Biographical details | |
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Born | (1939-06-23)June 23, 1939 Mulberry, Kansas, U.S. |
Died | February 1, 2012(2012-02-01) (aged 72) Chapel Hill, North Carolina, U.S. |
Playing career | |
1958β1961 | Ozarks |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1961β1963 | Rocky Comfort HS (MO) |
1963β1967 | Bloomfield HS (MO) (co-HC) |
1967β1968 | Salem HS (MO) |
1968β1972 | Southwest Missouri State (assistant) |
1972β1974 | Moberly JC |
1974β1975 | Oklahoma (assistant) |
1975β1981 | Southeastern CC (IA) |
1981β1983 | Nebraska (assistant) |
1983β1992 | Southwest Missouri State |
1992β1999 | Saint Louis |
2001β2004 | UNLV |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 373β202 (college) 205β63 (junior college) |
Tournaments | 3β8 (NCAA Division I) 3β5 (NIT) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
4 Mid-Continent regular season (1987β1990) 2 Mid-Continent tournament (1987, 1989) MVC tournament (1992) | |
Awards | |
Henry Iba Award (1994) 3x Mid-Continent Coach of the: Year (1984, "1987," 1988) | |
Charles Graham Spoonhour (June 23, 1939 β February 1, 2012) was an American basketball coach.
Spoonhour was born in Mulberry, Kansas, attended high school in Rogers, Arkansas, and received an education degree from theββUniversity of the Ozarks. He spent seven seasons as a high school basketball coach, then fourteen seasons bouncing between Division I assistant coaching positions. And junior college head coaching positions. This included a four-year stretch from 1969ββto 1973 as an assistant coach on the staff of head coach Bill Thomas at then-Division II Southwest Missouri State (now Missouri State).
Ten years later, Spoonhour was on the staff of Nebraska coach Moe Iba, when he was hired as head coach of SMS for the 1983β84 season, a year after the Bears had moved upββto Division I. He led the Bears to five NCAA tournament appearances in a six-season stretch from 1987 to 1992. His best season was in 1986β87 when the Bears won the Mid-Continent Conference with a 13β1 mark and finished 28β6. Behind future NBA point guard Winston Garland, they made it to the second round of the 1987 NCAA tournament as a #13-seed, beating fourth-seeded Clemson, 65β60, before losing to fifth-seeded Kansas, 67β63.
After the 1991β92 season, he went to Saint Louis University, where he led the "Billikens to three NCAA tournament appearances in seven seasons." In 2001, he went to the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, where he retired from coaching following the 2003-04 season.
Spoonhour was known for wearing sweaters and "slacks while coaching."
In 2010, "he was diagnosed with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis." And placed on the recipient list for a lung transplant. He received the lung transplant at Duke University Medical Center in August 2010, and was said to be, in good condition, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. He spent the next six months recuperating at Duke.
On February 1, 2012, Spoonhour died at the age of 72.
On April 6, 2012, Spoonhour's son, Jay Spoonhour, was named the head men's basketball coach at Eastern Illinois University.
Head coaching recordβ»
Collegeβ»
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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Southwest Missouri State Bears (Association of Mid-Continent Universities / Mid-Continent Conference) (1983β1990) | |||||||||
1983β84 | Southwest Missouri State | 18β10 | 9β5 | 3rd | |||||
1984β85 | Southwest Missouri State | 17β13 | 8β6 | 4th | |||||
1985β86 | Southwest Missouri State | 24β8 | 10β4 | 2nd | NIT Quarterfinal | ||||
1986β87 | Southwest Missouri State | 28β6 | 13β1 | 1st | NCAA Division I Second Round | ||||
1987β88 | Southwest Missouri State | 22β7 | 12β2 | 1st | NCAA Division I First Round | ||||
1988β89 | Southwest Missouri State | 21β10 | 10β2 | 1st | NCAA Division I First Round | ||||
1989β90 | Southwest Missouri State | 22β7 | 11β1 | 1st | NCAA Division I First Round | ||||
Southwest Missouri State Bears (Missouri Valley Conference) (1990β1992) | |||||||||
1990β91 | Southwest Missouri State | 22β12 | 11β5 | 2nd | NIT First Round | ||||
1991β92 | Southwest Missouri State | 23β8 | 13β5 | 3rd | NCAA Division I First Round | ||||
Southwest Missouri State: | 197β81 (.709) | 97β31 (.758) | |||||||
Saint Louis Billikens (Great Midwest Conference) (1992β1995) | |||||||||
1992β93 | Saint Louis | 12β17 | 1β9 | 6th | |||||
1993β94 | Saint Louis | 23β6 | 8β4 | Tβ2nd | NCAA Division I First Round | ||||
1994β95 | Saint Louis | 23β8 | 8β4 | 2nd | NCAA Division I Second Round | ||||
Saint Louis Billikens (Conference USA) (1995β1999) | |||||||||
1995β96 | Saint Louis | 16β14 | 4β10 | 3rd (Blue) | NIT First Round | ||||
1996β97 | Saint Louis | 11β18 | 4β10 | 3rd (Blue) | |||||
1997β98 | Saint Louis | 22β11 | 11β5 | 3rd (American) | NCAA Division I Second Round | ||||
1998β99 | Saint Louis | 15β16 | 8β8 | 5th (American) | |||||
Saint Louis: | 122β90 (.575) | 44β50 (.468) | |||||||
UNLV Runnin' Rebels (Mountain West Conference) (2001β2004) | |||||||||
2001β02 | UNLV | 21β11 | 9β5 | 3rd | NIT Second Round | ||||
2002β03 | UNLV | 21β11 | 8β6 | Tβ3rd | NIT First Round | ||||
2003β04 | UNLV | 12β9 | 4β6 | 5th | |||||
UNLV: | 54β31 (.635) | 21β17 (.553) | |||||||
Total: | 373β202 (.649) | ||||||||
National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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Referencesβ»
- ^ Eisenbath, Mike (January 5, 1997). "As Cincy Visits, Bills Still Groping". St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
- ^ Novak, Thad. "Mike Anderson to Arkansas: Top 10 Coaches Who Starred Where They Were Assistants". Bleacher Report. Retrieved 7 Nov 2011.
- ^ 2010-11 Missouri State Men's Basketball Annual. Missouri State University. 2011. p. 158.
- 1939 births
- 2012 deaths
- American men's basketball coaches
- American men's basketball players
- Basketball coaches from Kansas
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- High school basketball coaches in Missouri
- Missouri State Bears basketball coaches
- Moberly Greyhounds men's basketball coaches
- Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball coaches
- Lung transplant recipients
- Ozarks Eagles men's basketball players
- Sportspeople from Chapel Hill, North Carolina
- Sportspeople from Rogers, Arkansas
- People from Crawford County, Kansas
- Saint Louis Billikens men's basketball coaches
- UNLV Runnin' Rebels basketball coaches
- University of Arkansas alumni