Gene Bess

Gene Bess is the coach of the men's basketball team at Three Rivers Community College in Poplar Bluff, Missouri

Bess has been at Three Rivers since 1971. His career win-loss record was 1169-331 (.793 win percentage), making him the all-time winningest college basketball coach. He has won two national junior college basketball titles, in 1979 and 1992, and was the first college coach to reach 1,000 and 1,200 wins.^{[1] [2]}

References

• Roberts, Nadine H.; C. A. Richardson (2006). Gene Bess: College Basketball's Winningest Coach. Morley, Missouri: Acclaim Press. ISBN 0-9773198-7-3.