Harlan Hodges

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Harlan Hodges
Sport(s)	Basketball
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1933-45 1946 1947 1948-54 1954-59	West Frankfort High School Missouri School of Mines Southern Illinois (Asst.) Murray State Idaho
Head coaching record
Overall	161-143

Harlan Hodges is an American basketball coach who was the head men's basketball coach at Murray State and Idaho.

Early career

Hodges' coaching career began at West Frankfort High School in West Frankfort, Illinois. In his 12 seasons at WFHS, Hodges' Redbirds won their regional tournament three times, their sectional tournament twice, and made it to the state championship four times. He spent one season as the head basketball and track coach at the Missouri School of Mines before returning to his alma mater, Southern Illinois as an assistant basketball and football coach.^[1]^[2]

Murray State

Hodges coached the Murray State Racers from 1948-54. His 1950-51 and 1951-52 teams finished the year ranked No. 16 in the years' end AP poll. His teams twice made the NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament and was runner up in 1952.^[3] Two of Hodges' players at Murray State, Bennie Purcell and Garrett Beshear, received All-American honors.^[4] His overall record at Murray State is 109-66.

Idaho

From 1954-59, Hodges was the head coach of the Idaho Vandals. In his five seasons in Moscow, Hodges had a 52-77 record and no tournament appearances. He resigned as head coach on April 30, 1959 to become a high school superintendent in Anna, Illinois.^[5]

References

↑ "Idaho Names Harlan Hodges New Cage Coach". Spokane Daily Chronicle. May 7, 1954. Retrieved 2010-03-19.
↑ "Murray Names New Net Coach". Kentucky New Era. April 1, 1948. Retrieved 2010-03-19.
↑ http://racerhistory.com/
↑ "Idaho Names Harlan Hodges New Cage Coach". Spokane Daily Chronicle. May 7, 1954. Retrieved 2010-03-19.
↑ "Idaho Cage Coach Quits". Los Angeles Times. April 30, 1959. |accessdate= requires |url= (help)

Murray State Racers men's basketball head coaches

Carlisle Cutchin (1925–1941)
Rice Mountjoy (1941–1942)
John Miller (1942–1947)
Carlisle Cutchin # (1947–1948)
Harlan Hodges (1948–1954)
Rex Alexander (1954–1958)
Cal Luther (1958–1974)
Fred Overton (1974–1978)
Ron Greene (1978–1985)
Steve Newton (1985–1991)
Scott Edgar (1991–1995)
Mark Gottfried (1995–1998)
Tevester Anderson (1998–2003)
Mick Cronin (2003–2006)
Billy Kennedy (2006–2011)
Steve Prohm (2011– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.

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)
Dave MacMillan (1920–1927)
Richard Fox (1927–1936)
Forrest Twogood (1936–1941)
Guy Wicks (1941–1942)
James 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 D. 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– )

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