Paul Webb
Paul Webb (born June 29, 1929)
Teams coached: Randolph-Macon Yellow Jackets, Old Dominion Monarchs
Randolph-Macon record^: 315-158 (.666)
Old Dominion record^: 196-99 (.664)
Overall record^: 511-257 (.665)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 3 (1980, 1982, 1985)
- NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 5 (1977, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1984)
- Sun Belt Regular Season Champion: 1 (1983)
- Mason-Dixon (Div II) Conference Championships: 3 (1965, 1966, 1975)
- NCAA Division II Tournament Appearances: 5 (1965, 1966, 1974, 1975, 1976)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
1975-1985 | Old Dominion |
1956-1975 | Randolph-Macon |
Paul Webb Facts
- Paul E. Webb, Jr.
- Born June 29, 1929
- Alma Mater: College of William & Mary (BA, 1951)
- Played baseball and basketball at William & Mary, the latter under head coach Bernard Wilson
- Spent 19 seasons as the head coach at Randolph-Macon, a member of the NCAA College Division (now split between D-II and D-III)
- Went 315-158 overall, reaching the (now D-II) NCAA Tournament four times and winning three Mason-Dixon Conference titles
- Left RMC to be the head coach at Old Dominion in 1975, coaching them in their last year at D-II and into D-I competition starting in 1976
- Compiled an overall record of 196-99 in ten seasons at the helm, reaching the postseason in nine of ten seasons
- Made the NCAA D-II Final Four in his first year, then went on to get three D-I NCAA bids and five NIT bids with ODU
- His 1982-83 Monarchs won the Sun Belt title, the program’s first Division I conference championship
- Inducted into the William & Mary HOF (c/o 1951), Old Dominion Sports HOF (c/o 1990) and the Randolph-Macon HOF (c/o 1997)
Paul Webb Coaching Tree
- Hal Nunnally (Randolph-Macon)
- Mike Pollio (Eastern Kentucky, VCU, Kentucky Wesleyan)
- Oliver Purnell (DePaul, Clemson, Dayton, Old Dominion, Radford)
^ overall record includes head coaching positions at both the NCAA University Division (D-I) and College Division (D-II and D-III) levels; note that ODU moved up to Division I in 1976