Maury John

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Maury John
Sport(s)	Basketball
Current position
Title	Head coach
Biographical details
Born	June 17, 1919
Died	October 15, 1974 (aged 55)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1958-1971 1971-1974	Drake Iowa State
Head coaching record
Overall	243-156 (.609)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships MVC Regular Season Championship (1969, 1970, 1971)
Awards MVC Coach of the Year (1964, 1968, 1969, 1970) U.S. BWA National Coach of the Year (1969)

Maurice "Maury" E. John (June 17, 1919 – October 15, 1974) is a former college basketball coach at Drake University and Iowa State University. He led Drake University to the 1969 Final Four where they gave powerhouse UCLA a scare, eventually losing by 3 points, then winning the consolation game to claim 3rd place. He became known for his "belly-button" defense.

John is a member of The Des Moines Sunday Register's Iowa Sports Hall of Fame.^[1] He died of cancer on October 15, 1974 at the age of 55. John is also a member of the Missouri Valley Conference Hall of Fame. His son is in fact named John E. John. During John's last season at Iowa State his only loss came to the hands of his former team Drake 61-60.

Head coaching record

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Drake (Missouri Valley Conference) (1958–1971)
1958–59	Drake	9–15	4–10	6th
1959–60	Drake	11–14	4–10	7th
1960–61	Drake	19–7	7–5	T–3rd
1961–62	Drake	16–8	6–6	4th
1962–63	Drake	11–14	3–9	7th
1963–64	Drake	21–7	10–2	T–1st	NIT, Second Round
1964–65	Drake	13–12	6–8	6th
1965–66	Drake	15–10	6–8	T–6th
1966–67	Drake	9–16	4–10	T–7th
1967–68	Drake	18–8	9–7	T–4th
1968–69	Drake	26–5	13–3	T–1st	NCAA, Third Place
1969–70	Drake	22–7	14–2	1st	NCAA, Elite Eight
1970–71	Drake	21-8	9–5	T–1st	NCAA, Elite Eight
Drake:		211–131	95–85
Iowa State (Big Eight Conference) (1971–1974)
1971–72	Iowa State	12–14	5–9	6th
1972–73	Iowa State	16–10	7–7	5th
1973–74	Iowa State	4–1	N/A	N/A
Iowa State:		32–25	12–16
Total:		243–156
National champion Conference regular season champion Conference tournament champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Conference division champion

References

↑ Brown, Rick (27 June 2005). "Maury John, Drake University, 1995". Des Moines Register. Retrieved 2 December 2013.

Drake Bulldogs men's basketball head coaches

Charles Pell (1906–1909)
John L. Griffith (1909–1910)
A. R. Hackett (1910–1912)
John L. Griffith (1912–1914)
Ray Whisman (1914–1916)
Ralph Glaze (1916–1917)
S. W. Hobbs (1917–1918)
M. B. Banks (1918–1921)
Ossie Solem (1921–1925)
Bill Boelter (1925–1932)
Evan O. Williams (1932–1943)
Bill Easton (1943–1944)
Vee Green (1944–1946)
Forddy Anderson (1946–1948)
Jack McClelland (1948–1956)
John E. Benington (1956–1958)
Maury John (1958–1971)
Howard Stacey (1971–1974)
Bob Ortegel (1974–1981)
Gary Garner (1981–1988)
Tom Abatemarco (1988–1989)
Eddie Fields # (1989–1990)
Rudy Washington (1990–1996)
Kurt Kanaskie (1996–2003)
Tom Davis (2003–2007)
Keno Davis (2007–2008)
Mark Phelps (2008–2013)
Ray Giacoletti (2013–)

Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.

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– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.

Persondata
Name	John, Maury
Alternative names
Short description	American basketball coach
Date of birth	June 17, 1919
Place of birth
Date of death	October 15, 1974
Place of death

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