admin_team player_team death_date death_place coach_years birth_place player_positions overall_record player_years coach_team championships sport birth_date admin_years article_title name alma_mater
big sky -- commissioner washington state 12 december 1995 pullman , washington 1923 -- 1925 1925 -- 1928 1928 -- 1958 waterville , washington forward 495 -lrb- college -rrb- -- 377 -lrb- 495 377 0 -rrb- -- 1920 -- 1923 colville hs north central hs washington state pacific coast : 1941 basketball 26 august 1898 1963 -- 1971 jack friel
 jack friel washington state
jack friel

john bryan `` jack '' friel -lrb- august 26 , 1898 -- december 12 , 1995 -rrb- was an american college basketball coach , the head coach of the washington state cougars for 30 seasons , from 1928 to 1958 .
he holds the school record for victories by a men 's basketball coach with 495 , and led washington state to the 1941 ncaa tournament championship game .
he was later the first commissioner of the big sky conference .
