Don Haskins

Alma Mater: 
Class of: 
Hometown: 
Enid, OK
  • Coach of 1966 NCAA Tournament champion
  • Coach of four Western Athletic Conference Tournament champions--1984, 1986, 1989 and 1990
  • Guided Texas-El Paso to the nation's best record among independent schools in 1964 and 1966
  • Texas-El Paso's all-time winningest coach
  • U.S. Olympic team assistant coach in 1972
  • Elected to Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1997
  • Major-college career playing statistics under Hank Iba (2.7 ppg, 31.6 FG%, 63 FT%)
  • Final Top 20 Rankings (nine: AP/UPI/USA)--1964 (NR/9), 1966 (3/3), 1967 (10/8), 1970 (NR/T20), 1972 (NR/17), 1975 (NR/20), 1984 (9/9/20), 1986 (20/16/NR), 1987 (NR/19/NR), 1989 (NR/NR/23) and 1992 (NR/NR/22)
  • All-Americans (three): Jim Barnes (1964), Bobby Joe Hill (1966) and David Lattin (1967).
Record: 

Season

School

Overall

League

Finish

Conference (Division)

Postseason (Record)

1961-62

Texas-El Paso

18-6

5-3

2nd

Border

DNP

1962-63

Texas-El Paso

19-7

NCAA (0-1)

1963-64

Texas-El Paso

25-3

NCAA (2-1)

1964-65

Texas-El Paso

16-9

NIT (0-1)

1965-66

Texas-El Paso

28-1

NCAA (5-0)

1966-67

Texas-El Paso

22-6

NCAA (2-1)

1967-68

Texas-El Paso

14-9

DNP

1968-69

Texas-El Paso

16-9

DNP

1969-70

Texas-El Paso

17-8

10-4

1st

WAC

NCAA (0-1)

1970-71

Texas-El Paso

15-10

9-5

T-2nd

WAC

DNP

1971-72

Texas-El Paso

20-7

9-5

T-2nd

WAC

NIT (0-1)

1972-73

Texas-El Paso

16-10

6-8

5th

WAC

DNP

1973-74

Texas-El Paso

18-7

8-6

5th

WAC

DNP

1974-75

Texas-El Paso

20-6

10-4

2nd

WAC

NCAA (0-1)

1975-76

Texas-El Paso

19-7

9-5

T-2nd

WAC

DNP

1976-77

Texas-El Paso

11-15

3-11

8th

WAC

DNP

1977-78

Texas-El Paso

10-16

2-12

8th

WAC

DNP

1978-79

Texas-El Paso

11-15

3-9

T-6th

WAC

DNP

1979-80

Texas-El Paso

20-8

10-4

T-2nd

WAC

NIT (1-1)

1980-81

Texas-El Paso

18-12

9-7

4th

WAC

NIT (1-1)

1981-82

Texas-El Paso

20-8

11-5

T-2nd

WAC

DNP

1982-83

Texas-El Paso

19-10

11-5

T-1st

WAC

NIT (0-1)

1983-84

Texas-El Paso

27-4

13-3

1st

WAC

NCAA (0-1)

1984-85

Texas-El Paso

22-10

12-4

1st

WAC

NCAA (1-1)

1985-86

Texas-El Paso

27-6

12-4

T-1st

WAC

NCAA (0-1)

1986-87

Texas-El Paso

25-7

13-3

1st

WAC

NCAA (1-1)

1987-88

Texas-El Paso

23-10

10-6

4th

WAC

NCAA (0-1)

1988-89

Texas-El Paso

26-7

11-5

T-2nd

WAC

NCAA (1-1)

1989-90

Texas-El Paso

21-11

10-6

T-3rd

WAC

NCAA (0-1)

1990-91

Texas-El Paso

16-13

7-9

T-5th

WAC

DNP

1991-92

Texas-El Paso

27-7

12-4

T-1st

WAC

NCAA (2-1)

1992-93

Texas-El Paso

21-13

10-8

4th

WAC

NIT (1-1)

1993-94

Texas-El Paso

18-12

8-10

T-5th

WAC

DNP

1994-95

Texas-El Paso

20-10

13-5

T-2nd

WAC

NIT (1-1)

1995-96

Texas-El Paso

13-16

4-14

9th

WAC

DNP

1996-97

Texas-El Paso

13-13

6-10

T-6th

WAC (Mountain)

DNP

1997-98

Texas-El Paso

12-14

3-11

7th

WAC (Mountain)

DNP

1998-99

Texas-El Paso

16-12

8-6

4th

WAC (Pacific)

DNP

NOTES: Texas-El Paso had a 10-3 record in the 1995-96 season when he was sidelined by a heart ailment for the remainder of the year. School's official name was Texas Western until 1967.