baskhof_year cbbaskhof_year player_team death_date death_place coach_years birth_place player_positions overall_record player_years coach_team awards sport birth_date article_title name
1984 2006 usc 9 april 2000 salt lake city , utah 1939 -- 1942 1946 -- 1953 1953 -- 1971 texico , new mexico captain , leading scorer 486-235 -lrb- .674 -rrb- 1928-32 kansas state kansas state utah national big seven titles at kansas state coach of the year , 1970 won three basketball 29 march 1910 jack gardner -lrb- basketball -rrb-
 jack gardner
jack gardner -lrb- basketball -rrb-

james h. `` jack '' gardner -lrb- march 29 , 1910 -- april 9 , 2000 -rrb- was a hall of fame college men 's basketball coach .
gardner , born in texico , new mexico and a graduate of the university of southern california , is most well known for coaching kansas state university from 1939 to 1942 and 1946 to 1953 , compiling a 147-81 record with the wildcats , and thereafter coaching the university of utah from 1953 -- 1971 , compiling a 339-154 record .
his complete collegiate record is 486-235 .
in his second stint at kansas state , gardner 's teams won three conference crowns and captured two big eight holiday tournament championships .
his 1950/1951 team finished 25-4 and lost in the finals of the ncaa tournament to the university of kentucky .
that team was arguably the best in k-state history , and one of two that reached the final four during his tenure -lrb- the other was in 1948 -rrb- .
he had 6 all-americans at k state including ernie barrett .
gardner left manhattan , kansas in 1953 to take over the head coaching reins at the university of utah , where he remained for 18 years .
he led the utes to six appearances in the ncaa tournament and two final four appearances -lrb- 1961 & 1966 -rrb- .
to date , he remains one of only three coaches to twice lead two different programs to the final four , along with roy williams and rick pitino .
he finished his career winning seven conference titles .
between 1959 and 1962 , his teams compiled a 72-14 record .
he was often referred to as `` the fox '' and he had 5 all-americans including billy `` the hill '' mcgill .
gardner is a member of the naismith basketball hall of fame as well as ten other halls of fame .
he was inducted into the kansas sports hall of fame in 2000 and is also a member of the southern utah hall of fame , utah all-sports hall of fame , state of utah basketball hall of fame , helms foundation hall of fame , kansas state university hall of fame , the crimson club -lrb- university of utah -rrb- , the modesto junior college hall of fame , the redlands high school hall of fame and the college basketball hall of fame .
he was also the recipient of the national association of basketball coaches ' golden anniversary award .
he worked as a consultant for the utah jazz of the national basketball association from 1979 -lrb- when the team moved from new orleans -rrb- until 1995 .
he is credited with discovering john stockton from gonzaga university while working for the jazz .
gardner died on april 9 , 2000 in salt lake city , utah .
