Hugh McDermott

Hugh McDermott (1893-1978)

Teams coached: Oklahoma Sooners
Oklahoma record: 185-106 (.636)
Overall record: 185-106 (.636)

Career Accomplishments:

• NCAA National Championships:  0
• NCAA Tournament Appearances:  0
• NIT Championships:  0
• NIT Appearances:  0
• Big Six Regular Season Champion:  1  (1929)
• Missouri Valley Regular Season Champion:  1  (1928)

Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):

1921-1938

Oklahoma

Hugh McDermott Facts

• Hugh Virgil McDermott
• Born November 19, 1893
• Died July 29, 1978
• Alma Mater: University of Oklahoma (BA)
• Played basketball at Oklahoma for head coach Bennie Owen; also played football for the Sooners
  • Before arriving at OU, McDermott served in the Army Air Corps at Kelly Field in San Antonio, Texas
• Spent 17 years as the Sooners’ head coach, going 185-106 during that tenure
  • Went 18-0 in 1927-28 to win the MVC title and then a year later, the first year of the Big Eight (then Big Six), went 13-2 (10-0) and won the Big Six title
  • That 1928 team was led by Bruce Drake, an All-American who would later succeed McDermott as head coach
• Resigned as coach in 1938 and took a job as head of OU’s physical education department

Hugh McDermott Coaching Tree

• Bruce Drake (Oklahoma)