Joe Cipriano (basketball)

Joe Cipriano (October 27, 1931 – November 26, 1980) was an American college basketball player and coach. He played in college under coach Tippy Dye at Washington, and he played in the 1953 Final Four in Kansas City, Missouri.

Cipriano coached at the University of Idaho from 1960 to 1963, where his teams went 43–35 (.551), and his most notable player was future NBA star Gus Johnson, the tenth overall selection in the 1963 NBA Draft. He then coached at the University of Nebraska, where he ran the Cornhuskers' program from 1964 until his death from cancer in 1980 at age 49, and compiled a record of 253–197 (.562).

References

The New York Times.com - Joe Cipriano's obituary

Idaho Vandals men's basketball head coaches

John G. Griffith (1905–1907)
George Wyman (1907–1908)
John S. Grogan (1908–1910)
John G. Griffith (1910–1915)
Charles M. Rademacher (1915–1916)
Hec Edmundson (1916–1918)
Wilfred C. Bleamaster (1918–1919)
Ralph Hutchinson (1919–1920)
David MacMillan (1920–1927)
Richard Fox (1927–1936)
Forrest Twogood (1936–1941)
Guy Wicks (1941–1942)
J. A. Brown (1942–1946)
Guy Wicks (1946–1947)
Charles Finley (1947–1954)
Harlan Hodges (1954–1959)
Dave Strack (1959–1960)
Joe Cipriano (1960–1963)
Jim Goddard (1963–1966)
Wayne Anderson (1966–1974)
Jim Jarvis (1974–1978)
Don Monson (1978–1983)
Bill Trumbo (1983–1986)
Tim Floyd (1986–1988)
Kermit Davis (1988–1990)
Larry Eustachy (1990–1993)
Joe Cravens (1993–1996)
Kermit Davis (1996–1997)
David Farrar (1997–2001)
Leonard Perry (2001–2006)
George Pfeifer (2006–2008)
Don Verlin (2008– )

Nebraska Cornhuskers men's basketball head coaches

Frank Lehmer (1897–1899)
T. P. Hewitt (1900)
E. Berry (1901)
Fred Morrell (1902)
Walter Hiltner (1902–1903)
R. G. Clapp (1904–1909)
T. J. Hewiat (1910)
O. F. Field (1911)
Ewald O. Stiehm (1912–1915)
Sam Waugh (1916)
E. J. Stewart (1917–1919)
Paul J. Schissler (1919–1921)
Owen A. Frank (1922–1923)
William G. Kline (1924–1925)
Ernest Bearg (1925–1926)
Charlie T. Black (1926–1932)
William Browne (1932–1940)
Adolph J. Lewandowski (1940–1945)
L. F. Klein (1945–1946)
Harry Good (1946–1954)
Jerry Bush (1954–1963)
Joe Cipriano (1963–1980)
Moe Iba (1980–1986)
Danny Nee (1986–2000)
Barry Collier (2000–2006)
Doc Sadler (2006– )

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Name	Cipriano, Joe
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Date of birth	October 27, 1931
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Date of death	November 26, 1980
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