Everett F. Shelton (May 12, 1898 – April 16, 1974) was an American
basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ...
coach in the 1940s and 1950s. Shelton played
quarterback
The quarterback (commonly abbreviated "QB"), colloquially known as the "signal caller", is a position in gridiron football. Quarterbacks are members of the offensive platoon and mostly line up directly behind the offensive line. In modern Ame ...
for the
Phillips University
Phillips University was a private university Enid, Oklahoma. It opened in 1906 and closed in 1998. It was affiliated with the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). It included an undergraduate college and a graduate seminary. The university wa ...
football team. The
Cunningham, Kansas native coached 46 years at the high school, college and
Amateur Athletic Union
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(AAU) levels and compiled an 850–437 record. He is mostly known for coaching the
Wyoming Cowboys men's basketball team from 1939 to 1959. While at Wyoming, Shelton had a record of 328 wins and 201 losses for a .620 winning percentage. He guided the Cowboys to eight
Mountain States / Skyline Conference championships and seven NCAA Tournament appearances. During his career, he was President of the National Association of Basketball Coaches.
He was elected to the
Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1980.
Shelton's
1942–43 Wyoming Cowboys basketball team won the
fifth NCAA basketball tournament. Shelton nearly won the national championship at Sacramento State College, where his Hornets lost in overtime to Mount St. Mary's in the
1962 NCAA College Division basketball tournament
The 1962 NCAA College Division basketball tournament involved 32 schools playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA College Division college basketball as a culmination of the 1961–6 ...
.
Head coaching record
Basketball
Football
See also
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List of NCAA Division I Men's Final Four appearances by coach
References
External links
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1898 births
1974 deaths
American men's basketball coaches
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People from Kingman County, Kansas
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