| Jack Gardner | ||
|---|---|---|
| Title | Head coach | |
| College | Kansas State | |
| Sport | Basketball | |
| Born | March 29, 1910 | |
| Place of birth | Texico, New Mexico | |
| Died | April 9, 2000 (aged 90) | |
| Place of death | Salt Lake City, Utah | |
| Career highlights | ||
| Overall | 486-235 (.674) | |
| Awards | ||
| National Coach of the Year, 1970 Won three Big Seven titles at Kansas State Won five Skyline Conference titles at Utah |
||
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | ||
| 1932-1942 1946-1953 1953-1971 |
Kansas State Kansas State Utah |
|
| Basketball Hall of Fame, 1984 | ||
James H. "Jack" Gardner (March 29, 1910 in Texico, New Mexico, United States – April 9, 2000 in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States) was a Hall of Fame college men's basketball coach.
Gardner, a native of New Mexico and a graduate of the University of Southern California, is most well-known for coaching Kansas State University from 1939-1942 and 1946–1953, compiling a 147-81 record with the Wildcats, and thereafter coaching the University of Utah from 1953-1971, compiling a 339-154 record. His complete collegiate record is 486-235.
In his second stint at Kansas State, Gardner's teams won three conference crowns and captured two Big Eight Holiday Tournament championships. His 1950-1951 team finished 25-4 and lost in the finals of the NCAA tournament to the University of Kentucky. That team was arguably the best in K-State history, and one of two that reached the Final Four during his tenure (the other was in 1948).
Gardner left Manhattan, Kansas in 1953 to take over the head coaching reins at the University of Utah, where he remained for 18 years. He led the Utes to six appearances in the NCAA Tournament and two Final Four appearances. He finished his career winning seven conference titles. Between 1959 and 1962, his teams compiled a 72-14 record.
Gardner is a member of the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame as well as nine other Halls of Fame. He was inducted into the Kansas Sports Hall of Fame in 2000 and is also a member of the Southern Utah Hall of Fame, Utah All-Sports Hall of Fame, State of Utah Basketball Hall of Fame, Helms Foundation Hall of Fame, Kansas State University Hall of Fame, the Crimson Club (University of Utah), the Modesto Junior College Hall of Fame and the Redlands High School Hall of Fame. He was also the recipient of the National Association of Basketball Coaches' Golden Anniversary Award.
He worked as a consultant for the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association from 1979 (when the team moved from New Orleans) until 1991. He is credited with discovering John Stockton at Gonzaga University while working for the Jazz. [1]
Contents |
Head Coaching Record At Kansas State
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas State Wildcats (Big 6) (1939–1947) | |||||||||
| 1939-1940 | Kansas State | 6-12 | 2-8 | T-4th | |||||
| 1940-1941 | Kansas State | 6-12 | 3-7 | 5th | |||||
| 1941-1942 | Kansas State | 8-10 | 3-7 | 5th | |||||
| 1946-1947 | Kansas State | 14-10 | 3-7 | T-5th | |||||
| Kansas State: | 20-34 | 11-29 | |||||||
| Kansas State (Big 7) (1947–1953) | |||||||||
| 1947-1948 | Kansas State | 22-6 | 9-3 | 1st | NCAA Final 4 | ||||
| 1948-1949 | Kansas State | 13-11 | 8-4 | 3rd | |||||
| 1949-1950 | Kansas State | 17-7 | 8-4 | T-1st | |||||
| 1950-1951 | Kansas State | 25-4 | 11-1 | 1st | NCAA Runner Up | ||||
| 1951-1952 | Kansas State | 19-5 | 10-2 | 2nd | |||||
| 1952-1953 | Kansas State | 17-4 | 9-3 | 2nd | |||||
| Kansas State: | 113-37 | 55-17 | |||||||
| Total: | 133-71 | ||||||||
|
National Champion Conference Regular Season Champion Conference Tournament Champion |
|||||||||
Head Coaching Record at Utah
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Tournament | Finish | Rank# |
| Utah Utes (Skyline Conference) (1954-1962) | |||||||
| 1953-54 | Utah | 12-14 | 7-7 | 4-T | |||
| 1954-55 | Utah | 24-4 | 13-1 | 1 | NCAA | Second Round | #7 |
| 1955-56 | Utah | 22-6 | 12-2 | 1 | NCAA | Elite Eight | #11 |
| 1956-57 | Utah | 19-8 | 10-4 | 2 | |||
| 1957-58 | Utah | 20-7 | 9-5 | 2-T | NIT | First Round | |
| 1958-59 | Utah | 21-7 | 13-1 | 1 | NCAA | Second Round | #18 |
| 1959-60 | Utah | 26-3 | 13-1 | 1 | NCAA | Second Round | #6 |
| 1960-61 | Utah | 23-8 | 12-2 | 1-T | NCAA | Final Four | #11 |
| 1961-62 | Utah | 23-3 | 13-1 | 1 | |||
| Utah Utes (Western Athletic Conference) (1962-1971) | |||||||
| 1962-63 | Utah | 12-14 | 5-5 | 3 | |||
| 1963-64 | Utah | 19-9 | 4-6 | 4 | |||
| 1964-65 | Utah | 17-9 | 3-7 | 6 | |||
| 1965-66 | Utah | 23-8 | 7-3 | 1 | NCAA | Final Four | |
| 1966-67 | Utah | 15-11 | 5-5 | 3-T | |||
| 1967-68 | Utah | 17-9 | 5-5 | 2-T | |||
| 1968-69 | Utah | 13-13 | 5-5 | 2-T | |||
| 1969-70 | Utah | 18-10 | 9-5 | 2 | NIT | Second Round | |
| 1970-71 | Utah | 15-11 | 9-5 | 2 | |||
| At Utah | 339-154 | ||||||
| Career | 486-235 | ||||||
| National Championship Conference Regular Season Champions | |||||||
See also
References
External links
| Preceded by Fitz Knorr |
Kansas State men's basketball head coach 1946-1953 |
Succeeded by Tex Winter |
| Preceded by Vadal Peterson |
University of Utah Head Basketball Coaches 1953–1971 |
Succeeded by Bill Foster |
|
|||||
|
|||||
|
|||||||||||
 |
This biographical article relating to a U.S. basketball coach is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
This entry is from Wikipedia, the leading user-contributed encyclopedia. It may not have been reviewed by professional editors (see full disclaimer)
