Louis Menze

Louis Menze
Biographical details
Sport(s)	Basketball
Born	June 28, 1894 Nebraska
Died	October 7, 1982(1982-10-07) (aged 88) Ames, Iowa
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1928-1947	Iowa State
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1945-1958	Iowa State
Head coaching record
Overall	166–153 (.520)
Tournaments	NCAA: 1-1 (.500)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
NCAA Final Four (1944) 4x Big Six Championships (1935, 1941, 1944, 1945)

Louis Edmond Menze (June 28, 1894 – October 7, 1982) was a college men's basketball coach and athletics administrator. He was the head coach of Iowa State from 1928 to 1947. He coached Iowa State to a 166-153 record, winning four Big Six Conference championships and made the 1944 Final Four in one NCAA tournament appearance. He also served as Iowa State's athletic director from 1945 to 1958. He was inducted into the Iowa State athletics Hall of Fame in 1998.^[1]^[2]

Head coaching record

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Iowa State Cyclones (Big Six Conference) (1928–1947)
1928–29	Iowa State	8-7	4-6	4th
1929–30	Iowa State	9-8	5-5	4th
1930–31	Iowa State	8-8	4-6	5th
1931–32	Iowa State	9-6	4-6	5th
1932–33	Iowa State	6-10	2-8	6th
1933–34	Iowa State	6-11	2-8	T-5th
1934–35	Iowa State	13-3	8-2	1st
1935–36	Iowa State	8-8	3-7	T-4th
1936–37	Iowa State	3-15	0-10	6th
1937–38	Iowa State	6-9	2-8	6th
1938–39	Iowa State	8-9	5-5	4th
1939–40	Iowa State	9-9	2-8	T-4th
1940–41	Iowa State	15-4	7-3	T-1st
1941–42	Iowa State	11-6	5-5	3rd
1942–43	Iowa State	7-9	2-8	5th
1943–44	Iowa State	14-4	9-1	T-1st	NCAA Final Four
1944–45	Iowa State	11-5	8-2	1st
1945–46	Iowa State	8-8	5-5	3rd
1946–47	Iowa State	7-14	5-5	T-3rd
Iowa State:		166–153 (.520)	82–108 (.432)
Total:		166–153 (.520)
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

Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball head coaches

Clyde Williams (1907–1911)
Homer C. Hubbard (1911–1915)
H. H. Walters (1915–1919)
Punk Berryman (1919–1920)
Maury Kent (1920–1921)
Bill Chandler (1921–1928)
Louis Menze (1928–1947)
Clay Sutherland (1947–1954)
Bill Strannigan (1954–1959)
Glen Anderson (1959–1971)
Maury John (1971–1974)
Ken Trickey (1974–1976)
Lynn Nance (1976–1980)
Rick Samuels # (1980)
Johnny Orr (1980–1994)
Tim Floyd (1994–1998)
Larry Eustachy (1998–2003)
Wayne Morgan (2003–2006)
Greg McDermott (2006–2010)
Fred Hoiberg (2010–2015)
Steve Prohm (2015– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.

Iowa State Cyclones athletic directors

S. W. Beyer (1903–1914)
Clyde Williams (1914–1919)
Charles Mayser (1919–1923)
Hugo Otapalik # (1923–1924)
T. Nelson Metcalf (1924–1931)
George F. Veenker (1932–1945)
Louis Menze (1945–1958)
Gordon H. Chalmers (1959–1966)
Clay Stapleton (1967–1970)
Lou McCullough (1971–1982)
Max Urick (1983–1993)
Gene Smith (1993–2000)
Bruce Van De Velde (2000–2006)
Jamie Pollard (2006– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim athletic director.

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