# Joe Ramsey

Joe Ramsey (born January 3, 1943) is a former college basketball player and coach. Ramsey attended Southern Illinois University and played on the school's basketball team. He was later inducted in the Saluki Hall of Fame. The Baltimore Bullets selected Ramsey with the 96th selection in the 1965 NBA draft. He was the head basketball coach at Oklahoma, Millikin, and Blackburn.

## Coaching career

Ramsey served as a graduate assistant coach for SIU. He later was an assistant coach at Kansas State, and Oklahoma. He was the head basketball coach at Oklahoma, from 1973 to 1975. He took over the program after recently hired head coach Les Lane died of a heart attack. In 1975, Oklahoma fired Ramsey after a 31–21 record. He later became the head coach at Millikin, from 1975 to 1996, where the Big Blue made two NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament appearances won two College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin championships. While at Millikin he also coached golf. He later coached Blackburn, from 1998 to 2003. In his final season the Beavers won the St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference championship. Ramsey was named the conference's coach of the year. He has a head coaching record of 383–335.

## Head coaching record

Statistics overview :
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason |
| Oklahoma Sooners (Big 8 Conference) (1973–1975) ||||||
| 1973–74 | Oklahoma | 18–8 | 9–5 | 3rd | |
| 1974–75 | Oklahoma | 13–13 | 6–8 | 5th | |
| Oklahoma: | Oklahoma: | 31–21 (.596) | 15–13 (.536) | | |
| Millikin Big Blue (College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin) (1975–1996) ||||||
| 1975–76 | Millikin | 11–15 | 7–9 | T–5th | |
| 1976–77 | Millikin | 15–11 | 10–6 | T–3rd | |
| 1977–78 | Millikin | 13–13 | 10–6 | T–4th | |
| 1978–79 | Millikin | 17–9 | 11–5 | T–2nd | |
| 1979–80 | Millikin | 14–11 | 11–5 | T–3rd | |
| 1980–81 | Millikin | 14–12 | 9–7 | 4th | |
| 1981–82 | Millikin | 13–11 | 9–6 | 4th | |
| 1982–83 | Millikin | 21–7 | 12–4 | 1st | NCAA Division III Sweet Sixteen |
| 1983–84 | Millikin | 12–14 | 6–10 | T–5th | |
| 1984–85 | Millikin | 3–23 | 2–14 | 9th | |
| 1985–86 | Millikin | 9–17 | 5–11 | 6th | |
| 1986–87 | Millikin | 17–8 | 11–5 | 4th | |
| 1987–88 | Millikin | 22–6 | 13–3 | 2nd | NCAA Division III Sweet Sixteen |
| 1988–89 | Millikin | 20–7 | 13–3 | T–1st | NCAA Division III Sweet Sixteen |
| 1989–90 | Millikin | 11–14 | 4–12 | T–6th | |
| 1990–91 | Millikin | 14–12 | 8–8 | T–4th | |
| 1991–92 | Millikin | 15–11 | 8–8 | 5th | |
| 1992–93 | Millikin | 13–12 | 7–7 | T–4th | |
| 1993–94 | Millikin | 17–8 | 10–4 | T–2nd | |
| 1994–95 | Millikin | 14–11 | 6–8 | T–4th | |
| 1995–96 | Millikin | 8–17 | 3–11 | T–6th | |
| Millikin: | Millikin: | 293–249 (.541) | 173–152 (.532) | | |
| Blackburn Beavers (St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1998–2003) ||||||
| 1998–99 | Blackburn | 9–16 | 6–8 | T–6th | |
| 1999–2000 | Blackburn | 8–16 | 5–9 | 6th | |
| 2000–01 | Blackburn | 13–12 | 10–4 | T–2nd | |
| 2001–02 | Blackburn | 14–11 | 7–7 | 4th | |
| 2002–03 | Blackburn | 15–10 | 11–3 | 1st | NCAA Division III First Round |
| Blackburn: | Blackburn: | 59–65 (.476) | 39–31 (.557) | | |
| Total: | Total: | 383–335 (.533) | | | |
| 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 ||||||