Category | Coach Date of Birth | 06.08.1904 Date of Death | 15.01.1993 Country | USA
Clubs
Classen High School: 1927-1929
Maryville Teachers College (NCAA): 1929-1933
University of Colorado (NCAA): 1933-1934
Oklahoma A&M/Oklahoma State University (NCAA): 1934-1970
U.S.A. National Team in 3 Olympic Games: Tokyo 1964, Mexico 1968 and Munich 1972
As a player: Westminster College of Missouri (1923-1927), Sterling Milk in Oklahoma City (1928-1929) and Hillyard Shine Alls (1928-1929)
Club Highlights
2 times NCAA Champion: 1945 and 1946
1965 Big Eight Conference Champion
High School 1928-1929 Oklahoma State Champion with Classen High School
National Team
Participated in 3 Olympic Games (Tokyo 1964, Mexico 1968 and Munich 1972) as head coach of the U.S. National Team
2 times Olympic Gold medalist: Tokyo 1964 and Mexico 1968
Silver medalist in the 1972 Munich Olympic Games
Individual Highlights
Only coach in the history to win 2 Olympic Gold medals: Tokyo 1964 and Mexico 1968
Only coach in the history to coach 3 U.S. Olympic Teams
2 times National Coach of the Year: 1945 and 1946
NABC (National Association of Basketball Coaches) Metropolitan Award in 1947
3rd all-time NCAA winningest (767 wins) coach
President of the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC): 1967-1968
The Henry Iba Award was established in 1959 by the USBWA (United States Basketball Writers Association) and is since then presented to the National Coach of the Year