championships death_place death_date coach_years overall_record coach_team awards sport birth_date article_title name
sec 1963 -rrb- championships -lrb- 1959 , 1961 , 1962 , baldwyn , mississippi 17 march 1975 1955 1970 -- 1972 1972 -- 1973 1973 -- 1974 -- 1965 1966 -- 1967 1967 -- 1970 169-85 mississippi dallas chaparrals kentucky colonels state george washington new orleans buccaneers memphis pros sec , 1963 -rrb- aba coach of the year -lrb- 1969 coach , 1974 -rrb- of the year -lrb- 1961 , 1962 basketball 1 october 1923 babe mccarthy
 babe mccarthy
babe mccarthy

james harrison `` babe '' mccarthy -lrb- october 1 , 1923 -- march 17 , 1975 -rrb- , was an american professional and collegiate basketball coach .
mccarthy was originally from baldwyn , mississippi .
mccarthy may best be remembered for mississippi state 's appearance in the 1963 ncaa men 's division i basketball tournament when his all-white team sneaked out of town in order to face loyola university chicago , which had four black starters .
in march 1975 , mccarthy died as a result of colon cancer .
