Guy R. Strong

Guy R. Strong
Biographical details
Sport(s)	Basketball
Born	June 15, 1930 Irvine, Kentucky
Playing career
1949–1951	Kentucky
1952–1955	Eastern Kentucky
Position(s)	Guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1963–1967	Kentucky Wesleyan
1967–1973	Eastern Kentucky
1973–1977	Oklahoma State
1983–1990	George Rogers Clark HS
1995–2001	George Rogers Clark HS
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
1966
Awards
Ohio Valley Conference Coach of the Year (1972), Kentucky Athletic Hall of Fame (2002)

Guy R. Strong (born, June 15, 1930^[1]) was an American basketball player and coach. Strong, a Kentucky native, graduated from Estill County’s Irvine High School in 1948.^[2] Traveling to the University of Kentucky he was one of five players, including Bill Spivey, who made the final cut during a two-day session. He played for two years including the 1951 National Championship team. After his third year he served in the Korean War, before transferring to Eastern Kentucky to close out his collegiate career. As a coach in High School and College he complied a 541-355 record. He was also the first coach to win a National Championship at Kentucky Wesleyan College, a tradition the school continued by winning 7 more, the most in Division II.

Head coaching record

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Kentucky Wesleyan (Independent) (1963–1967)
1963–64	Kentucky Wesleyan	15-8			NCAA Div II First Round
1964–65	Kentucky Wesleyan	9-12
1965–66	Kentucky Wesleyan	24-6			NCAA Div II Champion
1966–67	Kentucky Wesleyan	25-4			NCAA Div II Third Place
Guy R. Strong:		73-30
Eastern Kentucky (Ohio Valley) (1967–1973)
1967–68	Eastern Kentucky	10-14	6-8	6th
1968–69	Eastern Kentucky	13-9	7-7	4th
1969–70	Eastern Kentucky	12-10	8-6	3rd-T
1970–71	Eastern Kentucky	16-8	10-4	2nd-T
1971–72	Eastern Kentucky	15-11	9-5	1st-T	NCAA First Round
1972–73	Eastern Kentucky	12-13	7-7	4th-T
Eastern Kentucky:		78-65	47-37
Oklahoma State (Big Eight Conference) (1973–1977)
1973–74	Oklahoma State	9–17	3–11	7th
1974–75	Oklahoma State	10–16	5–9	6th
1975–76	Oklahoma State	10–16	4–10	6th
1976–77	Oklahoma State	6–21	4–10	7th
Oklahoma State:		35–70	16–40
Total:		186-165
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

Kentucky Wesleyan Panthers men's basketball head coaches

V. I. Moore (1907–1910)
Unknown (1910–1916)
John Cobb (1916–1917)
Unknown (1917–1919)
William E. Arnold (1919–1920)
Jesse Sibley (1920–1922)
Basil Hayden (1922–1923)
L. G. Mansfield (1923–1924)
C. A. Webb (1924–1927)
E. R. Miller (1927–1928)
Walter "Rip" Van Winkle (1928–1932)
George Ditto (1932–1941)
Arthur Gullette (1941–1942)
Robert "Bullet" Wilson (1942–1959)
T. L. Plain (1959–1963)
Guy R. Strong (1963–1967)
Bob Daniels (1967–1972)
Bob Jones (1972–1980)
Mike Pollio (1980–1985)
Wayne Chapman (1985–1990)
Wayne Boultinghouse (1990–1996)
Ray Harper (1996–2005)
Todd Lee (2005–2013)
Happy Osborne (2013– )

Eastern Kentucky Colonels basketball head coaches

Clyde H. Wilson (1909–1912)
Charles A. Keith (1912–1913)
Ben Barnard (1913–1917)
No team (1917–1919)
Charles F. Miller & Clyde McCoy (1919–1920)
George Hembree (1920–1929)
Turkey Hughes (1929–1935)
Rome Rankin (1935–1943)
No team (1943–1944)
Rome Rankin (1944–1946)
Paul McBrayer (1946–1962)
Jim Baechtold (1962–1967)
Guy R. Strong (1967–1973)
Bob Mulcahy (1973–1976)
Ed Byhre (1976–1981)
Max Good (1981–1989)
Mike Pollio (1989–1992)
Mike Calhoun (1992–1997)
Scott Perry (1997–2000)
Travis Ford (2000–2005)
Jeff Neubauer (2005–2015)
Dan McHale (2015– )

Oklahoma State Cowboys basketball head coaches

Boyd Hill (1907–1908)
William Schrieber (1908–1910)
No team (1910–1911)
Paul J. Davis (1911–1915)
John G. Griffith (1915–1917)
Earl A. Pritchard (1917–1919)
Jim Pixlee (1919–1921)
John Maulbetsch (1921–1929)
George E. Rody (1929–1931)
Harold James (1931–1934)
Henry Iba (1934–1970)
Sam Aubrey (1970–1973)
Guy R. Strong (1973–1977)
Jim Killingsworth (1977–1979)
Paul Hansen (1979–1986)
Leonard Hamilton (1986–1990)
Eddie Sutton (1990–2006)
Sean Sutton (2006–2008)
Travis Ford (2008–2016)
Brad Underwood (2016– )

Kentucky Wildcats Men's Basketball 1950–51 NCAA Champions

6 Cliff Hagan 7 Guy R. Strong 11 Shelby Linville 16 Lou Tsioropoulos 19 Walter Hirsch 30 Frank Ramsey 32 Lucian Whitaker 35 Charles Newton 38 Bobby Watson 77 Bill Spivey (MOP) Head Coach Adolph Rupp Assistant Coach Harry Lancaster

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