Jimmy Gales

Jimmy Gales (1941-2020)

Teams coached: North Texas Mean Green
North Texas record: 84-118 (.416)
Overall record: 84-118 (.416)

Career Accomplishments:

• NCAA National Championships:  0
• NCAA Tournament Appearances:  1  (1988)
• NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen:  0
• NIT Championships:  0
• NIT Appearances:  0
• Southland Regular Season Champion:  2  (1988, 1989)
• Southland Tournament Champion:  1  (1988)

Awards:

• Southland Coach of the Year:  2  (1988, 1989)

Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):

1986-1993	North Texas
1975-1983	North Texas (asst)

Jimmy Gales Facts

• James Gales
• Born 1941
• Died June 4, 2020
• Alma Mater: Alcorn College (BA, 1964) / East Texas State University (MA, 1977)
• Got his first head coaching job in 1969 at Spence JHS in Dallas, TX
• Worked as an assistant for eight seasons at North Texas under head coach Bill Blakeley
• Spent three years as head coach at Dallas South Oak Cliff HS, going 89-12 overall
• Became the head coach at North Texas in 1986, leading the Mean Green for seven years
  • Led the program to Southland titles in 1988 and 1989, earning Southland COY honors both years
  • In 1988, the Mean Green also won the Southland Tournament to reach their first-ever NCAA Tournament
  • Went 84-118 overall as head coach; inducted into the North Texas Athletics HOF in 2009
• After UNT, Gales worked as assistant principal at James Madison HS in Dallas for eleven years

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