Amory "Slats" Gill

Alma Mater: 
Class of: 

1924

Hometown: 
Salem, OR
  • Elected to Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1967
  • Reached NCAA Final Four two times--1949 (4th) and 1963 (4th)
  • Oregon State's all-time winningest coach
  • Basketball letterman in college under R.B. Rutherford and Robert H. Hager
  • Final Top 20 Rankings (six: AP/UPI)--1954 (NR/16), 1955 (10/8), 1958 (NR/16), 1962 (14/11), 1963 (NR/14) and 1964 (6/5)
  • All-Americans (six): Lew Beck (1947), Mel Counts (1963 and 1964), Cliff Crandall (1949), Dave Gambee (1958), John Mandic (1942) and Wally Palmberg (1936).
Record: 

Season

School

Overall

League

Finish

Conference (Division)

Postseason (Record)

1928-29

Oregon State

12-8

4-6

4th

PCC (North)

1929-30

Oregon State

14-13

7-9

4th

PCC (North)

1930-31

Oregon State

19-9

9-7

3rd

PCC (North)

1931-32

Oregon State

12-12

8-8

3rd

PCC (North)

1932-33

Oregon State

21-6

12-4

1st

PCC (North)

1933-34

Oregon State

14-10

7-9

3rd

PCC (North)

1934-35

Oregon State

19-9

12-4

1st

PCC (North)

1935-36

Oregon State

16-9

10-6

2nd

PCC (North)

1936-37

Oregon State

11-14

5-11

4th

PCC (North)

1937-38

Oregon State

17-16

6-14

5th

PCC (North)

DNP

1938-39

Oregon State

13-11

6-10

4th

PCC (North)

DNP

1939-40

Oregon State

27-11

12-4

1st

PCC (North)

DNP

1940-41

Oregon State

19-9

9-7

2nd

PCC (North)

DNP

1941-42

Oregon State

18-9

11-5

1st

PCC (North)

DNP

1942-43

Oregon State

19-9

8-8

4th

PCC (North)

DNP

1943-44

Oregon State

8-16

5-11

T-3rd

PCC (North)

DNP

1944-45

Oregon State

20-8

10-6

3rd

PCC (North)

DNP

1945-46

Oregon State

13-11

10-6

2nd

PCC (North)

DNP

1946-47

Oregon State

28-5

13-3

1st

PCC (North)

NCAA (1-1)

1947-48

Oregon State

21-13

10-6

T-1st

PCC (North)

DNP

1948-49

Oregon State

24-12

12-4

1st

PCC (North)

NCAA (1-2)

1949-50

Oregon State

13-14

8-8

T-2nd

PCC (North)

DNP

1950-51

Oregon State

14-18

6-10

T-4th

PCC (North)

DNP

1951-52

Oregon State

9-19

3-13

5th

PCC (North)

DNP

1952-53

Oregon State

11-18

6-10

4th

PCC (North)

DNP

1953-54

Oregon State

19-10

11-5

1st

PCC (North)

DNP

1954-55

Oregon State

22-8

15-1

1st

PCC (North)

NCAA (1-1)

1955-56

Oregon State

8-18

5-11

T-7th

PCC

DNP

1956-57

Oregon State

11-15

6-10

6th

PCC

DNP

1957-58

Oregon State

20-6

12-4

T-1st

PCC

DNP

1958-59

Oregon State

13-13

7-9

6th

PCC

DNP

1959-60

Oregon State

9-3

DNP

1960-61

Oregon State

14-12

DNP

1961-62

Oregon State

24-5

NCAA (2-1)

1962-63

Oregon State

22-9

NCAA (3-2)

1963-64

Oregon State

25-4

NCAA (0-1)

NOTE: Missed 14 games (6-8 record) in 1959-60 because of illness.

  • 36-Year Coaching Record: 599-392 (.604) at Oregon State
  • 265-229 (.536) in Pacific Coast Conference (forerunner of Pacific-10)
  • 8-8 (.500) in NCAA Tournament