Don Suman

Don Suman
Biographical details
Sport(s)	Basketball
Born	(1920-01-19)January 19, 1920 San Antonio, Texas
Died	February 5, 2015(2015-02-05) (aged 95) Houston, Texas
Playing career
1944–1945	Rice
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1949–1959	Rice
Head coaching record
Overall	132–105 (.557)
Tournaments	NCAA: 1-1 (.500)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
SWC Championship (1954)

Donald W. Suman (January 19, 1920 – February 5, 2015) was a college basketball coach. He was the head coach of Rice from 1949 to 1959. He coached Rice to a 132-105 record, winning one Southwest Conference championship and making one NCAA tournament appearance. He also played college basketball and football as a student at Rice. After leaving his coaching position, he took a front office position under Bud Adams for the Houston Oilers. He was inducted into the Rice athletics Hall of Fame in 1987.^[1] He left Rice to become General Manager of the new Houston Oilers. In his first two seasons as GM the Oilers won the first two AFL championships. In his two seasons as GM the Oilers combined record was 20 -7 -1. ^[2]

Suman died on February 5, 2015 in Houston.^[3]

Head coaching record

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Rice Owls (Southwest Conference) (1949–1949)
1949–50	Rice	8-15	2-10	7th
1950–51	Rice	8-15	2-10	7th
1951–52	Rice	9-15	4-8	T-6th
1952–53	Rice	15-6	8-4	T-2nd
1953–54	Rice	23-5	9-3	T-1st	NCAA Sweet Sixteen
1954–55	Rice	10-12	6-6	5th
1955–56	Rice	19-5	8-4	3rd
1956–57	Rice	16-8	8-4	2nd
1957–58	Rice	13-11	7-7	T-5th
1958–59	Rice	11-13	5-9	7th
Rice:		132–105 (.557)	59–65 (.476)
Total:		132–105 (.557)
National champion Postseason invitational champion Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion Conference tournament champion

References

↑ http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/rice/genrel/auto_pdf/2011-12/misc_non_event/16thHOF.pdf
↑ Pro Football reference profile
↑ "Donald W. Suman obituary". Legacy.com. Retrieved October 31, 2015.

Rice Owls men's basketball head coaches

Robert Cummings (1914–1917)
Wilbur Tisdale (1917–1919)
Leslie Mann (1919–1920)
Pete Cawthon (1920–1921)
Howard Yerges (1921–1922)
Phillip Arbuckle (1922–1923)
Pete Cawthon (1923–1924)
John Nicholson (1924–1925)
Franklyn Ashcraft (1925–1927)
Russell Daugherty (1927–1932)
James Kitts (1932–1938)
Buster Brannon (1938–1942)
Joe Davis (1942–1945)
Buster Brannon (1945–1946)
Joe Davis (1946–1949)
Don Suman (1949–1959)
John Frankie (1959–1963)
George Carlisle (1963–1966)
Don Knodel (1966–1974)
Bob Polk (1974–1977)
Mike Schuler (1977–1981)
Tommy Suitts (1981–1987)
Scott Thompson (1987–1992)
Willis Wilson (1992–2008)
Ben Braun (2008–2014)
Mike Rhoades (2014– )

Houston Oilers / Tennessee Oilers / Tennessee Titans general managers

Don Suman (1960–1961) Pop Ivy (1962–1963) Carroll Martin (1964–1965) Don Klosterman (1966–1970) Bob Brodhead (1971) John W. Breen (1971–1973) Sid Gillman (1973–1975) Bum Phillips (1975–1980) Ladd Herzeg (1981–1989) Mike Holovak (1989–1993) Floyd Reese (1994–2007) Mike Reinfeldt (2007–2012) Ruston Webster (2012–2015) Jon Robinson (2016–present)

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