Henry Iba
Henry Iba (1904-1993)
Teams coached: Northwest Missouri State Teacher’s College, Colorado Buffaloes, Oklahoma A&M/State Cowboys
Northwest Missouri State record: 94-15 (.862)
Colorado record: 9-8 (.529)
Oklahoma State record: 654-317 (.674)
Overall record^: 757-340 (.690)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 2 (1945, 1946)
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 8 (1945, 1946, 1949, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1958, 1965)
- NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen: 4 (1953, 1954, 1958, 1965)
- NCAA Tournament Final Four: 4 (1945, 1946, 1949, 1951)
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 3 (1940, 1944, 1956)
- Big Eight Regular Season Champion: 1 (1965)
- Missouri Valley Regular Season Champion: 14 (1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1942, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1948, 1949, 1951, 1953, 1954)
- MIAA (Div II) Regular Season Champion: 3 (1930, 1932, 1933)
- Premo-Porretta National Championships: 1 (1946)
- Helms Foundation National Championships: 2 (1945, 1946)
Awards:
- Big Eight Coach of the Year: 1 (1965)
- Missouri Valley Coach of the Year: 3 (1949, 1951, 1953)
- NABC Golden Anniversary Award (1988)
- Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame (inducted 1969)
- National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame (inducted 2006)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 1934-1970 | Oklahoma A&M/State |
| 1933-1934 | Colorado |
| 1929-1933 | Northwest Missouri State Teacher’s College |
Henry Iba Facts
- Henry “Hank” Payne Iba
- Born August 6, 1904
- Died January 15, 1993
- Hometown: Easton, Missouri
- Alma Mater: Westminster College (BA, 1927)
- Played basketball at Westminster College in his home state of Missouri; the basketball court there is now named in his honor
- Started his coaching career with a four-year stint at Northwest Missouri State Teacher’s College (now Northwest Missouri State)
- There he went 94-15, including a 31-0 record in his first season, and won three MIAA titles
- Spent one year as the head coach at Colorado, finishing the season with a 9-8 record
- Best known for his long and successful tenure at Oklahoma State (known as Oklahoma A&M until 1957)
- Won two NCAA National Championships, went to four Final Fours and won 654 games during his 36 years in Stillwater
- Also served as the school’s athletic director, overseeing 19 national championships across five sports
- OSU’s arena was renamed the Gallagher-Iba Arena in 1987 to honor Iba and legendary OSU wrestling coach Ed Gallagher
- Iba also coached the United States national team in the 1964, 1968 and 1972 Olympics, winning two gold medals and one silver
- Some of his players and assistants during those Olympic trips included Larry Brown, Doug Collins and Bob Knight
- In addition to the Naismith and National Collegiate HOFs, Iba has been inducted into the Oklahoma Sports HOF, Oklahoma Sports HOF (c/o 1965), Missouri Sports HOF, Helms Foundation All-Time HOF and FIBA HOF (c/o 2007)
- Along with his wife, Doyne Williams Iba, had one son – Moe Iba – who would also become a collegiate head basketball coach
- His brother, Clarence, coached at Tulsa and his nephew, Gene, coached at Pittsburg State, Baylor and Houston Baptist
Henry Iba Coaching Tree
- Sam Aubrey (Oklahoma State)
- Floyd Burdette (UT Martin, Alabama)
- Lavalius Gordon (Texas Southern)
- Jerry Hale (Oral Roberts, Southern Idaho)
- Jack Hartman (Kansas State, Southern Illinois)
- Don Haskins (Texas Western/UTEP)
- Clarence Iba (Tulsa)
- Gene Iba (Pittsburg State, Baylor, Houston Baptist)
- Bud Millikan (Maryland)
- Doyle Parrack (Oklahoma, Oklahoma City)
- Sparky Stalcup (Missouri, Northwest Missouri)
- Eddie Sutton (Oklahoma State, Kentucky, Arkansas, Creighton, Southern Idaho)
^ overall record includes head coaching positions at both the NCAA Division I and II levels