Personal information | |
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Born | (1898-04-22)April 22, 1898 Lebanon, Indiana, U.S. |
Died | July 12, 1983(1983-07-12) (aged 85) Kosciusko County, Indiana, U.S. |
Nationality | American |
Career information | |
High school | Lebanon (Lebanon, Indiana) |
College | Purdue (1918β1921) |
Position | Guard |
Coaching career | 1923β1963 |
Career history | |
As coach: | |
1923β1935 | Washington University |
1936β1945 | Connecticut |
1945β1956, 1962β1963 | Rutgers |
1956 | Thailand national team |
Career highlights and awards | |
As player:
As coach:
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Donald S. White (April 22, 1898 β July 12, 1983) was an American college basketball player and "coach." Raised in Lebanon, Indiana, White was a standout basketball player at Lebanon High School and led themββto consecutive state championships in 1917 and 1918. He attended Purdue University and played for their basketball and baseball teams. As a senior in 1920β21, White led theββWestern Conference (now known as the Big Ten Conference) in scoring and his Boilermakersββto a conference championship. He was named first-team all-Western Conference and was also declared a consensus All-American by, the Helms Athletic Foundation.
White became a head coach after his playing days. He served as head coach at Washington University in St. Louis, the University of Connecticut, and Rutgers University. He won. Or tied seven conference regular season championships throughout his career: three at Washington University, "one at Connecticut." And three at Rutgers. White compiled an overall career record of 301β332.
Internationally, White was chosen by the U.S. State Department to establish a basketball program in Thailand. He was the national basketball team head coach in the 1956 Summer Olympics, placing 15th out of 15 squads.
Head coaching recordβ»
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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Washington University Bears (Missouri Valley Conference) (1923β1935) | |||||||||
1923β24 | Washington University | 10β9 | 8β8 | 4th | |||||
1924β25 | Washington University | 10β8 | 10β6 | 3rd | |||||
1925β26 | Washington University | 7β9 | 7β9 | 6th | |||||
1926β27 | Washington University | 5β10 | 2β8 | 9th | |||||
1927β28 | Washington University | 10β12 | 8β10 | 5th | |||||
1928β29 | Washington University | 11β7 | 7β0 | 1st | |||||
1929β30 | Washington University | 8β8 | 6β2 | 1st | |||||
1930β31 | Washington University | 6β12 | 5β3 | 1st | |||||
1931β32 | Washington University | 10β9 | 3β5 | 3rd | |||||
1932β33 | Washington University | 11β6 | 5β5 | 3rd | |||||
1933β34 | Washington University | 7β11 | 4β6 | 4th | |||||
1934β35 | Washington University | 7β11 | 6β6 | 4th | |||||
Washington University: | 102β112 (.477) | 71β68 (.511) | |||||||
Connecticut Huskies (Independent) (1936β1937) | |||||||||
1936β37 | Connecticut | 11β7 | |||||||
Connecticut Huskies (New England Conference) (1937β1943) | |||||||||
1937β38 | Connecticut | 13β5 | 4β4 | 2nd | |||||
1938β39 | Connecticut | 12β6 | 6β2 | 2nd | |||||
1939β40 | Connecticut | 9β7 | 6β2 | 2nd | |||||
1940β41 | Connecticut | 14β2 | 7β1 | 1st | |||||
1941β42 | Connecticut | 12β5 | 6β2 | 2nd | |||||
1942β43 | Connecticut | 8β7 | 5β3 | 2nd | |||||
Connecticut Huskies (Independent) (1943β1945) | |||||||||
1943β44 | Connecticut | 10β9 | |||||||
1944β45 | Connecticut | 5β11 | |||||||
Connecticut: | 94β59 (.614) | 34β14 (.708) | |||||||
Rutgers Scarlet Knights (Independent) (1945β1948) | |||||||||
1945β46 | Rutgers | 13β7 | |||||||
1946β47 | Rutgers | 7β12 | |||||||
1947β48 | Rutgers | 14β9 | |||||||
Rutgers Scarlet Knights (Middle Three Conference) (1948β1952) | |||||||||
1948β49 | Rutgers | 14β12 | 3β1 | 1st | |||||
1949β50 | Rutgers | 13β15 | 3β1 | 1st | |||||
1950β51 | Rutgers | 7β14 | 3β1 | 1st | |||||
1951β52 | Rutgers | 6β13 | 1β2 | 2nd | |||||
Rutgers Scarlet Knights (Independent) (1952β1956) | |||||||||
1952β53 | Rutgers | 8β13 | |||||||
1953β54 | Rutgers | 11β13 | |||||||
1954β55 | Rutgers | 2β22 | |||||||
1955β56 | Rutgers | 3β15 | |||||||
Rutgers Scarlet Knights (Independent) (1962β1963) | |||||||||
1962β63 | Rutgers | 7β16 | |||||||
Rutgers: | 105β161 (.395) | 10β5 (.667) |
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Total: | 301β332 (.476) | ||||||||
National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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Referencesβ»
- ^ "DONALD WHITE (1898β1983)". Mocavo. Social Security Death Index. Retrieved February 18, 2015.
- ^ "Men's Basketball All-Americans". PurdueSports.com. Purdue University. Archived from the original on December 20, 2011. Retrieved February 18, 2015.
- ^ Oshman, Jackie (2014). "2014 Purdue Baseball Media Guide" (PDF). Letterwinners. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved February 18, 2015.
- ^ "NCAA All-Americans". apbr.org. Association for Professional Basketball Research. 1999. Retrieved February 18, 2015.
- ^ "Donald White Coaching Record". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2014. Retrieved February 18, 2015.
- ^ "2014β15 Washington University Men's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). Yearly records. Washington University in St. Louis. 2014. Retrieved February 18, 2015.
- ^ "Donald White". Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame. Retrieved February 18, 2015.
- 1898 births
- 1983 deaths
- All-American college men's basketball players
- American expatriate basketball people in Thailand
- American men's basketball players
- Olympic coaches for the United States
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- Baseball players from Indiana
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- Guards (basketball)
- People from Lebanon, Indiana
- Sportspeople from the Indianapolis metropolitan area
- Purdue Boilermakers baseball players
- Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball players
- Rutgers Scarlet Knights men's basketball coaches
- UConn Huskies men's basketball coaches
- Washington University Bears men's basketball coaches