caption tournament_record player_team coach_years championships birth_place overall_record player_years coach_team sport birth_date admin_years image article_title name admin_team
bob vanatta from '' the savitar '' , 1963 ncaa : 2-2 -lrb- 2 2 -rrb- central methodist 1947 1954 -- 1956 1956 -- 1962 1962 -- 1967 1972 -- -- 1973 1950 1950 -- 1953 1953 -- 1954 nit 1952 , 1953 -rrb- runner-up -lrb- 1957 -rrb- 2x naia champion -lrb- columbia , missouri 333 -- 200 -lrb- 333 200 -rrb- 1943-1945 central missouri delta state methodist sw missouri state army bradley memphis state basketball 7 july 1918 1973 1983 -- 1986 1986 -- 1994 1997 -- 1999 -- 1976 1976 -- 1979 1979 -- 1983 bob vanatta.jpg bob vanatta
 bob vanetta oral trans america athletic conference -lrb- comm . -rrb- louisiana tech roberts sunshine state conference -lrb- comm . -rrb- florida atlantic -lrb- ohio assoc. ad -rrb- valley conference -lrb- comm . -rrb-
bob vanatta

bob vanatta -lrb- born july 7 , 1918 -rrb- is a former american head basketball coach for central methodist , southwest missouri state , army , bradley , memphis state , missouri , and delta state university .
at southwest missouri state , he won the 1952 and 1953 naia championship .
at memphis state , he compiled a 109-34 record , including making it to the 1957 nit championship game .
after coaching , he later served as athletic director at oral roberts university , commissioner of the ohio valley conference , commissioner of the atlantic sun conference , executive director of the independence bowl , athletic director at louisiana tech university , commissioner of the sunshine state conference , president of the ncaa division ii conference commissioner 's association , and associate athletic director at florida atlantic university .
he is still an active member of the palm beach county sports commission , which presents the lou groza award to the nation 's top placekicker .
