1938-39 Men's College Basketball Coaches

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1938-39 Coaches

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1938-39 Coaches Table
			1938-39 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
(unknown) (unknown)	Grinnell	MVC	14	7	.667				1900-01	292	277	.513					2060	1205	.631
Eck Allen	Brown	Ind	16	4	.800			Lost Regional Semifinal	1938-39	16	4	.800	1				16	4	.800	1
Phog Allen	Kansas	Big 6	13	7	.650				1907-08	325	96	.772					454	136	.769
Harold Anderson	Toledo	Ind	17	10	.630				1934-35	74	27	.733					74	27	.733
Lew Andreas	Syracuse	Ind	15	4	.789				1924-25	215	55	.796					215	55	.796
Lawrence Apitz	Louisville	Ind	1	15	.062				1936-37	9	34	.209					9	34	.209
Whitey Baccus	SMU	SWC	14	8	.636				1938-39	14	8	.636					14	8	.636
Sam Barry	USC	PCC	20	5	.800				1929-30	157	76	.674					219	130	.628
George Barsi	Santa Clara	North CA	15	5	.750				1935-36	52	23	.693					52	23	.693
Clair Bee	LIU	Metro NY	24	0	1.000				1931-32	172	26	.869					225	34	.869
Chet Benefiel	Tulsa	MVC	15	8	.652				1932-33	65	65	.500					65	65	.500
Buster Brannon	Rice	SWC	10	11	.476				1938-39	10	11	.476					10	11	.476
Lloyd Brazil	Detroit Mercy	Ind	15	5	.750				1930-31	95	59	.617					95	59	.617
Brick Breeden	Montana State	Ind	18	11	.621				1935-36	68	34	.667					68	34	.667
William Browne	Nebraska	Big 6	7	13	.350				1932-33	58	75	.436					58	75	.436
Mike Brumbelow	TCU	SWC	2	17	.105				1937-38	10	32	.238					10	32	.238
Jim Buford	Vanderbilt	SEC	14	7	.667				1936-37	29	29	.500					29	29	.500
Paul Calvert	Lehigh	Ind	10	5	.667				1937-38	17	13	.567					17	13	.567
Eddie Cameron	Duke	Southern	10	12	.455				1928-29	171	82	.676					179	87	.673
Wally Cameron	San Francisco	North CA	7	10	.412				1932-33	63	64	.496					63	64	.496
			1938-39 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
Howard Cann	NYU	Metro NY	11	11	.500				1923-24	174	86	.669					174	86	.669
Cappy Cappon	Princeton	Ivy	10	9	.526				1938-39	10	9	.526					88	66	.571
Frank Carideo	Mississippi State	SEC	8	12	.400				1935-36	43	39	.524					43	39	.524
Doc Carlson	Pitt	EIC	10	8	.556				1922-23	243	113	.683					243	113	.683
Jack Carroll	Siena	Ind	8	2	.800				1938-39	8	2	.800					8	2	.800
Bill Chandler	Marquette	Ind	12	5	.706				1930-31	103	59	.636					143	144	.498
Jake Christiansen	Valparaiso	Ind	5	10	.333				1929-30	92	82	.529					92	82	.529
Neil Cohalan	Manhattan	Metro NY	12	5	.706				1929-30	130	57	.695					130	57	.695
Mel Collard	Boston University	Ind	10	4	.714				1935-36	29	32	.475					29	32	.475
Rody Cooney	St. Francis (NY)	Metro NY	15	7	.682				1932-33	94	63	.599					94	63	.599
Ozzie Cowles	Dartmouth	Ivy	18	5	.783				1936-37	52	18	.743					119	44	.730
Frosty Cox	Colorado	MSAC	14	4	.778				1935-36	45	23	.662					45	23	.662
Hank Crisp	Alabama	SEC	16	5	.762				1923-24	203	109	.651					203	109	.651
Clem Crowe	Xavier	Ind	13	7	.650				1933-34	61	35	.635					61	35	.635
Glenn Curtis	Indiana State	Ind	10	9	.526				1938-39	10	9	.526					10	9	.526
Jiggs Dahlberg	Montana	Ind	17	13	.567				1937-38	27	32	.458					27	32	.458
Chick Davies	Duquesne	Ind	14	4	.778				1924-25	213	79	.729					213	79	.729
Joe Davis	Clemson	Southern	16	8	.667				1931-32	93	73	.560					93	73	.560
John Davis	Colorado State	MSAC	2	14	.125				1937-38	9	23	.281					80	76	.513
Everett Dean	Stanford	PCC	16	9	.640				1938-39	16	9	.640					224	106	.679
			1938-39 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
