Ray Meyer
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Hometown:
Chicago, IL
- Elected to Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1978
- Coached three teams to the NIT championship game (1944-45-83), winning the title in 1945. His 1948 squad finished fourth at the NIT
- Twice took teams to NCAA Final Four--1943 (T3rd) and 1979 (3rd)
- Shares the longest coaching tenure (42 years) at one school with Western Kentucky's Ed Diddle
- Named coach of the year by UPI and AP in 1980 and 1984, by the USBWA in 1978 and 1980, and by the NABC in 1979
- Guided DePaul to nation's best record among independent schools five times in a seven-year span (1978, 1980 through 1982 and 1984)
- DePaul's all-time winningest coach
- Assistant coach at Notre Dame under George Keogan for two seasons in 1940-41 and 1941-42
- Three-year basketball letterman under Keogan
- Final Top 20 Rankings (nine: AP/UPI/USA)--1953 (19/14), 1964 (9/11), 1976 (17/NR), 1978 (3/7), 1979 (6/8), 1980 (1/1), 1981 (1/1), 1982 (2/2) and 1984 (4/4/6)
- All-Americans (nine): Mark Aguirre (1979 through 1981), Clyde Bradshaw (1980 and 1981), Howie Carl (1961), Dave Corzine (1978), Terry Cummings (1982), Ron Feireisel (1953), George Mikan (1944 through 1946), Ron Sobieszczyk (1956) and Dick Triptow (1944).
Record:
Season | School | Overall | League | Finish | Conference (Division) | Postseason (Record) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
19-5 | NCAA (1-1) | |||||
22-4 | NIT (2-1) | |||||
21-3 | NIT (3-0) | |||||
19-5 | DNP | |||||
16-9 | DNP | |||||
22-8 | NIT (1-2) | |||||
16-9 | DNP | |||||
12-13 | DNP | |||||
13-12 | DNP | |||||
19-8 | DNP | |||||
19-9 | NCAA (1-2) | |||||
11-10 | DNP | |||||
16-6 | DNP | |||||
16-8 | NCAA (0-1) | |||||
8-14 | DNP | |||||
8-12 | DNP | |||||
13-11 | NCAA (1-2) | |||||
17-7 | NCAA (2-1) | |||||
17-8 | NIT (0-1) | |||||
13-10 | DNP | |||||
15-8 | NIT (0-1) | |||||
21-4 | NIT (0-1) | |||||
17-10 | NCAA (1-2) | |||||
18-8 | NIT (0-1) | |||||
17-8 | DNP | |||||
13-12 | DNP | |||||
14-11 | DNP | |||||
12-13 | DNP | |||||
8-17 | DNP | |||||
12-11 | DNP | |||||
14-11 | DNP | |||||
16-9 | DNP | |||||
15-10 | DNP | |||||
20-9 | NCAA (1-1) | |||||
15-12 | DNP | |||||
27-3 | NCAA (2-1) | |||||
26-6 | NCAA (4-1) | |||||
26-2 | NCAA (0-1) | |||||
27-2 | NCAA (0-1) | |||||
26-2 | NCAA (0-1) | |||||
21-12 | NIT (4-1) | |||||
27-3 | NCAA (1-1) |
- 42-Year Coaching Record: 724-354 (.672) at DePaul
- 14-16 (.467) in NCAA Tournament
- 10-8 (.556) in NIT