Walter Meanwell

University of Wisconsin photo

Walter E. Meanwell (January 26, 1884 – December 2, 1953) was an English college men's basketball coach in the 1910s, 1920s and 1930s. The Leeds, England native coached in the U.S. for the University of Wisconsin–Madison (1911–1917, 1920–1934) and the University of Missouri (1918–1920) to an overall record of 290–101.

Meanwell became the fourth basketball coach in University of Wisconsin–Madison history in 1911. After earning a doctorate degree in 1915, he was nicknamed "Doc" or "Little Doc" (due to his 5'6" frame). During World War I he served in the US Army. After a two-year stint at University of Missouri, Meanwell was back at Wisconsin. The Badgers won or shared four Big Ten titles under his guidance (1921, 1923–24, 1929). His 1912, 1914, and 1916 Wisconsin teams were retroactively named national champions by the Helms Athletic Foundation and the Premo-Porretta Power Poll.^[1] Meanwell taught a style of game that featured short passing, crisscross dribbles and a tight zone defense. In 1934 he retired from coaching and practiced medicine in Madison, Wisconsin, until his death. He was inducted to the Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach in 1959.

Head coaching record

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Wisconsin (Big Ten Conference) (1911–1917)
1911–12	Wisconsin	15–0	12–0	1st	Helms National Champions Premo-Porretta National Champions
1912–13	Wisconsin	14–1	11–1	1st
1913–14	Wisconsin	15–0	12–0	1st	Helms National Champions Premo-Porretta National Champions
1914–15	Wisconsin	13–4	8–4	3rd
1915–16	Wisconsin	20–1	11–1	1st	Helms National Champions Premo-Porretta National Champions
1916–17	Wisconsin	15–3	9–3	4th
Wisconsin:		92–9	63–9
Missouri (Missouri Valley Conference) (1917–1920)
1917–18	Missouri	17–1	15–1	1st
1919–20	Missouri	17–1	17–1	1st
Missouri:		34–2	32–2
Wisconsin (Big Ten Conference) (1920–1934)
1920–21	Wisconsin	13–4	8–4	T–1st
1921–22	Wisconsin	14–5	8–4	2nd
1922–23	Wisconsin	12–3	11–1	T–1st
1923–24	Wisconsin	11–5	8–4	T–1st
1924–25	Wisconsin	6–11	3–9	9th
1925–26	Wisconsin	8–9	4–8	T–8th
1926–27	Wisconsin	10–7	7–5	T–4th
1927–28	Wisconsin	13–4	9–3	T–3rd
1928–29	Wisconsin	15–2	10–2	T–1st
1929–30	Wisconsin	15–2	8–2	2nd
1930–31	Wisconsin	8–9	4–8	T–7th
1931–32	Wisconsin	8–10	3–9	T–8th
1932–33	Wisconsin	7–13	4–8	8th
1933–34	Wisconsin	14–6	8–4	T–2nd
Wisconsin:		154–90	95–71
Wisconsin:		246–99	158–80
Total:		280–101
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

↑ ESPN, ed. (2009). ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. New York, NY: ESPN Books. pp. 532–33. ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2.

Missouri Tigers men's basketball head coaches

Isadore Anderson (1906–1907)
A. M. Ebright (1907–1908)
Guy Lowman (1908–1910)
Chester Brewer (1910–1911)
Osmond F. Field (1911–1914)
Eugene Van Gent (1914–1916)
John F. Miller (1916–1917)
Walter Meanwell (1917–1918)
John F. Miller (1918–1919)
Walter Meanwell (1919–1920)
J. Craig Ruby (1920–1922)
George Bond (1922–1926)
George Edwards (1926–1946)
Wilbur Stalcup (1946–1962)
Bob Vanatta (1962–1967)
Norm Stewart (1967–1999)
Quin Snyder (1999–2006)
Melvin Watkins # (2006)
Mike Anderson (2006–2011)
Frank Haith (2011–2014)
Tim Fuller # (2013)
Kim Anderson (2014– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.

Missouri Tigers athletic directors

Clark Hetherington (1897–1908)
W. J. Monilaw (1909–1910)
Chester Brewer (1911–1918)
Walter Meanwell (1919–1920)
Zora G. Clevenger (1921–1923)
Chester Brewer (1924–1935)
Don Faurot (1935–1942)
George Edwards (1943–1945)
Don Faurot (1946–1967)
Dan Devine (1967–1970)
Wilbur Stalcup (1971–1972)
Mel Sheehan (1972–1977)
Dave Hart (1978–1986)
Jack Lengyel (1986–1988)
Dick Tamburo (1988–1992)
Dan Devine (1992–1994)
Joe Castiglione (1994–1998)
Mike Alden (1998–2015)
Mack Rhoades (2015– )

Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball head coaches

James C. Elsom (1898–1904)
Emmett Angell (1904–1908)
Haskell Noyes (1908–1911)
Walter Meanwell (1911–1917)
Guy Lowman (1917–1920)
Walter Meanwell (1920–1934)
Harold E. Foster (1934–1959)
John Erickson (1959–1968)
John Powless (1968–1976)
Bill Cofield (1976–1982)
Steve Yoder (1982–1992)
Stu Jackson (1992–1994)
Stan Van Gundy (1994–1995)
Dick Bennett (1995–2000)
Brad Soderberg # (2000–2001)
Bo Ryan (2001–2015)
Greg Gard (2015– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.

