Robert Harris (basketball coach)

Robert Harris
Harris from The Arbutus, 1909
Sport(s)	Basketball
Biographical details
Born	December 6, 1886 Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Died	July 1964 (aged 77)^[1]
Playing career
1907–1908	Chicago
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1909	Indiana
Head coaching record
Overall	5–9

Robert S. Harris (December 6, 1886 – July 1964) was an American basketball player and coach. He played basketball at the University of Chicago where he was a member of Chicago teams that won consecutive Big Ten Conference championships in 1907 and 1908. He was the head coach for the Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team in the 1908-1909 season, compiling a record of 5–9.

References

External links

Robert Harris at College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com
Indiana University Basketball Encyclopedia, at pages 138-139

Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball head coaches

James H. Horne (1900–1901)
Phelps Darby (1901–1902)
Willis Coval (1903–1904)
Zora G. Clevenger (1904–1906)
James M. Sheldon (1906–1907)
Ed Cook (1907–1908)
Robert Harris (1908–1909)
John Georgen (1909–1910)
Oscar Rackle (1910–1911)
James Kase (1911–1912)
Art Powell (1912–1913)
Arthur Berndt (1913–1915)
Allan Williford (1915–1916)
Guy Lowman (1916–1917)
Dana Evans (1917–1919)
Ewald O. Stiehm (1919–1920)
George Levis (1920–1922)
Leslie Mann (1922–1924)
Everett Dean (1924–1938)
Branch McCracken (1938–1943)
Harry Good (1943–1946)
Branch McCracken (1946–1965)
Lou Watson (1965–1969)
Jerry Oliver # (1969–1970)
Lou Watson (1970–1971)
Bob Knight (1971–2000)
Mike Davis (2000–2006)
Kelvin Sampson (2006–2008)
Dan Dakich # (2008)
Tom Crean (2008– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.