Bucky Waters

Teams coached: West Virginia Mountaineers, Duke Blue Devils
West Virginia record: 69-41 (.627)
Duke record: 63-45 (.583)
Overall record: 132-86 (.606)

Raymond Chevalier Waters
Born December 17, 1935
Hometown: Collingswood, New Jersey
Alma Mater: North Carolina State University (BA, 1958)
Played for head coach Jack McCloskey at Collingswood HS (NJ) before going on to NC State
- Spent three years with the Wolfpack playing for Hall of Fame head coach Everett Case
Spent one season as head coach and AD at Ashe County HS (NC) before joining Vic Bubas‘ staff at Duke in 1959
- Worked at Duke for six seasons, where he was part of the Blue Devils’ back-to-back Final Four appearances (1963-64)
Hired in 1965 to be the head coach at West Virginia, leading the Mountaineers to a 69-41 record over four years
- Won the SoCon title in 1967 to earn a NCAA bid, then reached the NIT the following year
Returned to Duke in 1969 to replace Bubas as the Blue Devils’ head coach
- Went 63-45 over four seasons, reaching the NIT twice but not the NCAA Tournament
Stopped coaching in 1973 but continued to work at Duke
- Served as Vice Chancellor for Alumni and Development at the Duke Medical Center
- Retired in 2004 after 41 total years working at Duke University
Also worked in broadcasting, most frequently on college basketball but also in baseball, golf and at the 1988 Seoul Olympics
Along with his wife, Dorothea, has two sons and one daughter

Tony Barone (Memphis Grizzlies, Texas A&M, Creighton)
Hubie Brown (Memphis Grizzles, New York Knicks, Atlanta Hawks, Kentucky Colonels)
Sonny Moran (West Virginia)
Neill McGeachy (Duke)