Wisconsin Badgers athletic directors

George Little (1925–1932) Walter Meanwell (1933–1935) Harry Stuhldreher (1936–1950) Guy Sundt (1950–1955) Ivy Williamson (1955–1969) Elroy Hirsch (1969–1987) Ade Sponberg (1987–1989) Pat Richter (1989–2004) Barry Alvarez (2004– )

Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 1959

Players	Charley Hyatt Hank Luisetti George Mikan John Schommer

Coaches	Phog Allen Doc Carlson Walter Meanwell

Contributors	Luther Gulick Edward J. Hickox Ralph Morgan James Naismith Harold Olsen Amos Alonzo Stagg Oswald Tower

Referees	Matthew P. Kennedy

Teams	Original Celtics The First Team

Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame

Based in Springfield, Massachusetts

Members

Coaches (100)

Alexeeva Allen Anderson Auerbach Auriemma Barmore Barry Blood Boeheim Brown Calhoun Calipari Cann Carlson Carnesecca Carnevale Carril Case Chancellor Chaney Conradt Crum Daly Dean Díaz-Miguel Diddle Drake Ferrándiz Gaines Gamba Gardner Gaze Gill Gomelsky Gunter Hannum Harshman Haskins Hatchell Heinsohn Hickey Hobson Holzman Hurley Iba Izzo Jackson Julian Keaney Keogan Knight Krzyzewski Kundla Lambert Leonard Lewis Litwack Loeffler Lonborg Magee McCutchan A. McGuire F. McGuire McLendon Meanwell Meyer Miller Moore Nelson Nikolić Novosel Olson Pitino Ramsay Richardson Riley Rubini Rupp Rush Sachs Sharman Shelton Sloan Smith Stringer Summitt Tarkanian Taylor Teague Thompson VanDerveer Wade Watts Wilkens G. Williams R. Williams Wooden Woolpert Wootten Yow

Boldface indicates those who are also inducted as players Italics indicates those who are also inducted as contributors.

Contributors (67)

Abbott Barksdale Bee Biasone H. Brown W. Brown Bunn Buss Clifton Colangelo Cooper Davidson Douglas Duer Embry Fagan Fisher Fleisher Gavitt Gottlieb Granik Gulick Harrison Hearn Henderson Hepp Hickox Hinkle Irish Jones Kennedy Knight Lemon Liston Lloyd McLendon Mokray Morgan Morgenweck Naismith Newell Newton J. O'Brien L. O'Brien Olsen Podoloff Porter Raveling Reid Reinsdorf Ripley Sanders Saperstein Schabinger St. John Stagg Stanković Steitz Stern Taylor Tower Trester Vitale Wells Wilke Winter Zollner

Boldface indicates those who are also inducted as coaches.

Players (174)

Guards	Archibald Beckman Belov Bing Blazejowski Borgmann Brennan Cervi Cooper-Dyke Cousy Dampier Davies Drexler Dumars Edwards Frazier Friedman Gervin Goodrich Greer Guerin Hanson Haynes Holman Hyatt Isaacs Iverson Jeannette D. Johnson E. Johnson K. Jones S. Jones Jordan Lieberman Maravich Marcari Marčiulionis Martin McDermott McGuire Meyers R. Miller Monroe Murphy Page Payton Petrović Phillip Posey Richmond Robertson Rodgers Roosma Russell Schommer Sedran Sharman Staley Steinmetz Stockton Swoopes Thomas Thompson Vandivier Wanzer West J. White Wilkens Woodard Wooden

Forwards	Arizin Barkley Barry Baylor Bird Bradley R. Brown Cunningham Curry Dalipagić Dantley DeBusschere Dehnert Endacott English Erving Foster Fulks Gale Gates Gola Hagan Havlicek Hawkins Hayes Haywood Heinsohn Howell G. Johnson King Lucas Luisetti K. Malone McClain B. McCracken J. McCracken McHale Mikkelsen C. Miller Mullin Pettit Pippen Pollard Ramsey Rodman Schayes E. Schmidt O. Schmidt Stokes Thompson Twyman Walker N. White Wilkes Wilkins Worthy Yardley

Centers	Abdul-Jabbar Barlow Beaty Bellamy Chamberlain Ćosić Cowens Crawford Daniels DeBernardi Donovan Ewing Gallatin Gilmore Gruenig Harris-Stewart Houbregs Issel W. Johnson Johnston Krause Kurland Lanier Leslie Lovellette Lapchick Macauley M. Malone McAdoo Meneghin Mikan Mourning Murphy Mutombo Olajuwon O'Neal Parish Pereira Reed Risen Robinson Russell Sabonis Sampson Semjonova Thurmond Unseld Wachter Walton Yao

Boldface indicates those who are also inducted as coaches

Referees (16)

Bavetta Enright Garretson Hepbron Hoyt Kennedy Leith Mihalik Nichols Nucatola Quigley Rudolph Shirley Strom Tobey Walsh

Teams (10)

1960 United States Olympic Team 1992 United States Olympic Team All American Red Heads Buffalo Germans The First Team Harlem Globetrotters Immaculata College New York Renaissance Original Celtics Texas Western

Awards

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 6/22/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.