Playing And Coaching Excellence
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By Mike Douchant
Being a great player has never had anything to do with being a good coach. But the 2001 East Regional had a couple of former NCAA consensus first-team All-Americas coaching teams in the playoffs--Iowa's Steve Alford and Southern California's Henry Bibby. Alford and Bibby are among the following 11 individuals in history to coach a team to the NCAA Division I Tournament after earning a spot on an NCAA first- or second-team All-America squad:
Coach, School (Years) Alma Mater (All-America Years)
Steve Alford, Southwest Missouri State (1999) Indiana (1986 and 1987/1st)
and Iowa (2001)
Henry Bibby, Southern California (1997) UCLA (1972/1st)
Bob Calihan, Detroit (1962) Detroit (1939/2nd)
Bob Cousy, Boston College (1967 and 1968) Holy Cross (1950/1st)
Larry Finch, Memphis (1988-89-92-93-95) Memphis State (1973/2nd)
Clem Haskins, Western Kentucky (1981 and Western Kentucky (1967/1st)
1986) and Minnesota (1989-90-94-95-97-99)
Walt Hazzard, UCLA (1987) UCLA (1964/1st)
Branch McCracken, Indiana (1940-53-54-58) Indiana (1930)
Jeff Mullins, UNC Charlotte (1988 and 1992) Duke (1964/2nd)
John Shumate, Southern Methodist (1993) Notre Dame (1974/1st)
John Wooden, UCLA (1950-52-56-62-63-64-65- Purdue (1930, 1931 and 1932)
67-68-69-70-71-72-73-74-75)
NOTES: The NCAA did not distinguish between first- and second-team All-Americas until 1939. . . . Alford (2-1 NCAA Tournament record entering 2001), Bibby (0-1), Cousy (2-2), Haskins (11-8), Hazzard (1-1), Mullins (0-3) and Shumate (0-1) played in the NBA.
