Bob Polk
Alma Mater:
Class of:
Hometown:
Tell City, IN
- Won 1951 SEC Tournament championship
- Assistant coach at Georgia Tech under Dwight Keith and Roy McArthur for four seasons from 1943-44 through 1946-47
- Final Division I Top 20 Rankings (three: AP/UPI)--1955 (17/NR), 1956 (12/10) and 1957 (8/16)
- Final Division II Top 10 Rankings (two)--1968 (10) and 1969 (5)
- Served in the U.S. Navy before beginning his coaching career.
Record:
Season | School | Overall | League | Finish | Conference (Division) | Postseason (Record) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
8-14 | 4-11 | 12th | DNP | |||
14-8 | 9-5 | 4th | DNP | |||
17-8 | 11-3 | 2nd | DNP | |||
19-8 | 10-4 | T-2nd | DNP | |||
18-9 | 9-5 | T-2nd | DNP | |||
10-9 | 5-8 | T-7th | DNP | |||
12-10 | 5-9 | T-8th | DNP | |||
16-6 | 9-5 | T-3rd | DNP | |||
19-4 | 11-3 | 3rd | DNP | |||
17-5 | 10-4 | 2nd | DNP | |||
14-11 | 7-7 | 7th | DNP | |||
14-9 | 7-7 | T-6th | DNP | |||
19-5 | 10-4 | T-2nd | DNP | |||
Trinity (TX) | 12-10 | 3-5 | 4th | DNP | ||
Trinity (TX) | 16-6 | 4-4 | T-2nd | DNP | ||
Trinity (TX) | 23-7 | 5-3 | 2nd | DNP | ||
Trinity (TX) | 19-5 | 7-1 | 1st | NCAA (0-1) | ||
9-17 | 5-11 | 7th | DNP | |||
17-12 | 9-5 | T-1st | DNP | |||
18-8 | 9-5 | 3rd | DNP | |||
19-7 | 10-4 | T-3rd | DNP | |||
9-16 | 4-8 | T-7th | DNP | |||
5-21 | 2-12 | 8th | DNP | |||
3-24 | 1-15 | 9th | DNP | |||
9-18 | 3-13 | 8th | DNP |
- 25-Year Coaching Record: 356-257 (.581) overall
- 197-106 (.650) in 13 years at Vanderbilt
- 70-28 (.714) in four years at Trinity (TX)
- 72-60 (.545) in five years at St. Louis
- 17-63 (.213) in three years at Rice
- 107-75 (.588) in Southeastern Conference
- 19-13 (.594) in Southland Conference
- 37-33 (.529) in Missouri Valley Conference
- 6-40 (.130) in Southwest Conference
- 5-4 (.556) in SEC Tournament
- 0-2 (.000) in SWC Tournament
- 0-1 (.000) in NCAA Tournament