Jay McCreary

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Jay McCreary
Sport(s)	Basketball
Biographical details
Born	February 6, 1918 Elwood, Indiana
Died	April 17, 1995 Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Playing career
1937–1941	Indiana
Position(s)	Guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1947-1949 1949-1951 1951-1957 1957-1965 1966-1972	Indiana (asst.) DePauw Muncie Central HS LSU LSU (asst.)

Lawrence J. "Jay" McCreary (February 6, 1918 - April 17, 1995) was an American basketball player and coach. He won championships as a player in both high school and college, and as a high school coach in Indiana. McCreary also served as head coach at Louisiana State University.

Jay McCreary was an Indiana state All-Star as a guard at Frankfort High School, where he led the team to a State championship in 1936. Following his prep career, McCreary went to play for Indiana University and was a key player on the 1939–40 Indiana Hoosiers national championship team.^[1]

After serving in the United States Army during World War II, McCreary returned to his alma mater as an assistant to his former coach, Branch McCracken. After two years he moved to DePauw University, then to Muncie Central High School, where he led the Bearcats to the 1952 state title.^[2] From Muncie Central, McCreary was named head coach at LSU. In eight seasons (1957–1965), McCreary's teams went 82–115 (.416). He was succeeded in 1965 by Frank Truitt, but returned to Baton Rouge as an assistant in 1966, he served in this capacity for Truitt and Press Maravich until Maravich's firing in 1972.^[3]

Jay McCreary died on April 17, 1995.

References

↑ , accessed August 5, 2011
↑ "Muncie Central proves it can wear crown well". The News-Sentinel. January 3, 1953. Retrieved August 5, 2011.
↑ "LSU fires Maravich and his two assistants". The Morning Record. March 7, 1972. Retrieved August 5, 2011.

External links

Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame profile

LSU Tigers basketball head coaches

Edgar Wingard (1908–1909)
John W. Mayhew (1909–1911)
F. M. Long (1911–1913)
C. C. Stroud (1913–1918)
R. E. Edmonds (1918–1919)
C. C. Stroud (1919–1920)
Branch Bocock (1920–1921)
Tad Gormley (1921–1923)
Moon Ducote (1923–1924)
Hugh E. Wilson (1924–1925)
Harry Rabenhorst (1925–1942)
Dale Morey (1942–1944)
Jesse Fatheree & A. L. Swanson (1944–1945)
Harry Rabenhorst (1945–1957)
Jay McCreary (1957–1965)
Frank Truitt (1965–1966)
Press Maravich (1966–1972)
Dale Brown (1972–1997)
John Brady (1997–2008)
Butch Pierre # (2008)
Trent Johnson (2008–2012)
Johnny Jones (2012– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.

v t e Indiana Hoosiers Men's Basketball 1939–40 NCAA Champions

7 Andy Zimmer 10 Jay McCreary 32 Herm Schaefer 33 Curly Armstrong 34 Marvin Huffman (MOP) 35 Bill Menke 36 Bob Dro Head Coach Branch McCracken Assistant Coach Ralph Graham

Persondata
Name	McCreary, Jay
Alternative names	McCreary, Lawrence J.
Short description	Basketball coach
Date of birth	February 6, 1918
Place of birth	Elwood, Indiana
Date of death	April 17, 1995
Place of death	Baton Rouge, Louisiana

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