Henry "Hank" Iba

Alma Mater: 

Westminster (MO)

Class of: 

1928

Hometown: 
Easton, MO
  • Elected to Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1968
  • U.S. Olympic Team coach in 1964, 1968 and 1972
  • Reached Final Four on four occasions--1945 (1st), 1946 (1st), 1949 (2nd) and 1951 (4th)
  • Coach of three teams that reached NIT semifinals--1938 (3rd), 1940 (3rd) and 1944 (4th)
  • Holds the NCAA career record for most games coached at 1,105
  • Oklahoma State's all-time winningest coach led the nation in scoring defense 16 times in his first 23 seasons with the school
  • Final Top 20 Rankings (eight: AP/UPI)--1949 (2), 1951 (2/2), 1953 (8/7), 1954 (10/4), 1956 (19/16), 1957 (19/NR), 1958 (19/15) and 1965 (NR/13)
  • All-Americans (six): Oklahoma State's A.L. Bennett (1948), Bob Harris (1949), Bob Kurland (1944 through 1946), Bob Mattick (1954), Gale McArthur (1951) and Cab Renick (1940).
Record: 

Season

School

Overall

League

Finish

Conference (Division)

Postseason (Record)

1929-30

Northwest Missouri State

31-0

16-0

1st

MIAA

1930-31

Northwest Missouri State

32-6

3-5

T-3rd

MIAA

1931-32

Northwest Missouri State

26-2

7-1

1st

MIAA

1932-33

Northwest Missouri State

12-6

6-2

1st

MIAA

1933-34

Colorado

11-8

7-5

2nd

RMC

1934-35

Oklahoma A&M

9-9

5-7

T-5th

MVC

1935-36

Oklahoma A&M

16-8

8-4

T-1st

MVC

1936-37

Oklahoma A&M

20-3

11-1

1st

MVC

1937-38

Oklahoma A&M

25-3

13-1

1st

MVC

NIT (1-1)

1938-39

Oklahoma A&M

19-8

11-3

T-1st

MVC

DNP

1939-40

Oklahoma A&M

26-3

12-0

1st

MVC

NIT (1-1)

1940-41

Oklahoma A&M

18-7

8-4

2nd

MVC

DNP

1941-42

Oklahoma A&M

20-6

9-1

T-1st

MVC

DNP

1942-43

Oklahoma A&M

14-10

7-3

T-2nd

MVC

DNP

1943-44

Oklahoma A&M

NIT (1-2)

1944-45

Oklahoma A&M

NCAA (3-0)

1945-46

Oklahoma A&M

31-2

12-0

1st

MVC

NCAA (3-0)

1946-47

Oklahoma A&M

24-8

8-4

T-2nd

MVC

DNP

1947-48

Oklahoma A&M

27-4

10-0

1st

MVC

DNP

1948-49

Oklahoma A&M

23-5

9-1

1st

MVC

NCAA (2-1)

1949-50

Oklahoma A&M

18-9

7-5

T-3rd

MVC

DNP

1950-51

Oklahoma A&M

29-6

12-2

1st

MVC

NCAA (2-2)

1951-52

Oklahoma A&M

19-8

7-3

2nd

MVC

DNP

1952-53

Oklahoma A&M

23-7

8-2

1st

MVC

NCAA (1-1)

1953-54

Oklahoma A&M

24-5

9-1

1st

MVC

NCAA (1-1)

1954-55

Oklahoma A&M

12-13

5-5

3rd

MVC

DNP

1955-56

Oklahoma A&M

18-9

8-4

T-2nd

MVC

NIT (0-1)

1956-57

Oklahoma State

17-9

8-6

T-3rd

MVC

DNP

1957-58

Oklahoma State

21-8

NCAA (2-1)

1958-59

Oklahoma State

11-14

5-9

T-5th

Big Eight

DNP

1959-60

Oklahoma State

10-15

4-10

T-7th

Big Eight

DNP

1960-61

Oklahoma State

15-10

9-5

3rd

Big Eight

DNP

1961-62

Oklahoma State

14-11

7-7

4th

Big Eight

DNP

1962-63

Oklahoma State

16-9

7-7

5th

Big Eight

DNP

1963-64

Oklahoma State

15-10

7-7

T-4th

Big Eight

DNP

1964-65

Oklahoma State

20-7

12-2

1st

Big Eight

NCAA (1-1)

1965-66

Oklahoma State

4-21

2-12

7th

Big Eight

DNP

1966-67

Oklahoma State

7-18

2-12

7th

Big Eight

DNP

1967-68

Oklahoma State

10-16

3-11

T-7th

Big Eight

DNP

1968-69

Oklahoma State

12-13

5-9

T-6th

Big Eight

DNP

1969-70

Oklahoma State

14-12

5-9

T-7th

Big Eight

DNP

NOTE: Oklahoma A&M changed name to Oklahoma State in 1957.