Henry Iba
American basketball player and coach
Biography
Henry Payne “Hank” Iba (; August 6, 1904 – January 15, 1993) was an American basketball coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head basketball coach at Northwest Missouri State Teacher's College, now known as Northwest Missouri State University, from 1929 to 1933; the University of Colorado Boulder from 1933 to 1934; and the Oklahoma State University–Stillwater, known as Oklahoma A&M prior to 1957, from 1934 to 1970, compiling a career college basketball coaching record of 751–340. He led Oklahoma A&M to consecutive NCAA basketball tournament titles, in 1945 and 1946.
Iba was also the athletic director at Oklahoma A&M / Oklahoma State from 1935 to 1970 and the school's head baseball coach from 1934 to 1941, tallying a mark of 90–41. As head coach of the United States men's national basketball team, he led the U.S. to the gold medals at the 1964 and 1968 Summer Olympics. Iba was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1969.
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Career highlights
Teams
- Westminster Blue Jays men's basketball
Family
- Children
- Moe Iba
Awards & honours (2)
- FIBA Hall of Fame
- John Bunn Award
Quick answers about Henry Iba
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- Henry Iba died on January 15, 1993 at the age of 88.
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- Henry Iba was born on August 6, 1904.
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- Henry Iba was born in Easton.
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- Henry Iba's zodiac sign is Leo.
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- Henry Iba is a citizen of United States.
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- Henry Iba is known as basketball coach, basketball player.
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- Wikidata lists 1 child of Henry Iba.