Howard Hobson

Alma Mater: 
Class of: 

1926

Hometown: 
Portland, OR
High School: 
Franklin High School
  • Elected to Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1965
  • U.S. Olympic team manager in 1952
  • Coach of Oregon's 1939 NCAA champion
  • Three-year college basketball letterman under coach Bill Reinhart
  • Final Top 20 Rankings (one: AP)--1949 (11)
  • All-Americans (six): Oregon's Bobby Anet (1939), Wally Borrevik (1944), John Dick (1940), Vic Townsend (1941) and Slim Wintermute (1938 and 1939) and Yale's Tony Lavelli (1948 and 1949).
Record: 

Season

School

Overall

League

Finish

Conference (Division)

Postseason (Record)

1932-33

Southern Oregon

19-5

1933-34

Southern Oregon

23-5

1934-35

Southern Oregon

26-5

1935-36

Oregon

20-11

7-9

4th

PCC-N

DNP

1936-37

Oregon

20-9

11-5

T-1st

PCC-N

DNP

1937-38

Oregon

25-8

14-6

1st

PCC-N

DNP

1938-39

Oregon

29-5

14-2

1st

PCC-N

NCAA (3-0)

1939-40

Oregon

19-12

10-6

2nd

PCC-N

DNP

1940-41

Oregon

18-18

7-9

T-3rd

PCC-N

DNP

1941-42

Oregon

12-15

7-9

4th

PCC-N

DNP

1942-43

Oregon

19-10

10-6

2nd

PCC-N

DNP

1943-44

Oregon

16-10

11-5

2nd

PCC-N

DNP

1945-46

Oregon

16-17

8-8

3rd

PCC-N

DNP

1946-47

Oregon

18-9

7-9

4th

PCC-N

DNP

1947-48

Yale

14-13

4-8

6th

EIBL

DNP

1948-49

Yale

22-8

9-3

1st

EIBL

NCAA (0-2)

1949-50

Yale

17-9

7-5

T-3rd

EIBL

DNP

1950-51

Yale

14-13

4-8

5th

EIBL

DNP

1951-52

Yale

14-14

4-8

T-5th

EIBL

DNP

1952-53

Yale

10-15

6-6

T-3rd

EIBL

DNP

1953-54

Yale

12-14

7-7

4th

EIBL

DNP

1954-55

Yale

3-21

3-11

T-6th

Ivy

DNP

1955-56

Yale

15-11

7-7

T-5th

Ivy

DNP

  • 23-Year Coaching Record: 401-257 (.609) overall
  • 68-15 (.819) in three years at southern Oregon
  • 212-124 (.631) in 11 years at Oregon
  • 121-118 (.506) in nine years at Yale
  • 106-74 (.589) in Pacific Coast Conference (forerunner of Pacific-10)
  • 51-63 (.447) in Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League/Ivy League
  • 3-2 (.600) in NCAA Tournament