Everett Shelton

Everett Shelton (1898-1974)

Teams coached: Phillips Haymakers, Wyoming Cowboys, Sacramento State Hornets
Wyoming record: 328-201 (.620)
Sacramento State record^: 117-118 (.498)
Overall record^: 445-319 (.582)

Career Accomplishments:

• NCAA National Championships:  1  (1943)
• NCAA Tournament Appearances:  8  (1941, 1943, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1951, 1953, 1958)
• NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen:  1  (1953)
• NCAA Tournament Final Four:  1  (1943)
• NIT Championships:  0
• NIT Appearances:  0
• MSC/Skyline Regular Season Champion:  8  (1941, 1943, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1952, 1953, 1958)
• Far Western (Div II) Regular Season Champion:  3  (1961, 1962, 1967)
• NCAA Division II National Championships:  0  (Runner-up in 1962)   
• NCAA Division II Tournament Appearances:  1  (1962)
• Helms Foundation National Championships:  1  (1943)

Awards:

• Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame (inducted 1980)
• National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame (inducted 2006)

Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):

1959-1968	Sacramento State
1939-1959	Wyoming
1923-1926	Phillips

Everett Shelton Facts

• Everett F. Shelton
• Born May 12, 1898
• Died April 16, 1974
• Hometown: Cunningham, Kansas
• Alma Mater: Phillips University (BA, 1923)
• Played football and basketball at Phillips University in Enid, Oklahoma
• Started his coaching career at his alma mater, leading the basketball team for three seasons and football team for two
  • Also served as the school’s athletic director for a brief period of time
• Arrived at Wyoming in 1939, where he would coach the Cowboys basketball team for the next twenty seasons
  • Went 328-201 during his tenure at Wyoming, reaching the NCAA Tournament eight times
    • Led the Cowboys to championship glory in 1943, winning the program’s first and only NCAA Championship
  • Claimed eight Mountain States/Skyline titles, more than any other coach in the conference’s history
  • Also spent four seasons as the head baseball coach at Wyoming (1942, 1943, 1947, 1949)
• Headed further West in 1959 to become the head coach at then-College Division (D-II) Sacramento State
  • Compiled a 117-118 record during his nine years with the Hornets and claimed three Far Western Conference titles
  • Went to the NCAA College Division (now D-II) Tournament in 1962, finishing as National Runner-Up
• In addition to collegiate roles, Shelton also coached at the high school and AAU levels during his career
  • Coached the Denver Safeways – led by Hall of Famers Jack McCracken and Bob Gruenig – to an AAU National Championship in 1937
• Inducted into the Naismith Hall of Fame in 1980 and the inaugural 2006 class of the College Basketball Hall of Fame

Everett Shelton Coaching Tree

• Jack Cotton (Adams State, Nebraska-Omaha)
• Jimmy Darden (Denver Nuggets)
• Benny Dees (Western Carolina, Wyoming, New Orleans, VCU)
• Jack Heron (Sacramento State)
• Neil McCarthy (New Mexico State, Weber State)
• Moe Radovich (Wyoming)
• Bill Strannigan (Wyoming, Iowa State, Colorado State)
• Mike Todorovich (Tri-Cities Blackhawks)

 

^ overall record includes head coaching positions at the NCAA Division I and Division II levels only; Sacramento State was a Division II program until 1991