Dick Edwards (basketball)
Biographical details | |
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Born | Hannibal, Missouri, U.S. | June 21, 1930
Died | January 31, 1981 Billings, Montana, U.S. | (aged 50)
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1957–1960 | Yreka HS |
1963–1972 | Pacific (CA) |
1972–1978 | California |
1978–1981 | Eastern Montana |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 304–182 (college) |
Tournaments | 2–4 (NCAA University Division) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
2 Frontier regular season (1979, 1980) | |
Awards | |
3× WCAC Coach of the Year (1966, 1967, 1971) | |
Dick Edwards (June 21, 1930 – January 31, 1981) was an American basketball coach. He served as head basketball coach at the University of the Pacific in Stockton California, the University of California, Berkeley, and at Eastern Montana College—now known as Montana State University Billings—compiling a career college basketball coaching record of 304–182.[1] Edward was born on June 21, 1930, in Hannibal, Missouri. He died on January 31, 1981, at the age of 50, after suffering an apparent heart attack in Billings, Montana.[2]
Head coaching record
[edit]College
[edit]Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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Pacific Tigers (NCAA University Division independent) (1963–1971) | |||||||||
1963–64 | Pacific | 15–11 | |||||||
1964–65 | Pacific | 13–12 | |||||||
1965–66 | Pacific | 22–6 | NCAA University Division Regional Fourth Place | ||||||
1966–67 | Pacific | 24–4 | NCAA University Division Regional Runner-up | ||||||
1967–68 | Pacific | 17–9 | |||||||
1968–69 | Pacific | 17–9 | |||||||
1969–70 | Pacific | 21–6 | |||||||
1970–71 | Pacific | 22–6 | NCAA University Division Regional Third Place | ||||||
Pacific Tigers (Pacific Coast Athletic Association) (1971–1972) | |||||||||
1971–72 | Pacific | 17–9 | 8–4 | 2nd | |||||
Pacific: | 168–72 | 8–4 | |||||||
California Golden Bears (Pacific-8 Conference) (1972–1978) | |||||||||
1972–73 | California | 11–15 | 4–10 | 7th | |||||
1973–74 | California | 9–17 | 3–11 | T–7th | |||||
1974–75 | California | 17–9 | 7–7 | 4th | |||||
1975–76 | California | 13–13 | 4–10 | 6th | |||||
1976–77 | California | 12–15 | 7–7 | 6th | |||||
1977–78 | California | 11–16 | 4–10 | 7th | |||||
California: | 73–85 | 26–55 | |||||||
Eastern Montana Yellowjackets (Frontier Conference) (1978–1981) | |||||||||
1978–79 | Eastern Montana | 19–10 | 11–1 | 1st | |||||
1979–80 | Eastern Montana | 23–8 | 12–0 | 1st | |||||
1980–81 | Eastern Montana | 21–7 | |||||||
Eastern Montana: | 63–25 | 23–1 | |||||||
Total: | 304–182 | ||||||||
National champion Postseason invitational champion |
References
[edit]- ^ "Edwards to the rescue". Stockton Record. August 1, 2006. Retrieved on August 6, 2010.
- ^ West, Ed (February 1, 1981). "EMC's Edwards dies". Billings Gazette. Billings, Montana. p. 10. Retrieved May 19, 2018 – via Newspapers.com .