Everett F. Shelton (May 12, 1898 – April 16, 1974) was an American
basketball coach in the 1940s and 1950s. Shelton played
quarterback for the
Phillips University football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...
team. The
Cunningham, Kansas native coached 46 years at the high school, college and
Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) levels and compiled an 850–437 record. He is mostly known for coaching the
Wyoming Cowboys men's basketball
The University of Wyoming men's basketball program, which competes in the Mountain West Conference, has a lengthy tradition dating back to 1905. Wyoming won the 1943 NCAA championship under Hall of Fame coach Everett Shelton and behind star gu ...
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
The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame is an American history museum and hall of fame, located at 1000 Hall of Fame Avenue in Springfield, Massachusetts. It serves as basketball's most complete library, in addition to promoting and pres ...
in 1980.
Shelton's
1942–43 Wyoming Cowboys basketball team
The 1942–43 Wyoming Cowboys basketball team represented the University of Wyoming in NCAA men's competition in the NCAA college basketball season. The Cowboys won the Mountain States Conference championship and were the first 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 1961–62 ...
.
Head coaching record
Basketball
Football
See also
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List of NCAA Division I Men's Final Four appearances by coach
This is a list of the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament regional championships by coach. The current names of the NCAA tournament regions are the East, Midwest, South, and West. The winners of the four regions are awarded an NCAA Regiona ...
References
External links
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1898 births
1974 deaths
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People from Kingman County, Kansas
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