Lovell T. "Bill" Underwood (December 13, 1902 – July 13, 1997) was a

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coach, the head coach at Gonzaga University for two seasons, from 1949 to 1951, with an overall record of 26–33 (). Underwood resigned as head basketball coach in March 1951, and was succeeded by

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, who stayed for 21 years. Underwood was a

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All-American in 1922 in

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. He earned three letters in basketball at the

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in Lexington in 1924, 1925, and 1926. He coached at

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in Lexington in the early 1930s and moved west to

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, in 1938, where he resided when he was hired by Gonzaga in May 1949. He was also the Gonzaga Bulldogs baseball coach from 1949 to 1950. Underwood stayed in Spokane and was an administrator in the county school system; he became the Spokane chapter manager of the

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in 1959. He later served with the organization in

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. Underwood died in Bellevue in 1997 at age 94.

Head coaching record

Basketball

References

External links

Gonzaga University Digital Collections
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