Jack Hartman
Jack Hartman (1925-1998)
Teams coached: Southern Illinois Salukis, Kansas State Wildcats
Southern Illinois record^: 144-64 (.692)
Kansas State record: 295-169 (.636)
Overall record^: 439-233 (.653)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 7 (1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1982)
- NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen: 6 (1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1981, 1982)
- NCAA Tournament Final Four: 0
- NIT Championships: 1 (1967)
- NIT Appearances: 3 (1967, 1969, 1976)
- NCIT Appearances: 1 (1974)
- Big Eight Regular Season Champion: 3 (1972, 1973, 1977)
- Big Eight Tournament Champion: 2 (1977, 1980)
- NCAA Division II National Championships: 0 (Runner-up in 1965, 1966)
- NCAA Division II Tournament Appearances: 4 (1963, 1964, 1965, 1966)
- NCAA Division II Tournament Final Four: 3 (1963, 1965, 1966)
Awards:
- NABC Coach of the Year: 1 (1981)
- Sporting News Coach of the Year: 1 (1967)
- Big Eight Coach of the Year: 2 (1975, 1977)
- Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame (inducted 1984)
- National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame (inducted 2006)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
1970-1986 | Kansas State |
1962-1970 | Southern Illinois |
1955-1962 | Coffeyville CC |
1954-1955 | Oklahoma State (asst) |
Jack Hartman Facts
- Jack Hartman
- Born October 7, 1925
- Died November 6, 1998
- Hometown: Dewey, Oklahoma
- Alma Mater: Oklahoma A&M University (BA, 1950 & MS, 1954)
- Graduated from Webb City HS (OK) before going on to play basketball and football at Oklahoma A&M (now State); played basketball under legendary head coach Henry Iba
- Left school in 1944 to join the US Navy; served during WWII in the Pacific Theatre
- Returned to Stillwater in 1946, playing basketball and football for another year each
- Started his coaching career in 1951, coaching football and basketball at various Oklahoma high schools for three years
- Returned to his alma mater in 1954, spending one year as an assistant coach on Iba’s staff
- Was the head basketball coach at Coffeyville JC (KS) for seven seasons, as well as the head football coach for three seasons
- Became an NCAA head coach in 1962, spending the next eight years leading the men’s basketball program at Southern Illinois
- From 1962-1968, SIU was in the College Division (now Division II) and reached the NCAA Tournament four times (including three Final Fours and two Runner-Up finishes)
- Coached All-American and future Hall of Fame player Walt Frazier for four seasons
- Won the 1967 NIT title, as the event invited teams from both the College and University divisions
- The program was a Division I Independent for the final two years of Hartman’s tenure
- Returned to Kansas in 1970, spending the next sixteen seasons as the head coach at Kansas State
- Won 295 games, three Big Eight titles and two Big Eight Tournaments during his tenure
- Reached the NCAA Tournament seven times, moving on to the Sweet Sixteen or further six out of seven trips
- Retired in 1986, spending time as a color commentator for K-State games on Manhattan (KS) local TV
- Briefly came out of retirement in 1996 to coach the Kansas State women’s team for their final seven games (3-4 (2-2))
- A street near K-State’s Bramlage Coliseum is named “Jack Hartman Drive” in his honor
- Inducted into the Naismith HOF (1984) & was a member of the inaugural 2006 class of the National Collegiate Basketball HOF
- Also in the SIU HOF (1986), KSU HOF (1990), State of Kansas Sports HOF (1990) and Coffeyville CC HOF (1991)
- Along with his wife, Pat, had three daughters
Jack Hartman Coaching Tree
- Bob Chipman (Washburn)
- Mike Evans (Denver Nuggets)
- Bob Gottlieb (Milwaukee, Jacksonville)
- Tim Jankovich (SMU, Illinois State, North Texas)
- Lon Kruger (Oklahoma, UNLV, Atlanta Hawks, Illinois, Florida, Kansas State, UT-PA)
- Jim Molinari (Western Illinois, Bradley, Northern Illinois)
- Joe Ramsey (Oklahoma)
- Brad Underwood (Illinois, Oklahoma State, Stephen F. Austin)
^ overall record includes head coaching positions at the men’s NCAA Division I land Division II levels only; note SIU was not Division I until the 1968-69 season