Eugene Lambert
Eugene Lambert (1905-2000)
Teams coached: Kenyon Lords, Arkansas Razorbacks, Memphis State Tigers, Alabama Crimson Tide
Kenyon record^: 15-16 (.484)
Arkansas record: 113-60 (.653)
Memphis State record: 87-45 (.659)
Alabama record: 49-49 (.500)
Overall record^: 264-170 (.608)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 4 (1945, 1949, 1955, 1956)
- NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen: 0
- NCAA Tournament Final Four: 1 (1945)
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 0
- Southwest Regular Season Champion: 2 (1944, 1949)
- NAIA Tournament Appearances: 1 (1952)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 1956-1960 | Alabama |
| 1951-1956 | Memphis State |
| 1942-1949 | Arkansas |
| 1938-1942 | Arkansas (asst) |
| 1935-1937 | Kenyon |
| 1933-1934 | North Texas Agricultural |
Eugene Lambert Facts
- Eugene Wasdon Lambert Sr.
- Born October 23, 1905
- Died October 27, 2000
- Hometown: Searcy, Arkansas
- Alma Mater: University of Arkansas (BA, 1929)
- Played for both football and basketball for head coach Francis Schmidt at Arkansas
- Started his coaching career with stints at Texarkana HS (AR) and Taylor HS (TX)
- Hired at North Texas Agricultural in 1933, coaching there for one year (program now a part of UT-Arlington)
- Also coached the football team to a 11-4-5 record over two seasons
- Spent two seasons each as head football and basketball coach at Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio
- Went 15-16 with the basketball program and 6-7-1 on the gridiron
- Returned to alma mater Arkansas in 1938, spending four years as an assistant under Glen Rose
- Became the Razorbacks head coach in 1942, going 113-60 over seven seasons
- Was also the school’s athletic director from 1942-44
- Led the program to the NCAA Final Four in 1945 and won two Southwest titles
- Left coaching briefly to spend a year as the athletic director at Alabama A&M
- Hired at Memphis State in 1951, going 87-45 over five seasons as Tigers’ head coach
- Went to back-to-back NCAA Tournaments, the first two berths in program history
- Final coaching role was a four-year stint at Alabama, during which the Tide went 49-49
- Returned to Memphis State in 1960, spending the next six years as the school’s athletic director
- Inducted into the Arkansas Sports Hall of Honor (c/o 1996) and Memphis “M Club” Hall of Fame (c/o 1998)
Eugene Lambert Coaching Tree
- Presley Askew (New Mexico A&M/State, Arkansas)
- Paul Coleman (Western State)
- Hayden Riley (Alabama)
- Norm Sloan (Florida, NC State, The Citadel)
^ overall record includes head coaching positions at the NCAA Division I and Division III levels only
