Ramon "Ray" Mears
Alma Mater:
Class of:
Hometown:
Dover, OH
- Coached Wittenberg to 1961 NCAA College Division championship
- His 1969 Tennessee squad finished third in the NIT
- Tennessee's all-time winningest coach
- College basketball letterman under coach W.J. Foster
- Final Division I Top 20 Rankings (five: AP/UPI)--1965 (NR/17), 1967 (8/9), 1971 (17/NR), 1976 (13/14) and 1977 (15/8)
- Final Division II Top 20 Rankings (two)--1961 (10) and 1962 (3)
- Major-College All-Americans (five): Tennessee's A.W. Davis (1965), Ernie Grunfeld (1976 and 1977), Bernard King (1975 through 1977), Danny Schultz (1964) and Ron Widby (1967).
Record:
Season | School | Overall | League | Finish | Conference (Division) | Postseason (Record) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Wittenberg | 15-6 | 11-3 | 3rd | Ohio | DNP | |
Wittenberg | 19-3 | 14-1 | 2nd | Ohio | DNP | |
Wittenberg | 19-3 | 13-1 | 1st | Ohio | DII (1-1) | |
Wittenberg | 22-2 | 12-0 | 1st | Ohio | DNP | |
Wittenberg | 25-4 | 10-0 | 1st | Ohio | DII (5-0) | |
Wittenberg | 21-5 | 10-2 | 2nd | Ohio | DII (2-1) | |
13-11 | 6-8 | 7th | DNP | |||
16-8 | 9-5 | T-2nd | DNP | |||
20-5 | 12-4 | 2nd | DNP | |||
18-8 | 10-6 | T-3rd | DNP | |||
21-7 | 15-3 | 1st | NCAA (0-2) | |||
20-6 | 13-5 | 2nd | DNP | |||
21-7 | 13-5 | 2nd | NIT (3-1) | |||
16-9 | 10-8 | 5th | DNP | |||
21-7 | 13-5 | 2nd | NIT (1-1) | |||
19-6 | 14-4 | T-1st | DNP | |||
15-9 | 13-5 | T-2nd | DNP | |||
17-9 | 12-6 | 3rd | CCAT (0-1) | |||
18-8 | 12-6 | T-3rd | NCIT (0-1) | |||
21-6 | 14-4 | 2nd | NCAA (0-1) | |||
22-6 | 16-2 | T-1st | NCAA (0-1) |
- 21-Year Coaching Record: 399-135 (.747) overall
- 121-23 (.840) in six years at Wittenberg (OH)
- 278-112 (.713) in 15 years at Tennessee
- 70-7 (.909) in Ohio Conference
- 182-76 (.705) in Southeastern Conference
- 0-4 (.000) in NCAA Tournament
- 4-2 (.667) in NIT
- 0-2 (.000) in Collegiate Commissioners Association and National Commissioners Invitational Tournaments
- 8-2 (.800) in NCAA College Division Tournament