George Edwards (basketball)

George Edwards
Playing career
Sport(s)	Basketball, Golf
1910–1913	Missouri
Position(s)	Guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Basketball
1913–1914	Kansas Wesleyan
1916–1917	Kansas Wesleyan
1926–1946	Missouri
Golf
1926–1941	Missouri
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1942–1944 (SID)	Missouri
1943–1945	Missouri
Head coaching record
Overall	181–172 (.513)
Tournaments	NCAA: 1-1 (.500)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
3x Big Six Championships (1930, 1939, 1940)

George Edwards was an American college men's basketball coach, golf coach, and athletics administrator. He was the head coach of Missouri from 1926 to 1946. He coached Missouri to a 181-172 record, winning three Big Six Conference championships and one NCAA tournament appearance. He also served as Missouri's athletic director from 1943 to 1945. He was inducted into the Missouri athletics Hall of Fame in 1991.^[1]

Head coaching record

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Missouri Tigers (Missouri Valley Conference) (1926–1928)
1926–27	Missouri	9-8	6-4	3rd
1927–28	Missouri	13-5	13-5	2nd
Missouri Tigers (Big Six Conference) (1928–1926)
1928–29	Missouri	11-7	7-3	2nd
1929–30	Missouri	15-3	8-2	1st
1930–31	Missouri	8-9	5-5	T-3rd
1931–32	Missouri	9-9	6-4	T-2nd
1932–33	Missouri	10-8	6-4	3rd
1933–34	Missouri	10-8	6-4	T-2nd
1934–35	Missouri	9-9	8-8	3rd
1935–36	Missouri	5-12	2-8	6th
1936–37	Missouri	7-9	2-8	5th
1937–38	Missouri	9-9	4-6	T-3rd
1938–39	Missouri	12-9	7-3	T-1st
1939–40	Missouri	13-6	8-2	T-1st
1940–41	Missouri	6-10	2-8	6th
1941–42	Missouri	6-12	2-8	6th
1942–43	Missouri	7-10	5-5	T-3rd
1943–44	Missouri	10-9	5-5	T-3rd	NCAA Elite Eight
1944–45	Missouri	8-10	5-5	T-3rd
1945–46	Missouri	6-11	3-7	T-4th
Missouri:		181–172 (.513)	110–104 (.514)
Total:		181–172 (.513)
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://www.mutigers.com/genrel/edwards_george00.html

Missouri Tigers men's basketball head coaches

Isadore Anderson (1906–1907)
A. M. Ebright (1907–1908)
Guy Lowman (1908–1910)
Chester Brewer (1910–1911)
Osmond F. Field (1911–1914)
Eugene Van Gent (1914–1916)
John F. Miller (1916–1917)
Walter Meanwell (1917–1918)
John F. Miller (1918–1919)
Walter Meanwell (1919–1920)
J. Craig Ruby (1920–1922)
George Bond (1922–1926)
George Edwards (1926–1946)
Wilbur Stalcup (1946–1962)
Bob Vanatta (1962–1967)
Norm Stewart (1967–1999)
Quin Snyder (1999–2006)
Melvin Watkins # (2006)
Mike Anderson (2006–2011)
Frank Haith (2011–2014)
Tim Fuller # (2013)
Kim Anderson (2014– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.

Missouri Tigers athletic directors

Clark Hetherington (1897–1908)
W. J. Monilaw (1909–1910)
Chester Brewer (1911–1918)
Walter Meanwell (1919–1920)
Zora G. Clevenger (1921–1923)
Chester Brewer (1924–1935)
Don Faurot (1935–1942)
George Edwards (1943–1945)
Don Faurot (1946–1967)
Dan Devine (1967–1970)
Wilbur Stalcup (1971–1972)
Mel Sheehan (1972–1977)
Dave Hart (1978–1986)
Jack Lengyel (1986–1988)
Dick Tamburo (1988–1992)
Dan Devine (1992–1994)
Joe Castiglione (1994–1998)
Mike Alden (1998–2015)
Mack Rhoades (2015– )

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