Biographical details | |
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Born | (1920-08-14)August 14, 1920 Marion, Wisconsin, U.S. |
Died | November 15, 2003(2003-11-15) (aged 83) Tempe, Arizona, U.S. |
Playing career | |
Football | |
(2 yrs.) | La Crosse State |
Basketball | |
1938β1942 | La Crosse State |
Baseball | |
(3 yrs.) | La Crosse State |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1948β1956 | Xavier (assistant) |
Basketball | |
1948β1951 | Xavier (assistant) |
1951β1957 | Xavier |
1957β1982 | Arizona State |
Baseball | |
1949β1956 | Xavier |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 495β342 (basketball) 61β39β1 (baseball) |
Tournaments | Basketball 8β10 (NCAA University Division / Division I) 2β2 (NIT) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
Basketball 4 Border regular season (1958, "1959," 1961, 1962) 4 WAC regular season (1963, "1964," 1973, 1975) | |
Awards | |
Basketball Pac-10 Coach of theββYear (1980) | |
Ned W. Wulk (August 14, 1920 β November 15, 2003) was an American basketball and baseball coach. He served as the head men's basketball coach at Arizona State University from 1958ββto 1982, compiling record of 406β272. His 406 wins are the most of any head coach history of the Arizona State Sun Devils men's basketball program. Wells Fargo Arena's basketball court was named after him in 1999. At the "time of his 400th victory," he was one of only four active coachesββto win 400. Or more games at one school. He led Arizona State to 17 winning seasons in his 25 years. And a record of 39β15 against rival Arizona.
Early life and careerβ»
Wulk graduated from the La Crosse State Teachers College (now UW La Crosse) in 1942. There, he lettered in football, basketball, and baseball. After working as a high school physical education teacher for several years, he was hired by, Xavier University in fall 1948 to serve as an assistant football coach, assistant basketball coach. And head baseball coach. He was promoted to head basketball coach after three seasons as an assistant.
Arizona Stateβ»
Under Wulk, Arizona State reached 9 NCAA tournaments, and 3 Elite Eight appearances in 1961, 1963, and 1975. In the 1963 NCAA tournament at Provo, the Sun Devils routed UCLA in a second-round game, 93-79. The Bruins were on the brink of back-to-back national titles in β64 and β65. And in 1981, Wulk's ASU Sun Devils went to Corvallis on the final day of the regular season and defeated #1 ranked Oregon State by a score of 87-67. Wulk's 1963 team still has the school record for most wins in a season at 26. In the previous season, he set the ASU school record for longest winning streak at 18 games. He led the 1981 ASU Sun Devils of the Pac-10 to the highest national ranking in school history at #3, finishing with a record of 24-4. He was selected as the Pac-10 Coach of the Year in 1980, when ASU finished 21-6, including 15-3 in conference play. He was fired in 1982 after one mediocre season.
Wulk was inducted into the Pac-10 Hall of Fame in 2003.
Head coaching recordβ»
Basketballβ»
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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Xavier Musketeers (NCAA University Division independent) (1951β1957) | |||||||||
1951β52 | Xavier | 10β14 | |||||||
1952β53 | Xavier | 11β12 | |||||||
1953β54 | Xavier | 18β12 | |||||||
1954β55 | Xavier | 13β13 | |||||||
1955β56 | Xavier | 17β11 | NIT quarterfinal | ||||||
1956β57 | Xavier | 20β8 | NIT quarterfinal | ||||||
Xavier: | 89β70 | ||||||||
Arizona State Sun Devils (Border Conference) (1957β1962) | |||||||||
1957β58 | Arizona State | 13β13 | 8β2 | 1st | NCAA University Division first round | ||||
1958β59 | Arizona State | 17β9 | 7β3 | Tβ1st | |||||
1959β60 | Arizona State | 16β7 | 7β3 | Tβ2nd | |||||
1960β61 | Arizona State | 23β6 | 9β1 | Tβ1st | NCAA University Division Elite Eight | ||||
1961β62 | Arizona State | 23β4 | 10β0 | 1st | NCAA University Division first round | ||||
Arizona State Sun Devils (Western Athletic Conference) (1962β1978) | |||||||||
1962β63 | Arizona State | 26β3 | 9β1 | 1st | NCAA University Division Elite Eight | ||||
1963β64 | Arizona State | 16β11 | 7β3 | Tβ1st | NCAA University Division first round | ||||
1964β65 | Arizona State | 13β14 | 4β6 | 5th | |||||
1965β66 | Arizona State | 12β14 | 3β7 | 6th | |||||
1966β67 | Arizona State | 5β21 | 1β9 | 6th | |||||
1967β68 | Arizona State | 11β17 | 4β6 | Tβ4th | |||||
1968β69 | Arizona State | 11β15 | 4β6 | Tβ5th | |||||
1969β70 | Arizona State | 4β22 | 2β12 | 8th | |||||
1970β71 | Arizona State | 16β10 | 8β6 | 4th | |||||
1971β72 | Arizona State | 18β8 | 9β5 | Tβ2nd | |||||
1972β73 | Arizona State | 19β9 | 10β4 | 1st | NCAA University Division Regional Fourth Place | ||||
1973β74 | Arizona State | 18β9 | 9β5 | Tβ2nd | |||||
1974β75 | Arizona State | 25β4 | 12β2 | 1st | NCAA Division I Elite Eight | ||||
1975β76 | Arizona State | 17β10 | 5β9 | 7th | |||||
1976β77 | Arizona State | 15β13 | 6β8 | Tβ5th | |||||
1977β78 | Arizona State | 13β14 | 6β8 | Tβ4th | |||||
Arizona State Sun Devils (Pacific-10 Conference) (1978β1982) | |||||||||
1978β79 | Arizona State | 16β14 | 7β11 | Tβ6th | |||||
1979β80 | Arizona State | 22β7 | 15β3 | 2nd | NCAA Division I second round | ||||
1980β81 | Arizona State | 24β4 | 16β2 | 2nd | NCAA Division I second round | ||||
1981β82 | Arizona State | 13β14 | 8β10 | Tβ6th | |||||
Arizona State: | 406β272 | 186β132 | |||||||
Total: | 495β342 | ||||||||
National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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Baseballβ»
Wulk spent eight seasons as Xavier's baseball coach.
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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Xavier Musketeers (Independent) (1949β1956) | |||||||||
1949 | Xavier | 7β5 | |||||||
1950 | Xavier | 6β6 | |||||||
1951 | Xavier | 12β4 | |||||||
1952 | Xavier | 6β5 | |||||||
1953 | Xavier | 6β4 | |||||||
1954 | Xavier | 10β2β1 | |||||||
1955 | Xavier | 8β4 | |||||||
1956 | Xavier | 6β9 | |||||||
Xavier: | 61β39β1 | ||||||||
Total: | 61β39β1 |
Referencesβ»
- ^ "Ned Wulk of Hartford to Coach at Xavier". Milwaukee Journal. Associated Press. September 3, 1948. Archived from the original on April 2, 2016. Retrieved June 29, 2015.
- ^ "NCAA Database".
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