John Lawther

John Lawther
Biographical details
Sport(s)	Basketball
Born	(1899-09-19)September 19, 1899
Died	1996 (aged 96–97)
Alma mater	Westminster
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1926–1935	Westminster
1936–1949	Penn State
Head coaching record
Overall	302–124(.709)
Tournaments	NCAA: 1-1(.500)
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
NAIA Hall of Fame Helms Foundation Hall of Fame

John Dobson Lawther was a college men's basketball coach and professor. He was the head coach of Westminster College from 1926 to 1935 and Penn State University from 1936 to 1949. He coached Westminster and Penn State to a 302-124record, playing in one NCAA tournament in 1942. After leaving coaching, Latham became a professor and athletic administrator at Penn State and became a fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine.

He was an alumnus of Westminster College and earned a master's degree from Columbia University.^[1]

Head coaching record

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Westminster Titans (Independent) (1926–1935)
1926–27	Westminster	12-5
1927–28	Westminster	17-3
1928–29	Westminster	15-2
1929–30	Westminster	14-2
1930–31	Westminster	13-1
1931–32	Westminster	16-2
1932–33	Westminster	19-6
1933–34	Westminster	24-5
1934–35	Westminster	22-5
Westminster:		152–31(.831)
Penn State Nittany Lions (Eastern Intercollegiate Conference) (1936–1939)
1936–37	Penn State	10-7	6-4	3rd
1937–38	Penn State	13-5	6-4	2nd
1938–39	Penn State	13-10	5-5	T-3rd
Penn State Nittany Lions (Independent) (1939–1949)
1939–40	Penn State	15-8
1940–41	Penn State	15-5
1941–42	Penn State	18-3			NCAA Elite Eight
1942–43	Penn State	15-4
1943–44	Penn State	8-7
1944–45	Penn State	10-7
1945–46	Penn State	7-9
1946–47	Penn State	10-8
1947–48	Penn State	9-10
1948–49	Penn State	7-10
Penn State:		150–93 (.617)	17–13 (.567)
Total:		302–124 (.709)
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

↑ http://www.libraries.psu.edu/findingaids/563.htm

Westminster Titans head football coaches

Unknown (1891–1896)
Stannard (1897)
Unknown (1898)
Ziegler (1899)
Unknown (1900–1901)
Edmundsen (1902)
Unknown (1903)
Hays (1904)
Lang (1905)
McMahon (1906)
Unknown (1907–1909)
O. D. Hollenbeck (1910)
Willard Gildersleeve (1911)
Unknown (1912)
Frank L. Tinkham (1913)
Frank L. Tinkham & Andrew Park (1914)
Andrew Park & Tuss McLaughry (1915)
Tuss McLaughry (1916)
Lambie (1917)
Tuss McLaughry (1918)
Byron Wimberly (1919)
Unknown (1920)
Tuss McLaughry (1921)
Daniel H. McQuiston (1922)
Carl Brales (1923)
E. Dwight Dyer (1924)
Unknown (1925)
Dike Beede (1926)
Unknown (1927–1930)
John Lawther (1931–1933)
William J. Gilbane & Tom Gilbane (1934–1935)
Tom Gilbane & DiMeele (1935)
George Roark (1936)
Grover Washabaugh (1937–1942)
No team (1943–1945)
Mel Hetzler (1946–1951)
Harold Burry (1952–1971)
Joe Fusco (1972–1990)
B. Eugene Nicholson (1991–1998)
Sean Kelly & Scott Renninger # (1999)
Jerry Schmitt (2000–2004)
Jeff Hand (2005–2013)
Scott Benzel (2014– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.

Penn State Nittany Lions basketball head coaches

No coach (1896–1912)
J. F. Haddow (1912–1914)
J. F. Park (1914–1915)
Dutch Hermann (1915–1917)
No coach (1917–1918)
Hugo Bezdek (1918–1919)
Dutch Hermann (1919–1932)
Earl Leslie (1932–1936)
John Lawther (1936–1949)
Elmer Gross (1949–1954)
John Egli (1954–1968)
Johnny Bach (1968–1978)
Dick Harter (1978–1983)
Bruce Parkhill (1983–1995)
Jerry Dunn (1995–2003)
Ed DeChellis (2003–2011)
Pat Chambers (2011– )

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