-37	77	20	.794	1		1		77	20	.794	1		1
			1939-40 Season						Career at Current School								Career Overall
Coach	School	Conference	W	L	W-L%	AP Pre	AP Post	NCAA Tournament	Since	W	L	W-L%	NCAA	S16	FF	Chmp	W	L	W-L%	NCAA	S16	FF	Chmp
Everett Shelton	Wyoming	MSAC	6	10	.375				1939-40	6	10	.375					6	10	.375
Norman Shepard	Davidson	Southern	8	13	.381				1937-38	37	35	.514					63	35	.643
Burton Shipley	Maryland	Southern	14	9	.609				1923-24	208	124	.627					229	128	.641
Claude Simons Jr	Tulane	SEC	2	13	.133				1920-21	104	99	.512					104	99	.512
Robert Smith	Furman	Southern	11	11	.500				1935-36	43	51	.457					43	51	.457
Donald Starn	Kent State	Ind	13	10	.565				1933-34	73	63	.537					73	63	.537
Jack Sterett	Saint Louis	MVC	4	14	.222				1938-39	9	30	.231					9	30	.231
Dwight Steussey	William & Mary	Southern	12	11	.522				1939-40	12	11	.522					12	11	.522
Henry Swasey	New Hampshire	Yankee	5	10	.333				1937-38	16	16	.500					16	16	.500
Leonard Tanseer	La Salle	Ind	12	8	.600				1933-34	79	51	.608					79	51	.608
Gus Tebell	Virginia	Ind	16	5	.762				1930-31	113	86	.568					192	121	.613
William Trautwein	Ohio	Ind	19	6	.760				1938-39	31	14	.689					31	14	.689
Forrest Twogood	Idaho	PCC	11	15	.423				1936-37	36	57	.387					36	57	.387
Rip Van Winkle	Miami (OH)	Ind	12	6	.667				1939-40	12	6	.667					30	22	.577
Benjamin VanAlstyne	Michigan State	Ind	14	6	.700				1926-27	150	89	.628					150	89	.628
James Walker	VMI	Southern	3	12	.200				1938-39	10	22	.312					10	22	.312
Donald White	UConn	Yankee	9	7	.562				1936-37	45	25	.643					147	137	.518
Bill Williams	Drake	MVC	13	12	.520				1932-33	94	82	.534					94	82	.534
Rollie Williams	Iowa	Big Ten	9	12	.429				1929-30	100	108	.481					100	108	.481
John Wilson	Navy	Ind	3	11	.214				1926-27	149	66	.693					149	66	.693
			1939-40 Season						Career at Current School								Career Overall
Coach	School	Conference	W	L	W-L%	AP Pre	AP Post	NCAA Tournament	Since	W	L	W-L%	NCAA	S16	FF	Chmp	W	L	W-L%	NCAA	S16	FF	Chmp
Ralph Wolf	Baylor	SWC	12	9	.571				1926-27	138	117	.541					138	117	.541

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