Ken Norton

Ken Norton (1914-1996)

Teams coached: Manhattan Jaspers
Manhattan record: 300-205 (.594)
Overall record: 300-205 (.594)

Career Accomplishments:

• NCAA National Championships:  0
• NCAA Tournament Appearances:  2  (1956, 1958)
• NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen:  1  (1958)
• NCAA Tournament Final Four:  0
• NIT Championships:  0
• NIT Appearances:  8  (1949, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1957, 1959, 1965, 1966)
• Metropolitan Regular Season Champion:  2  (1966, 1967)
• Metro NY Regular Season Champion:  4  (1949, 1953, 1955, 1959)
• NAIA Tournament Appearances:  1  (1948)

Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):

1946-1968

Manhattan

Ken Norton Facts

• Kenneth Norton
• Born May 7, 1914
• Died July 11, 1996
• Hometown: Long Island, New York
• Alma Mater: Long Island University (BA, 1937) / New York University (MA)
• The Long Island-native played at LIU for Hall of Fame head coach Clair Bee
  • Played professionally for the New York Jewels in the ABL
  • Served in the United States Navy during World War II
• Norton was the head men’s basketball coach for 22 seasons and is the winningest coach in program history (300 victories)
  • Won six conference titles (4x Metro NY and 2x Metropolitan) and went to the postseason eleven times (2x NCAA, 8x NIT, 1x NAIA)
    • Reached the Sweet Sixteen in 1958 by upsetting Jerry West and top-ranked West Virginia in the first round
  • Norton also coached baseball and golf at different points throughout his time at Manhattan
  • Stepped away as head basketball coach in 1968 but remained at Manhattan as athletic director until retiring in 1979
  • Inducted into the Manhattan College Athletic Hall of Fame in 1989
• Passed away in July 1996 at the age of 82 in Henderson, North Carolina

Ken Norton Coaching Tree

• John Powers (Manhattan)