Inducted into the Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame in 1986.
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Inducted into the Westminster College Intercollegiate Athletic Hall of Fame.
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Inducted into the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame in 1961.
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Inducted into the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame as a special contributor, 1985.
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Recipient of the National Basketball Hall of Fame's John Bunn Award in 1976.
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Retired as the second all-time winningest coach in NCAA history.
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Played at Westminster College of Missouri (1923-1927).
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Enshrined (as a coach )into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1969.
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Head coach for Maryville (MO) Teachers College (1929-1933), University of Colorado (1933-1934), and Oklahoma A&M/Oklahoma State University (1934-1970).
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All-Conference (1926, 1927).
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He became the first coach to win consecutive NCAA titles (1945, 1946).
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Overall college coaching record: 767-338 (.694).
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NCAA championship runner-up (1949).
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National Coach of the Year (1945, 1946).
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Big 8 Championship (1965).
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Won or shared Missouri Valley Conference titles 14 times.
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His "swinging gate" defense (a man-to-man with team flow) was applauded by many and is still effective in today's game.
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NABC Metropolitan Award (1947).
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NABC President.
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Only person in history to coach three U.S. Olympic teams. *
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Will forever be remembered as the coach of the 1972 U.S. Olympic team that lost to the Soviet Union in a controversial ending.
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Only coach in history to win two Olympic gold medals (1964-Tokyo, 1968-Mexico City).
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Enshrined in Missouri, Oklahoma, Helms Foundation and Westminster Alumni Halls of Fame.
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Winning Basketball
1946
Documentary short
Himself - Basketball Coach of the Oklahoma A&M Aggies