Gene Iba

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Gene Iba
Biographical details
Born (1940-11-05) November 5, 1940 (age 84)
Joplin, Missouri, U.S.
Playing career
1958–1961 Tulsa
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1966–1968 Oklahoma A&M (GA)
1969–1972 Roosevelt HS (MO)
1972–1977 UTEP (assistant)
1977–1985 Houston Baptist
1985–1992 Baylor
1995–2010 Pittsburg State
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1968–1969 Cleveland HS
Head coaching record
Overall487–374
Tournaments0–2 (NCAA Division I)
4–5 (NCAA Division II)
0–1 (NIT)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
TAAC tournament (1984)
2 TAAC regular season (1981, 1984)
MIAA regular season (1999)
Awards
TAAC Coach of the Year (1981)
MIAA Coach of the Year (1999)

Clarence Eugene Iba (born November 5, 1940) is a former American college basketball coach. He was previously the Pittsburg State Gorillas men's basketball coach until 2010. He was head coach at Houston Baptist from 1977 to 1985, Baylor from 1985 to 1992, and Pittsburg State from 1995 to 2010. He is the son of college basketball coach Clarence Iba and nephew of college basketball coach Hank Iba.

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Early life and education

Born in Joplin, Missouri, Clarence Eugene Iba attended the University of Tulsa, where he played basketball from 1958 to 1961 under his father, head coach Clarence Victor Iba. [1] [2] After graduating in 1963, Gene Iba went to the Navy Supply Corps School and coached its basketball team. [1] Iba then attended Oklahoma A&M (now Oklahoma State University) and served as a graduate assistant for the basketball team under his uncle Henry Iba while completing his master's degree in business education. [3]

Coaching career

In 1968, Iba became athletic director at Cleveland High School in St. Louis. He then became head varsity basketball coach at Roosevelt High School in St. Louis in 1969 and led Roosevelt to the city championship in 1972. [3]

Iba moved up to the college rankings in 1972 as an assistant coach at UTEP under Don Haskins and remained for five seasons, during which UTEP made the 1975 NCAA Tournament. [3]

After UTEP, Iba became head coach at Houston Baptist in 1977. Iba turned around a program that went 11–44 in the past two years to a 14–13 record in 1979–80 and 18–10 record in 1980–81. The Trans American Athletic Conference (now Atlantic Sun Conference) named Iba the Coach of the Year in 1981. Houston Baptist improved further, making the 1984 NCAA Tournament. [3]

Iba moved to Baylor as head coach in 1985 and led Baylor to post-season appearances in the 1987 NIT and 1988 NCAA Tournament. [3] However, Baylor fell to 5–22 in the 1988–89 season and never made another postseason tournament. After the 1991–92 season, Baylor decided not to renew Iba's contract. [4]

Iba became head coach at Division II Pittsburg State in 1995. By Iba's second season, Pittsburg State earned its first national ranking in five years and first-ever NCAA Tournament victory. On February 15, 1999, Pittsburg State was ranked #1 in Division II men's basketball. [3] and Iba was named MIAA Coach of the Year 1999. In 15 seasons as head coach, Iba had a 261–172 record with five NCAA Tournament appearances. [3] [5]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Houston Baptist Huskies (NCAA Division I independent)(1977–1978)
1977–78 Houston Baptist 7–19
Houston Baptist Huskies (Trans American Athletic Conference)(1978–1985)
1978–79 Houston Baptist 11–161–45th
1979–80 Houston Baptist 14–132–46th
1980–81 Houston Baptist 18–109–31st
1981–82 Houston Baptist 13–148–8T–5th
1982–83 Houston Baptist 20–910–42nd
1983–84 Houston Baptist 24–711–31st NCAA Division I Preliminary Round
1984–85 Houston Baptist 21–810–4T–2nd
Houston Baptist:128–9651–30
Baylor Bears (Southwest Conference)(1985–1992)
1985–86 Baylor 11–163–138th
1986–87 Baylor 18–1410–62nd NIT First Round
1987–88 Baylor 23–1111–5T–2nd NCAA Division I First Round
1988–89 Baylor 5–221–159th
1989–90 Baylor 16–147–9T–5th
1990–91 Baylor 12–154–12T–7th
1991–92 Baylor 13–155–96th
Baylor:98–10641–69
Pittsburg State Gorillas (Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association)(1995–2010)
1995–96Pittsburg State 14–149–7
1996–97Pittsburg State 24–814–42nd NCAA Division II Sweet 16
1997–98Pittsburg State 24–612–43rd [6] NCAA Division II Second Round
1998–99Pittsburg State 24–514–2T–1st [7] NCAA Division II Second Round
1999–2000Pittsburg State 16–139–9T–5th [8]
2000–01Pittsburg State 21–913–5
2001–02Pittsburg State 17–1011–7
2002–03Pittsburg State 16–128–106th [9]
2003–04Pittsburg State 18–119–95th [10]
2004–05Pittsburg State 23–713–53rd [11] NCAA Division II Second Round
2005–06Pittsburg State 9–195–11T–7th [12]
2006–07Pittsburg State 18–139–9T–5th [13] NCAA Division II First Round
2007–08Pittsburg State 18–109–9T–6th [14]
2008–09Pittsburg State 10–175–1510th [15]
2009–10Pittsburg State 9–183–13T–10th [16]
Pittsburg State:261–172143–119
Total:487–374

      National champion        Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion        Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion      Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

References

  1. 1 2 Flaherty, Kevin (February 27, 2010). "Iba lives up to name, leaves legacy". The Morning Sun. Archived from the original on July 22, 2015. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
  2. ↑ The University of Tulsa Golden Hurricane Basketball Record and Fact Book 2014-15 , p. 121.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Gene Iba". Pittsburg State University. Archived from the original on June 26, 2009.
  4. ↑ "Baylor Dismisses Gene Iba, Seeks 'Leadership Change'". Tulsa World. March 28, 1992. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
  5. ↑ "NCAA® Career Statistics". Web1.ncaa.org. March 20, 1999. Retrieved April 3, 2017.
  6. ↑ "1997-98 MIAA Men's Basketball Final Standings". April 19, 2000. Archived from the original on April 19, 2000. Retrieved April 3, 2017.
  7. ↑ "Pittsburg State Gorillas - PSU Basketball All-Time Scores-1990-1999". Pittstategorillas.com. May 23, 2012. Retrieved April 3, 2017.
  8. ↑ "Final 1999-2000 MIAA Men's Basketball Standings". June 13, 2000. Archived from the original on June 13, 2000. Retrieved April 3, 2017.
  9. ↑ "Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association". October 14, 2003. Archived from the original on October 14, 2003. Retrieved April 3, 2017.
  10. ↑ "Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association". September 5, 2004. Archived from the original on September 5, 2004. Retrieved April 3, 2017.
  11. ↑ "Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association". October 24, 2005. Archived from the original on October 24, 2005. Retrieved April 3, 2017.
  12. ↑ "Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association". May 29, 2006. Archived from the original on May 29, 2006. Retrieved April 3, 2017.
  13. ↑ "Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association". May 9, 2007. Archived from the original on May 9, 2007. Retrieved April 3, 2017.
  14. ↑ "Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association". May 16, 2008. Archived from the original on May 16, 2008. Retrieved April 3, 2017.
  15. ↑ "Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association". April 16, 2009. Archived from the original on April 16, 2009. Retrieved April 3, 2017.
  16. ↑ https://static.psbin.com/m/n/pk9wjscrmagm69/Stats.pdf [ bare URL PDF ]
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