Joedy Gardner

Joedy Gardner (born June 23, 1935)

Teams coached: West Virginia Mountaineers, Northern Arizona Lumberjacks
West Virginia record: 59-53 (.527)
Northern Arizona record: 35-43 (.449)
Overall record^: 94-96 (.495)

Career Accomplishments:

• NCAA National Championships:  0
• NCAA Tournament Appearances:  0
• NIT Championships:  0
• NIT Appearances:  0
• Atlantic 10 Regular Season Champion:  1  (1977)

Awards:

• Big Sky Coach of the Year:  1  (1979)

Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):

1983-1985	Iowa (asst)
1978-1981	Northern Arizona
1974-1978	West Virginia
1972-1974	Arizona Western

Joedy Gardner Facts

• Joedy Gardner
• Born June 23, 1935
• Hometown: Ellwood City, Pennsylvania
• Alma Mater: West Virginia University (BA, 1959)
• The PA-native played for head coach Fred Schaus at West Virginia, where he was a teammate of Jerry West
  • The Mountaineers won the SoCon and reached the NCAA Tournament in each of Gardner’s three seasons as a player
• Served the United States during the Vietnam War as a fighter pilot
• Spent two years as the head coach at Arizona Western College in Yuma, AZ before returning to WVU in 1974
• Compiled a 59-53 record in four seasons as the head coach at his alma mater, winning the A-10 (then ECBL) in 1977
• Headed back to Arizona in 1978, spending the next three seasons as head coach at Northern Arizona
  • Was 35-43 overall at NAU, finishing below .500 twice in three years
  • Resigned in 1981 and took a couple years off from coaching
• Spent two years as an assistant with the Iowa Hawkeyes under head coach George Raveling
• Along with his wife, Ruth Ann, has one son and two daughters
  • Son, Joedy, played at NAU and Long Beach State and later became a high school coach

Joedy Gardner Coaching Tree

• Bob Huggins (West Virginia, Kansas State, Cincinnati, Akron, Walsh)
• Steve Steinwedel (Delaware)

 

^ overall record includes head coaching positions at the NCAA Division I level only