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Stan Watts

Stan Watts 1956.jpeg
Watts, circa 1956

Sport(s)
Basketball, baseball
Biographical details
Born
(1911-08-30)August 30, 1911
Murray, Utah
Died
April 6, 2000(2000-04-06) (aged 88)
Alma mater
BYU
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Basketball
1938–?
Millard High HS
1941–1945
Dixie JC
1945–1947
Jordan HS (UT)
1947–1949
BYU (freshmen)
1949–1972
BYU
Baseball
1948
BYU

Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1970–1976
BYU

Head coaching record
Overall
371–254 (college basketball)
3–3 (college baseball)
Tournaments
Basketball
4–10 (NCAA University Division)
6–2 (NIT)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships

Basketball
2 NIT (1951, 1966)
3 MSC regular season (1950, 1951, 1957)
5 WAC regular season (1965, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1972)



Basketball Hall of Fame
Inducted in 1986 (profile)

College Basketball Hall of Fame
Inducted in 2006

Stanley H. Watts (August 30, 1911 – April 6, 2000) was an American basketball coach. He served as the head basketball coach at Brigham Young University (BYU) from 1949 to 1972. The Murray, Utah native was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1986.


Watts became the sixth coach in history to win 100 games in his first five years. Watts' BYU teams were disciplined and well-drilled units that favored an up-tempo style and relentless defensive pressure. In 23 seasons, Watts compiled a 371–254 (.594) record and established a strong basketball tradition and a national athletic identity for the Mormon school. His Cougars teams won eight conference titles, appeared in 11 postseason tournaments, and captured the 1951 and 1966 National Invitation Tournament championships.


Watts began his coaching career in 1938 at Millard High, then coached Dixie Junior College from 1941 to 1945 and Jordan High School from 1945 to 1947. Watts was chosen as BYU's freshman coach in 1947 and inherited the varsity team in 1949. Watts' book, Developing an Offensive Attack in Basketball (1958), became a standard manual on the fast break offense. From 1965 to 1966, Watts' "Runnin' Cougars" scored more than 100 points 21 times and at least 95 points 32 times. Watts' teaching skills were in constant demand at coaching clinics across the nation and in Europe, the Far East and South Africa. Watts served his coaching organization, the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC), on numerous committees. He served on the Board of Directors from 1958 to 1968 and as president in 1970.




Contents





  • 1 Head coaching record

    • 1.1 College basketball



  • 2 References


  • 3 External links




Head coaching record[edit]



College basketball[edit]

























































































































































Season
Team
Overall
Conference
Standing
Postseason

BYU Cougars (Mountain States Conference) (1949–1962)
1949–50
BYU
22–1214–61st
NCAA Regional Fourth Place
1950–51
BYU
28–915–51st
NCAA Elite Eight, NIT Champions

1951–52
BYU
14–109–5T–2nd
1952–53
BYU
22–811–32nd
NIT First Round
1953–54
BYU
18–119–53rd
NIT First Round
1954–55
BYU
13–1310–42nd

1955–56
BYU
18–810–42nd

1956–57
BYU
19–911–31st
NCAA University Division Regional Third Place

1957–58
BYU
13–139–5T–2nd
1958–59
BYU
15–118–64th
1959–60
BYU
8–175–95th
1960–61
BYU
15–119–53rd
1961–62
BYU
10–165–9T–4th

BYU Cougars (Western Athletic Conference) (1962–1972)
1962–63
BYU
12–146–42nd
1963–64
BYU
13–125–53rd
1964–65
BYU
21–78–21st
NCAA University Division Regional Third Place
1965–66
BYU
20–56–42nd
NIT Champions
1966–67
BYU
14–108–2T–1st
1967–68
BYU
13–124–6T–4th
1968–69
BYU
16–126–4T–1st
NCAA University Division First Round
1969–70
BYU
8–184–107th
1970–71
BYU
18–1110–41st
NCAA University Division Regional Fourth Place
1971–72
BYU
21–512–21st
NCAA University Division First Round

BYU:
371–254194–112
Total:371–254

      National champion  
      Postseason invitational champion  

      Conference regular season champion  
      Conference regular season and conference tournament champion

      Division regular season champion
      Division regular season and conference tournament champion

      Conference tournament champion



References[edit]





External links[edit]



  • Stan Watts at the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame












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