E.A. Diddle	Western Kentucky	Ind	22	3	.880				1922-23	266	97	.733					266	97	.733
Bruce Drake	Oklahoma	Big 6	12	9	.571			Lost Regional Final	1938-39	12	9	.571	1		1		12	9	.571	1		1
Jim Dunn	Northeastern	Yankee	6	12	.333				1937-38	13	23	.361					13	23	.361
Harlan Dykes	Saint Mary's	North CA	11	10	.524				1937-38	21	19	.525					124	65	.656
Joel Eaves	Sewanee	SEC	1	16	.059				1938-39	1	16	.059					1	16	.059
Hec Edmundson	Washington	PCC	20	5	.800				1920-21	346	107	.764					366	116	.759
George Edwards	Missouri	Big 6	12	6	.667				1926-27	125	104	.546					125	104	.546
Fred Enke	Arizona	BIAA	12	11	.522				1925-26	196	91	.683					210	111	.654
Dee Errikson	Washburn	MVC	4	18	.182				1936-37	17	48	.262					17	48	.262
Weeb Ewbank	Miami (OH)	Ind	5	13	.278				1938-39	5	13	.278					5	13	.278
Bill Ferguson	St. Joseph's	Ind	9	12	.429				1928-29	120	83	.591					120	83	.591
Wes Fesler	Harvard	Ivy	5	14	.263				1933-34	45	73	.381					45	73	.381
Bud Foster	Wisconsin	Big Ten	10	10	.500				1934-35	54	46	.540					54	46	.540
Ralph Francis	Pacific	North CA	5	14	.263				1937-38	11	27	.289					11	27	.289
Jack Friel	Washington State	PCC	23	10	.697				1928-29	194	106	.647					194	106	.647
Taps Gallagher	Niagara	Ind	11	8	.579				1931-32	104	63	.623					104	63	.623
John Galloway	Colgate	Ind	6	13	.316				1935-36	37	32	.536					37	32	.536
George Gardner	Southwestern (KS)	Ind	21	2	.913				1937-38	42	8	.840					61	36	.629
Slats Gill	Oregon State	PCC	13	11	.542				1928-29	168	118	.587					168	118	.587
Al Gorton	Panzer College	Ind	20	1	.952				1938-39	20	1	.952					20	1	.952
			1938-39 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
Jack Gray	Texas	SWC	19	6	.760			Lost Regional Semifinal	1936-37	43	27	.614	1				43	27	.614	1
Murray Greason	Wake Forest	Southern	18	6	.750			Lost Regional Semifinal	1933-34	60	55	.522	1				60	55	.522	1
Blair Gullion	Cornell	Ivy	12	12	.500				1938-39	12	12	.500					59	31	.656
Thomas Haggerty	DePaul	Ind	15	7	.682				1936-37	42	23	.646					42	23	.646
Hudson Hellmich	Washington (MO)	MVC	11	10	.524				1935-36	27	52	.342					27	52	.342
Cam Henderson	Marshall	Ind	22	5	.815				1935-36	79	27	.745					79	27	.745
Bill Hennigh	Wichita State	Ind	9	12	.429				1935-36	40	49	.449					40	49	.449
Eddie Hickey	Creighton	MVC	11	12	.478				1935-36	46	41	.529					46	41	.529
Edward Hickox	Springfield	Ind	12	8	.600				1926-27	170	65	.723					173	70	.712
Frank Hill	Rutgers	Ind	8	6	.571				1915-16	195	117	.625					387	192	.668
Jerry Hines	New Mexico State	BIAA	20	4	.833				1929-30	133	85	.610					133	85	.610
Tony Hinkle	Butler	Ind	14	6	.700				1926-27	176	90	.662					176	90	.662
Howard Hobson	Oregon	PCC	29	5	.853			Won National Final	1935-36	94	33	.740	1		1	1	94	33	.740	1		1	1
Nat Holman	CCNY	Metro NY	11	6	.647				1919-20	228	65	.778					228	65	.778
Joe Holsinger	Dayton	Ind	2	12	.143				1935-36	18	48	.273					18	48	.273
Clyde Hubbard	Denver	MSAC	5	13	.278				1932-33	60	68	.469					60	68	.469
Wilbur Hubbard	San Jose State	North CA	11	7	.611				1937-38	30	11	.732					30	11	.732
Berl Huffman	Texas Tech	BIAA	13	6	.684				1935-36	54	32	.628					54	32	.628
Hank Iba	Oklahoma State	MVC	19	8	.704				1934-35	89	31	.742					187	47	.799
Frank Johnson	Ole Miss	SEC	10	16	.385				1938-39	10	16	.385					10	16	.385
			1938-39 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
Roy Johnson	New Mexico	BIAA	4	21	.160				1919-20	153	117	.567					153	117	.567
