Lynn J. Archibald (September 27, 1944 – May 28, 1997) was an American

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. He served as head basketball coach at

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and the

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Early life

Born in

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, Archibald moved to

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and

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with his family and graduated from

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. He played college basketball at Utah State in Logan as a freshman and at

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Career

Archibald was an assistant coach under

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at Long Beach State and

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, and also had brief stints at and As a head coach, he worked at Idaho State in

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for five seasons and then was an assistant at Utah in

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for a season. When

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departed for UC Santa Barbara, Archibald was promoted and led the Utes for six years with a Succeeded by

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at Utah, Archibald was an assistant at

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then at

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in Provo, Utah, and later, the director of basketball operations. After a long battle with prostate cancer, Archibald died at his Provo home at age 52 While at Idaho State in 1979, Archibald mused that the peculiar King Spud Trophy for the intrastate series with

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should be awarded to the loser: "It's the ugliest thing I've ever seen. The only good thing that happened last week was losing it."

Personal life

His son Beau, who played college basketball at

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, and later, at

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, is also a basketball coach.Beau Archibald biography at jimcalhouncamp.com
Retrieved September 11, 2013

Head coaching record

References

External links

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