Shelby Metcalf

Teams coached: Texas A&M Aggies
Texas A&M record: 443-313 (.586)
Overall record: 443-313 (.586)

1963-1990	Texas A&M
1958-1963	Texas A&M (asst)

Shelby R. Metcalf, Jr.
Born December 23, 1930
Died February 8, 2007
Hometown: Tulsa, Oklahoma
Alma Mater: East Texas State University (BA, 1955) / Texas A&M University (PhD, 1974)
Played at Tulsa Central HS and then NAIA East Texas State, where he was an All-American
First coaching position was one season at Cayuga HS (TX), where his team went 33-10
Joined the US Air Force, serving two years at Sembach Air Base in Germany
- Also played and coached basketball at the base, amassing a 78-17 record
Became the freshman coach and an assistant varsity coach at Texas A&M under Bob Rogers, working on his staff for five seasons before taking over as head coach in 1963
Served as the Aggies’ head coach for 26 and a half seasons, going 443-313 overall during that tenure
- Won six SWC titles and two SWC Tournaments, going to the NCAA Tournament five times (with two Sweet Sixteens)
- Metcalf was the longest-tenured coach in the history of the SWC
- Inducted into the Texas A&M Athletics Hall of Fame (1998)
Also inducted into the Texas Sports HOF, East Texas State Athletics HOF and Texas Association of Basketball Coaches HOF
Passed away in 2007 after a battle with cancer; was survived by his wife, Janis, and their daughter, Shelley