Henry Iba

Henry Payne Iba, called " Hank " ( born August 6, 1904 in Easton, Missouri, † January 15, 1993 in Stillwater, Oklahoma ) was an American basketball coach. He is best known for his time as coach of the Oklahoma State University (1934-1970), which he led to the NCAA Championships in 1945 and 1946. He was the first coach who succeeded in defending the title. Likewise Iba is by its use as coach of the U.S. Olympic team at the Games in Tokyo in 1964, 1968 in Mexico City and 1972 Munich known where he was the only coach two gold medals (1964, 1968) won. Ibas overall record as a college coach has 767 victories in 338 defeats. When he retired in 1970, he was the second- winningest coach in college basketball ( behind Phog Allen). On April 13, 1969 Iba was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. In 2007 he was also included as one of the first coaches in the FIBA Hall of Fame.