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THE HISTORY RETIRED NUMBERS
Five Players and two USF Hall of Fame Coaches have their names hanging in War Memorial Gym
PETE NEWELL
PHIL WOOLPERT
August 3, 1915 - November 17, 2008 Vancouver, British Columbia
December 15, 1915 - May 7, 1987 Danville, Kentucky
Loyola Marymount (Los Angeles, California)
Loyola Marymount (Los Angeles, California)
USF Coaching Career: 70-37 (1946-50)
USF Coaching Career: 154-78 (1950-59)
Inducted to the Naismith Hall of Fame in 1979
Inducted to the Naismith Hall of Fame in 1992
Coached USF first national title - 1949 NIT
General manager of Los Angeles Lakers and San Diego Rockets
Coached USF to NCAA titles in 1955 and 1956, and back to the Final Four in 1957, after the departure of Russell and Jones. At the time he was the youngest college basketball coach to have won a national championship
Started annual Big Man’s camp which continues to this day
Won Coach of the Year honors in 1955 and 1956.
Total NCAA record of 234-123 (14 years)
60 straight wins are second most in NCAA history (later surpassed by John Wooden and UCLA’s 88 Consecutive win streak)
Mentored U.S.A. to Olympic Gold Medal in 1960
Also coached Michigan State and California, winning NCAA crown with the Bears (1959) After retiring from coaching, Newell served as team executive or scout for several NBA teams, among them the Houston Rockets, the Los Angeles Lakers and the Golden State Warriors.
154-78 mark at USF in nine seasons as head coach Assistant Coach to Pete Newell on 1949 NIT Championship team One of the first NCAA coaches to play a racially integrated squad His teams held opponents below 60 points in 47 games. Phil Woolpert retired from coaching in 1969. He later settled down in Sequim, Washington and became a school bus driver
Coach Newell with USF’s All-Americans in 1955
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“3/16/57- CORVALLIS, ORE; Down the stairs to the locker room go the members of USF Carrying their coach Phil Woolpert, who the(y) threw into the shower after winning the NCAA regional championship here 3/16. -UNITED PRESS TELEPHOT”
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