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1970–71 Washington State Cougars Men's Basketball Team
The 1970–71 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team represented Washington State University for the 1970–71 NCAA college basketball season. Led by thirteenth-year head coach Marv Harshman, the Cougars were members of the Pacific-8 Conference and played their home games on campus at Bohler Gymnasium in Pullman, Washington. The Cougars were overall in the regular season and in conference play, tied for last in the standings. At the end of the season, assistant Jud Heathcote George Melvin "Jud" Heathcote (May 27, 1927 – August 28, 2017) was an American basketball player and coach. He was a college basketball head coach for 24 seasons: five at the University of Montana and nineteen at Michigan State University H ... became head coach at the University of Montana. A fixture in Pullman since 1958, Harshman departed in June for rival Washington in Seattle. Bob Greenwood, an assistant at Iowa and former head coach at Washington University in St. Louis, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marv Harshman
Marvel Keith Harshman (October 4, 1917 – April 12, 2013) was a college basketball coach, a head coach for forty years in the state of Washington at Pacific Lutheran University, Washington State University, and the University of Washington. Early years Born in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, Harshman moved to the Pacific Northwest as a child and graduated from Lake Stevens High School in Lake Stevens, Washington, north of Seattle. He attended Pacific Lutheran University in Parkland, where he lettered thirteen times in four sports and graduated in 1942. Harshman served three years in the U.S. Navy during World War II, then returned to PLU to coach. he was selected by the Chicago Cardinals in the fifteenth round (134th overall) of the 1942 NFL Draft. Collegiate career While at his alma mater (1945–58), Harshman was also the head football coach from 1951 to 1957, compiling a record, and also led the baseball team for the last five seasons. He moved east to Washington State Universit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
