Lynn Archibald
Lynn Archibald (1944-1997)
Teams coached: Idaho State Bengals, Utah Utes
Idaho State record: 65-66 (.496)
Utah record: 98-86 (.533)
Overall record: 163-152 (.517)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 1 (1986)
- NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 2 (1987, 1988)
- WAC Regular Season Champion: 1 (1986)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 1996-1997 | BYU (DBO) |
| 1994-1996 | BYU (asst) |
| 1989-1994 | Arizona State (asst) |
| 1983-1989 | Utah |
| 1982-1983 | Utah (asst) |
| 1977-1982 | Idaho State |
| 1976-1977 | USC (asst) |
| 1974-1976 | UNLV (asst) |
| 1972-1973 | Cal Poly (asst) |
| 1970-1972 | Long Beach State (asst) |
Lynn Archibald Facts
- Lynn J. Archibald
- Born September 27, 1944
- Died May 28, 1997
- Hometown: Logan, Utah and Torrance, California
- Alma Mater: California State University, Fresno (BA, 1968)
- Born in Utah, Archibald was raised in Oregon and California; graduated from Torrance HS (CA)
- Played one season each at Utah State (for head coach LaDell Andersen) and El Camino College (CA), before transferring to Fresno State and earning his bachelor’s degree
- First coaching roles were as an assistant at Long Beach State (under Jerry Tarkanian), Cal Poly (under Ernie Wheeler), UNLV (also under Tarkanian) and USC (under Bob Boyd)
- Became the Idaho State head coach in 1977, going 65-66 in five seasons at the helm
- Hired by Jerry Pimm to be an assistant at Utah in 1982 and then took over as head coach a year later
- Went 98-86 in six seasons, going to the NCAA Tournament once and NIT twice
- Won a share of the 1986 WAC regular season title and finished second in WAC in 1988
- Spent five seasons on Bill Frieder‘s staff at Arizona State as an assistant coach, then two seasons as one of Roger Reid‘s assistants at BYU; served as BYU’s first director of basketball operations in 1996 while battling terminal cancer
- Passed away in 1997 at the age of 52 after his long fight with prostate cancer
- Survived by his wife, Ann, their children, Damon, Lee Anne and Beau, who later became a collegiate coach
- Lee Anne is married to former Utah Valley and current BYU head coach Mark Pope
- Survived by his wife, Ann, their children, Damon, Lee Anne and Beau, who later became a collegiate coach
Lynn Archibald Coaching Tree
- Mark Adams (Central Connecticut, Western Oregon, Rocky Mountain College)
- Larry Eustachy (Colorado State, Southern Miss, Iowa State, Utah State, Idaho)
- Trent Johnson (Cal State Northridge, TCU, LSU, Stanford, Nevada)
- Doug Oliver (UC Irvine women’s, Idaho State)
