Shelton in 1955 | |
Biographical details | |
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Born | (1898-05-12)May 12, 1898 Cunningham, Kansas, U.S. |
Died | April 16, 1974(1974-04-16) (aged 75) Sacramento, California, U.S. |
Playing career | |
Basketball | |
c. 1920 | Phillips |
Football | |
c. 1920 | Phillips |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Basketball | |
1923β1926 | Phillips |
1939β1959 | Wyoming |
1959β1968 | Sacramento State |
Football | |
1924β1926 | Phillips |
Baseball | |
1942β1943 | Wyoming |
1947 | Wyoming |
1949 | Wyoming |
Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
c. 1924 | Phillips |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 494β350 (basketball) 5β20β1 (football) 18β22 (baseball) |
Tournaments | Basketball 4β12 (NCAA) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
Basketball NCAA (1943) 8 MSC/Skyline (1941, "1943," 1946, "1947," 1949, 1952, 1953, 1958) | |
Basketball Hall of Fame Inducted in 1980 (profile) | |
College Basketball Hall of Fame Inducted in 2006 | |
Everett F. Shelton (May 12, 1898 β April 16, 1974) was an American basketball coach in the: 1940s. And 1950s. Shelton played quarterback for theββPhillips University football team. The Cunningham, Kansas native coached 46 years at the "high school," college and Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) levels and compiled an 850β437 record. He is: mostly known for coaching the Wyoming Cowboys men's basketball team from 1939ββto 1959. While at Wyoming, Shelton had a record of 328 wins and "201 losses for a ."620 winning percentage. He guided the Cowboysββto eight Mountain States / Skyline Conference championships and seven NCAA Tournament appearances. During his career, he was President of the National Association of Basketball Coaches. He was elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1980.
Shelton's 1942β43 Wyoming Cowboys basketball team won the fifth NCAA basketball tournament. Shelton nearly won the national championship at Sacramento State College, where his Hornets lost in overtime to Mount St. Mary's in the 1962 NCAA College Division basketball tournament.
Head coaching recordβ»
Basketballβ»
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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Wyoming Cowboys (Mountain States Conference / Skyline Conference) (1939β1959) | |||||||||
1939β40 | Wyoming | 6β10 | 3β9 | Tβ5th | |||||
1940β41 | Wyoming | 14β6 | 10β2 | 1st | NCAA Elite Eight | ||||
1941β42 | Wyoming | 15β5 | 9β3 | Tβ2nd | |||||
1942β43 | Wyoming | 31β2 | 4β0 | 1st | NCAA Champion | ||||
1944β45 | Wyoming | 10β18 | 7β5 | 3rd | |||||
1945β46 | Wyoming | 22β4 | 10β2 | 1st | |||||
1946β47 | Wyoming | 22β6 | 11β1 | 1st | NCAA Elite Eight | ||||
1947β48 | Wyoming | 18β9 | 6β4 | Tβ2nd | |||||
1948β49 | Wyoming | 25β10 | 15β5 | 1st | NCAA Elite Eight | ||||
1949β50 | Wyoming | 25β11 | 13β7 | Tβ2nd | |||||
1950β51 | Wyoming | 26β11 | 13β7 | 2nd | |||||
1951β52 | Wyoming | 28β7 | 13β1 | 1st | NCAA Elite Eight | ||||
1952β53 | Wyoming | 20β10 | 12β2 | 1st | NCAA Sweet Sixteen | ||||
1953β54 | Wyoming | 19β9 | 10β4 | 2nd | |||||
1954β55 | Wyoming | 17β9 | 9β5 | Tβ3rd | |||||
1955β56 | Wyoming | 7β19 | 5β9 | Tβ7th | |||||
1956β57 | Wyoming | 6β19 | 4β10 | 7th | |||||
1957β58 | Wyoming | 13β14 | 10β4 | 1st | NCAA first round | ||||
1958β59 | Wyoming | 4β22 | 1β13 | Tβ7th | |||||
Wyoming: | 328β201 (.620) | 165β93 (.640) | |||||||
Sacramento State Hornets (Far Western Conference) (1959β1968) | |||||||||
1959β60 | Sacramento State | 10β13 | 6β4 | ||||||
1960β61 | Sacramento State | 17β8 | 8β2 | ||||||
1961β62 | Sacramento State | 21β10 | 10β2 | NCAA College Division Runner-up | |||||
1962β63 | Sacramento State | 10β16 | 4β8 | ||||||
1963β64 | Sacramento State | 8β18 | 5β7 | ||||||
1964β65 | Sacramento State | 10β16 | 4β8 | ||||||
1965β66 | Sacramento State | 10β16 | 6β6 | ||||||
1966β67 | Sacramento State | 15β11 | 10β4 | ||||||
1967β68 | Sacramento State | 16β10 | 9β5 | ||||||
Sacramento State: | 117β118 (.498) | 62β46 (.574) | |||||||
Total: | 445β319 (.582) | ||||||||
National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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Footballβ»
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Phillips Haymakers (Oklahoma Intercollegiate Conference) (1924β1926) | |||||||||
1924 | Phillips | 2β7 | 2β3 | 6th | |||||
1925 | Phillips | 1β8 | 1β6 | 9th | |||||
1926 | Phillips | 2β5β1 | 2β3β1 | 8th | |||||
Phillips: | 5β20β1 | 5β12β1 | |||||||
Total: | 5β20β1 |
See alsoβ»
Referencesβ»
- ^ "University of Wyoming Official Athletic Site - Traditions". Archived from the original on May 14, 2012. Retrieved December 17, 2015.
- ^ "University of Wyoming Official Athletic Site - Traditions". Archived from the original on May 14, 2012. Retrieved December 17, 2015.
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