Sparky Stalcup

Sparky Stalcup (1910-1972)

Teams coached: Northwest Missouri State Bearcats, Missouri Tigers
Northwest Missouri State record^: 138-57 (.708)
Missouri record: 194-179 (.520)
Overall record^: 332-236 (.585)

Career Accomplishments:

• NCAA National Championships:  0
• NCAA Tournament Appearances:  0
• NIT Championships:  0
• NIT Appearances:  0
• MIAA (Div II) Regular Season Champion:  1  (1940)

Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):

1946-1962	Missouri
1933-1943	Northwest Missouri State

Sparky Stalcup Facts

• Wilbur Neil Stalcup
• Born February 13, 1910
• Died April 21, 1972
• Hometown: Oregon, Missouri
• Alma Mater: Northwest Missouri State Teacher’s College (BA, 1932)
• Won a Missouri state HS championship in 1928 playing basketball for Oregon HS (MO)
• Played at Northwest Missouri State for Hall of Fame coach Henry Iba; was part of two MIAA championship teams
• Succeeded Iba as the head coach at his alma mater starting in 1933, leading the Bearcats for ten seasons
  • Was 138-57 overall, finishing above .500 in every season at the helm
  • His 1939-40 team went 20-1 and won the MIAA title
• Became the head coach at Missouri in 1946 and coached the Tigers for 16 seasons
  • Compiled a 194-179 record overall as the Tigers competed in the Big Six/Seven/Eight
  • During the 1961-62 season, Stalcup was also the President of the NABC
• After coaching, Stalcup worked as a radio broadcaster for Missouri basketball games
  • Later became the athletic director at Mizzou, serving in that role for one year 1971-72
  • Passed away in April 1972 at the age of 62
• Inducted into the Missouri Sports HOF (1979), Northwest Missouri State Sports HOF (1982) and Missouri HOF (1994)

Sparky Stalcup Coaching Tree

• Norm Stewart (Missouri, Northern Iowa)

 

^ overall record includes head coaching positions at both the NCAA Division I and Division II levels