Ed Diddle
Alma Mater:
Centre (KY)
Class of:
1921
Hometown:
Columbia, KY
- Elected to Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1971
- Coach of four Ohio Valley Conference Tournament champions--1949, 1952, 1953 and 1954
- Coach of second-place finisher in 1942 NIT, third-place finisher in 1948 and fourth-place finisher in 1954
- Tied with DePaul's Ray Meyer for the NCAA career record for most years coached at one school with 42 seasons
- Western Kentucky's all-time winningest coach
- Final Top 20 Rankings (five: AP/UPI)--1949 (5), 1950 (8), 1952 (NR/16), 1953 (17/11) and 1954 (8/6)
- All-Americans (six): Tom Marshall (1954), Red McCrocklin (1938), Johnny Oldham (1949), Bobby Rascoe (1962), Odie Spears (1948) and Blackie Towery (1940 and 1941).
Record:
Season | School | Overall | League | Finish | Conference (Division) | Postseason (Record) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1922-23 | 12-2 | |||||
1923-24 | 9-9 | |||||
1924-25 | 8-6 | |||||
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1931-32 | ||||||
1932-33 | ||||||
1933-34 | ||||||
1934-35 | ||||||
1935-36 | ||||||
1936-37 | ||||||
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NCAA (0-1) | ||||||
DNP | ||||||
NIT (2-1) | ||||||
24-3 | 3-1 | T-2nd | KIAC | NIT (0-1) | ||
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DNP | ||||||
15-19 | 2-6 | 8th | KIAC | DNP | ||
25-4 | 6-2 | 2nd | KIAC | DNP | ||
28-2 | 10-0 | 1st | KIAC | NIT (2-1) | ||
25-4 | 8-2 | 1st | NIT (0-1) | |||
25-6 | 8-0 | 1st | NIT (1-1) | |||
19-10 | 4-4 | 4th | DNP | |||
26-5 | 9-1 | 1st | NIT (1-1) | |||
25-6 | 8-2 | 2nd | NIT (0-1) | |||
29-3 | 9-1 | 1st | NIT (1-2) | |||
18-10 | 8-2 | 1st | DNP | |||
16-12 | 7-3 | T-1st | DNP | |||
17-9 | 9-1 | T-1st | DNP | |||
14-11 | 5-5 | 3rd | DNP | |||
16-10 | 8-4 | 2nd | DNP | |||
21-7 | 10-2 | 1st | NCAA (2-1) | |||
18-8 | 9-3 | T-1st | DNP | |||
17-10 | 11-1 | 1st | NCAA (1-2) | |||
5-16 | 3-9 | 7th | DNP | |||
5-16 | 3-11 | 8th | DNP |
- 42-Year Coaching Record: 759-302 (.715) at Western Kentucky
- 21-9 (.700) in Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
- 119-51 (.700) in Ohio Valley Conference
- 54-7 (.885) in KIAC Tournament
- 35-7 (.833) in southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association Tournament
- 3-4 (.429) in NCAA Tournament
- 7-9 (.438) in NIT
NOTE: No regular-season standings, only postseason conference tournaments, for the KIAC except for one season through 1944-45. The SIAA Tournament include champions and at-large teams from various southern conferences.