Lou Watson

Louis C. "Lou" Watson (August 31, 1924 – May 24, 2012) was an American basketball player and coach for Indiana University. He competed for the Hoosiers from 1947 to 1950, and was their leading scorer and a first-team All-Big Ten honoree in 1950. After college, Watson became Indiana's head coach in 1966. He led the Hoosiers to a Big Ten co-championship in 1967, finishing with a 62-60 record. In 1971, he stepped down from head coaching to become a special assistant to the athletic director. He retired from that position in 1987. On May 25, 2012, Watson died at the age of 88 in Fairfax, Virginia.^[1]

References

↑ "Former Hoosier Lou Watson dies". ESPN (ESPN Internet Ventures). Associated Press. May 26, 2012. Retrieved June 27, 2012.

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.

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