Date of Birth
6 August 1904,
Easton, Missouri, USA
Date of Death
15 January 1993, Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA
Birth Name
Henry Payne Iba
Nickname
The Iron Duke of Defense
Height
6' 2" (1.88 m)
Trivia
Enshrined in Missouri, Oklahoma, Helms Foundation and Westminster Alumni Halls of Fame.
Only coach in history to win two Olympic gold medals (1964-Tokyo, 1968-Mexico City).
Will forever be remembered as the coach of the 1972 U.S. Olympic team that lost to the Soviet Union in a controversial ending.
Only person in history to coach three U.S. Olympic teams. *
NABC President.
NABC Metropolitan Award (1947).
His "swinging gate" defense (a man-to-man with team flow) was applauded by many and is still effective in today's game.
Won or shared Missouri Valley Conference titles 14 times.
Big 8 Championship (1965).
National Coach of the Year (1945, 1946).
NCAA championship runner-up (1949).
Overall college coaching record: 767-338 (.694).
He became the first coach to win consecutive NCAA titles (1945, 1946).
All-Conference (1926, 1927).
Head coach for Maryville (MO) Teachers College (1929-33), University of Colorado (1933-34), and Oklahoma A&M/Oklahoma State University (1934-70).
Enshrined (as a coach )into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1969.
Played at Westminster College of Missouri (1923-1927).
Retired as the second all-time winningest coach in NCAA history.
Recipient of the National Basketball Hall of Fame's John Bunn Award in 1976.
Inducted into the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame as a special contributor, 1985.
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