Ralph Jordan	Auburn	SEC	16	6	.727				1933-34	57	44	.564					57	44	.564
Lon Jourdet	Penn	Ivy	7	11	.389				1914-15	193	102	.654					193	102	.654
Doggie Julian	Muhlenberg	Ind	13	8	.619				1936-37	31	28	.525					31	28	.525
Frank Keaney	Rhode Island	Yankee	17	4	.810				1920-21	238	87	.732					238	87	.732
Edward Kelleher	Fordham	Metro NY	10	8	.556				1923-24	167	63	.726					177	74	.705
John Kellison	William & Mary	Southern	8	13	.381				1929-30	69	53	.566					69	53	.566
William Kenyon	Maine	Yankee	8	4	.667				1937-38	12	13	.480					12	13	.480
George Keogan	Notre Dame	Ind	15	6	.714				1923-24	267	79	.772					311	98	.760
Edwin Kimball	BYU	MSAC	12	12	.500				1935-36	28	21	.571					28	21	.571
Piggy Lambert	Purdue	Big Ten	12	7	.632				1916-17	292	95	.755					292	95	.755
Elmer Lampe	Georgia	SEC	11	6	.647				1938-39	11	6	.647					11	6	.647
Paul Landis	Bowling Green State	Ind	12	7	.632				1925-26	122	105	.537					122	105	.537
Joe Lapchick	St. John's (NY)	Metro NY	18	4	.818				1936-37	45	15	.750					45	15	.750
John Lawther	Penn State	EIC	13	10	.565				1936-37	36	22	.621					188	53	.780
Kenneth Loeffler	Yale	Ivy	4	16	.200				1935-36	31	52	.373					31	52	.373
Dutch Lonborg	Northwestern	Big Ten	7	13	.350				1927-28	138	84	.622					190	97	.662
R.C. Madison	Lafayette	Ind	6	11	.353				1938-39	6	11	.353					6	11	.353
John Mauer	Tennessee	SEC	14	7	.667				1938-39	14	7	.667					100	101	.498
Sam McAllister	Florida	SEC	9	6	.600				1937-38	20	15	.571					44	33	.571
			1938-39 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	17	3	.850				1938-39	17	3	.850					17	3	.850
Aaron McCreary	Northern Arizona	BIAA	13	11	.542				1931-32	84	83	.503					132	137	.491
Mac McEver	Virginia Tech	Southern	3	14	.176				1937-38	9	22	.290					9	22	.290
Dave McMillan	Minnesota	Big Ten	14	6	.700				1927-28	120	109	.524					120	109	.524
Hub McQuillan	Texas A&M	SWC	7	16	.304				1935-36	38	46	.452					38	46	.452
Louis Menze	Iowa State	Big 6	8	9	.471				1928-29	84	94	.472					84	94	.472
Douglas Mills	Illinois	Big Ten	14	5	.737				1936-37	37	18	.673					37	18	.673
Paul Mooney	Columbia	Ivy	11	5	.688				1933-34	72	42	.632					72	42	.632
Roy Mundorff	Georgia Tech	SEC	6	9	.400				1926-27	139	102	.577					139	102	.577
Arthur Musicat	Brooklyn	Metro NY	9	8	.529				1936-37	27	24	.529					27	24	.529
Malcolm Musser	Bucknell	Ind	8	8	.500				1917-18	78	76	.506					78	76	.506
Nelson Norgren	Chicago	Big Ten	9	11	.450				1921-22	108	224	.325					108	224	.325
Rock Norman	The Citadel	Southern	14	5	.737				1935-36	41	27	.603					113	87	.565
Leo Novak	Army	Ind	13	2	.867				1926-27	126	61	.674					126	61	.674
Harold Olsen	Ohio State	Big Ten	16	7	.696			Lost National Final	1922-23	173	135	.562	1		1		206	154	.572	1		1
Bennie Oosterbaan	Michigan	Big Ten	11	9	.550				1938-39	11	9	.550					11	9	.550
Marshall Pennington	UTEP	BIAA	6	13	.316				1936-37	12	46	.207					12	46	.207
Vadal Peterson	Utah	MSAC	13	7	.650				1927-28	156	108	.591					156	108	.591
Ted Petoskey	South Carolina	Southern	5	18	.217				1935-36	32	54	.372					32	54	.372
Malcolm Pitt	Richmond	Southern	10	10	.500				1933-34	82	33	.713					82	33	.713
			1938-39 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
Earl Pomeroy	Arizona State	BIAA	13	13	.500				1935-36	44	51	.463					44	51	.463
Nibs Price	California	PCC	24	8	.750				1924-25	225	112	.668					225	112	.668
Harry Rabenhorst	LSU	SEC	13	7	.650				1925-26	154	110	.583					154	110	.583
Dyke Raese	West Virginia	EIC	10	9	.526				1938-39	10	9	.526					10	9	.526
