Coaching History
Tom Davis
Gary Garner
Bill Williams
Jack McClelland
Bob Ortegel
Ossie Solem
DRAKE MVC COACHES OF THE YEAR 1963-64 1967-68 1968-69 1969-70 1981-82 1992-93 2007-08
Maury John Maury John Maury John Maury John Gary Garner Rudy Washington Keno Davis
Drake coaching legend Maury John was named the national coach of the year in 1969 by the U.S. Basketball Writers Association. John, a four-time Missouri Valley Conference Coach of the Year, is Drake’s alltime winningest coach with 211 victories.He was inducted posthumously into the Missouri Valley Conference Hall of Fame in 2000.
Coach C.A. Pell John L. Griffith A.R. Hackett Ray Whisman Ralph Glaze Dr. S.W. Hobbs M.B. Banks Ossie Solem Bill Boelter Bill Williams Bill Easton Vee Green Forddy Anderson Jack McClelland John Benington Maury John Howard Stacey Bob Ortegel Gary Garner Tom Abatemarco Eddie Fields Rudy Washington Kurt Kanaskie Dr. Tom Davis Keno Davis Mark Phelps
Years 1906-1909 1909-1910 1912-1914 1910-1912 1914-1916 1916-1917 1917-1918 1918-1921 1921-1925 1925-1932 1932-1943 1943-1944 1944-1946 1946-1948 1948-1956 1956-1958 1958-1971 1971-1974 1974-1981 1981-1988 1988-1990 1990-1990 1990-1996 1996-2003 2003-2007 2007-2008 2008-present
Record 6-13 2-29 2-13 8-15 5-7 2-17 32-37 37-31 46-86 113-115 7-13 21-29 32-23 90-105 21-28 211-131 34-44 91-103 95-104 23-29 2-6 63-102 62-136 54-65 28-5 17-16
Keno Davis was named the 2007-08 national college coach of the year by six different sources including The Sporting News, the U.S. Basketball Writers Association and The Associated Press. Keno and his father, Tom, whom he succeeded at Drake, are the first father and son duo to win the national coach of the year award. Tom Davis was at Iowa when he won it in 1987.
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