• John B. McLendon Jr. (April 5, 1915 – October 8, 1999) was an American basketball coach who is recognized as the first African American basketball coach...
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    Wendi McLendon-Covey (née McLendon; born October 10, 1969) is an American actress known primarily for her work in comedic and improvisational roles. From...
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  • American radio pioneer John McLendon (1915–1999), American basketball coach Mac McLendon (1945–2022), American golfer Robert L. McLendon, Jr., American academic...
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  • Winzola Poole McLendon (December 6, 1910 – March 1, 2012), also known as "Winnie McLendon" or "Winnie P. McLendon," was an American journalist, author's...
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    is named for NCCU alumnus and civic leader Richard L. McDougald and former coach John McLendon. McDougald was instrumental in helping blacks achieve home...
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  • Gordon Barton McLendon (June 8, 1921 – September 14, 1986) was an American radio broadcaster. Nicknamed "the Maverick of Radio", McLendon is widely credited...
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  • automatically advanced to the quarterfinals.[citation needed] The Coach John McLendon Classic was televised March 14, on CBS Sports Network as part of the...
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  • although John McLendon was inducted as a contributor, but not a coach. In 1976, Brown coached the Nuggets to the team's only ABA championship game. John McLendon...
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    The 2020–21 Houston Cougars men's basketball team represented the University of Houston during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The...
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    basketball scholarship from Tennessee A&I College, to play under coach John McLendon. As a freshman, he was given the nickname "Dick the Skull". He was known...
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    and 2010, Heinsohn in 1986 and 2015, and Russell in 1975 and 2021). John McLendon has been inducted as both coach and contributor, entering in 1979 as...
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    College). There, he was a four-year letterwinner for Hall of Fame coach John McLendon and coach Floyd Brown. Jones scored 1,745 points and was a three-time...
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  • Matthew McLendon (born 1977) is an American museum director, art historian, and curator of modern and contemporary art. McLendon serves as Director and...
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  • rumored female victim, Miss Minnie Cooper, and of the mob's leader, John McLendon. It is one of Faulkner's shorter stories. It was originally published...
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  • Notes: 1 He also coached the team in 1992–1994 and 1999–2001. 2 In total, McLendon was inducted into the Hall of Fame three times – as contributor, as coach...
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  • 5840/jrv202131682. ISSN 2159-6808. JSTOR 27212326. Hill, Harvey; Hickman, John; McLendon, Joel (2001). "Cults and Sects and Doomsday Groups, Oh My: Media Treatment...
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  • legendary college basketball coach: Lou Henson, Jim Phelan, Hugh Durham and John McLendon. The winner of each classic was awarded a trophy, and a classic most...
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    for 4 series For Extreme Sports-Crazy Boys Only (2015) Game Changer: John McLendon and the Secret Game (2016), picture book, illustrated by Randy DuBurke...
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    v t e Denver Nuggets head coaches Bob Bass (1967–1969) John McLendon (1969) Joe Belmont (1969–1970) Stan Albeck (1970–1971) Alex Hannum (1971–1974) Larry...
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  • finals (Stars) 4–1 Spencer Haywood (MVP, ROY, ASG MVP) Joe Belmont (COY) John McLendon Joe Belmont 1970–71 ABA — — Western 4th 30 54 .357 28 — — Joe Belmont...
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    James Naismith (category McGill University Faculty of Education alumni)
    a mentor and therefore beginning for the coaching tree branches of John McLendon who wasn't permitted to play at Kansas but was close to Naismith during...
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  • Slick Leonard Kevin Loughery Bob MacKinnon Slater Martin Babe McCarthy John McLendon Jack McMahon Vern Mikkelsen Joe Mullaney Tom Nissalke Jim Pollard Gene...
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  • the 1986 NCAA tournament. Coach Kevin Mackey's squad, led by Ken 'Mouse' McFadden and Eric Mudd, upset Bobby Knight's 3rd seeded Indiana Hoosiers, by...
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  • players: John Wooden, Bill Sharman, Lenny Wilkens, Tom Heinsohn, and Bill Russell. The most recent coaches to be inducted are Tom Izzo and John McLendon; the...
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  • sub-.500 record (11–21). From the 2016 Tournament to 2019, The Coach John McLendon Classic was played on the first day of the tournament. The Classic was...
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  • score. In the 1950s, the full-court press style of play was invented by John McLendon, an American basketball coach who is recognized as the first African...
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    October 27, 2024* 3:00 p.m., SECN+/ESPN+ No. 17 at No. 12 Tennessee John McLendon Foundation Charity Exhibition W 66–62  –  21 – Reneau   11 – Ballo ...
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    v t e Denver Nuggets head coaches Bob Bass (1967–1969) John McLendon (1969) Joe Belmont (1969–1970) Stan Albeck (1970–1971) Alex Hannum (1971–1974) Larry...
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    coach in Tennessee State's history. Hunter had succeeded outgoing coach John McLendon, who left in 1959. The Tigers joined NCAA Division I for the 1977-78...
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  • players: John Wooden, Bill Sharman, Wilkens, Tom Heinsohn, and Bill Russell. One of the more recent inductees in this category was John McLendon, who was...
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