Herbert W. Buck Read	Western Michigan	Ind	7	10	.412				1921-22	232	96	.707					232	96	.707
Carroll Reilly	St. Bonaventure	Ind	10	7	.588				1928-29	89	48	.650					89	48	.650
William Reinhart	George Washington	Ind	13	8	.619				1935-36	58	19	.753					238	120	.665
Lefty Reitz	Loyola (MD)	Ind	10	13	.435				1937-38	19	20	.487					19	20	.487
Elmer Ripley	Georgetown	EIC	13	9	.591				1927-28	37	15	.712					119	65	.647
Alfred Robertson	Bradley	Ind	19	3	.864				1920-21	199	139	.589					199	139	.589
Dick Romney	Utah State	MSAC	17	7	.708			Lost Regional Semifinal	1919-20	208	135	.606	1				208	135	.606	1
Frank Root	Kansas State	Big 6	5	13	.278				1933-34	38	72	.345					38	72	.345
Glen Rose	Arkansas	SWC	18	5	.783				1933-34	103	30	.774					103	30	.774
Adolph Rupp	Kentucky	SEC	16	4	.800				1930-31	147	31	.826					147	31	.826
Honey Russell	Seton Hall	Ind	15	7	.682				1936-37	30	25	.545					30	25	.545
Leonard Sachs	Loyola (IL)	Ind	21	1	.955				1923-24	189	101	.652					189	101	.652
George Sauer	New Hampshire	Yankee	3	14	.176				1938-39	3	14	.176					3	14	.176
Allie Seelbach	Canisius	Ind	0	13	.000				1933-34	48	44	.522					48	44	.522
Ray Sermon	NC State	Southern	10	7	.588				1930-31	103	63	.620					103	63	.620
Alex Severence	Villanova	Ind	20	5	.800			Lost Regional Final	1936-37	60	18	.769	1		1		60	18	.769	1		1
			1938-39 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
Norman Shepard	Davidson	Southern	19	10	.655				1937-38	29	22	.569					55	22	.714
Burton Shipley	Maryland	Southern	15	9	.625				1923-24	194	115	.628					215	119	.644
Claude Simons Jr	Tulane	SEC	5	13	.278				1920-21	102	86	.543					102	86	.543
Walter Skidmore	UNC	Southern	10	11	.476				1935-36	65	25	.722					65	25	.722
Robert Smith	Furman	Southern	6	16	.273				1935-36	32	40	.444					32	40	.444
Pinky Spruhan	Roanoke	Ind	21	3	.875				1913-14	98	21	.824					131	30	.814
Donald Starn	Kent State	Ind	12	11	.522				1933-34	60	53	.531					60	53	.531
Jack Sterett	Saint Louis	MVC	5	16	.238				1938-39	5	16	.238					5	16	.238
Leonard Tanseer	La Salle	Ind	13	6	.684				1933-34	67	43	.609					67	43	.609
Gus Tebell	Virginia	Ind	15	5	.750				1930-31	97	81	.545					176	116	.603
William Trautwein	Ohio	Ind	12	8	.600				1938-39	12	8	.600					12	8	.600
Forrest Twogood	Idaho	PCC	12	19	.387				1936-37	25	42	.373					25	42	.373
James Usilton	Temple	EIC	10	12	.455				1926-27	205	79	.722					205	79	.722
Rip Van Winkle	Cincinnati	Ind	12	5	.706				1937-38	18	16	.529					18	16	.529
Benjamin VanAlstyne	Michigan State	Ind	9	8	.529				1926-27	136	83	.621					136	83	.621
James Walker	VMI	Southern	7	10	.412				1938-39	7	10	.412					7	10	.412
Donald White	UConn	Yankee	12	6	.667				1936-37	36	18	.667					138	130	.515
Bill Williams	Drake	MVC	14	7	.667				1932-33	81	70	.536					81	70	.536
Rollie Williams	Iowa	Big Ten	8	11	.421				1929-30	91	96	.487					91	96	.487
John Wilson	Navy	Ind	8	6	.571				1926-27	146	55	.726					146	55	.726
			1938-39 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
Willard Witte	Wyoming	MSAC	10	11	.476				1930-31	134	51	.724					134	51	.724
Frank Wolf	Waynesburg	Ind	18	4	.818				1938-39	18	4	.818					18	4	.818
Ralph Wolf	Baylor	SWC	14	7	.667				1926-27	126	108	.538					126	108	.538
Caddy Works	UCLA	PCC	7	20	.259				1921-22	173	159	.521					173	159	.521
Harry Young	Washington & Lee	Southern	13	9	.591				1932-33	87	50	.635					93	61	.604

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