Shelby Metcalf
Shelby Metcalf (1930-2007)
Teams coached: Texas A&M Aggies
Texas A&M record: 443-313 (.586)
Overall record: 443-313 (.586)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 5 (1964, 1969, 1975, 1980, 1987)
- NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen: 2 (1969, 1980)
- NCAA Tournament Final Four: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 4 (1979, 1982, 1985, 1986)
- Southwest Regular Season Champion: 6 (1964, 1969, 1975, 1976, 1980, 1986)
- Southwest Tournament Champion: 2 (1980, 1987)
Awards:
- Southwest Coach of the Year: 1 (1980)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 1963-1990 | Texas A&M |
| 1958-1963 | Texas A&M (asst) |
Shelby Metcalf Facts
- 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
Shelby Metcalf Coaching Tree
- Barry Davis (Western Texas)
- Darryl McDonald (Melbourne United)
- Brooks Thompson (UTSA)
- John Thornton (Texas A&M)