College Basketball Coach. The men’s basketball coach at Kansas State University from 1970 to 1986,  he retired as the career leader in wins at KSU with a record of 295 wins and 169 losses. His teams won three Big 8 titles and had nine postseason appearances. He played football and basketball at Oklahoma A&M (now known as Oklahoma State University) and was an assistant basketball coach at Oklahoma State. He was the head coach at Southern Illinois University before coming to KSU.  He coached the 1983 USA team in the Pan-American Games to a gold medal and he was named Coach of the Year for the 1980-1981 season by the National Association of Basketball Coaches.   (bio by: Thomas Mick)