A.E. "Abe" Lemons

Alma Mater: 

Oklahoma City

Class of: 

1950

Hometown: 
Walters, OK
  • Shared NABC national coach of the year award in 1978 when he guided Texas to NIT title
  • Guided Texas-Pan American to nation's best record among almost 80 independent schools in 1975
  • Oklahoma City's all-time winningest coach
  • Assistant coach at Oklahoma City under Doyle Parrack for five seasons from 1950-51 through 1954-55
  • Led OCU in scoring in 1947-48 under Parrack with an average of 6.2 ppg
  • Final Top 20 Rankings (five: AP/UPI)--1956 (11/NR), 1959 (17/NR), 1966 (NR/13), 1978 (17/19) and 1979 (NR/15)
  • All-Americans (five): Oklahoma City's Gary Gray (1967), Bud Koper (1964) and Hub Reed (1958), Texas-Pan American's Marshall Rogers (1976), and Texas' Jim Krivacs (1979).
Record: 

Season

School

Overall

League

Finish

Conference (Division)

Postseason (Record)

1955-56

Oklahoma City

20-7

NCAA (2-1)

1956-57

Oklahoma City

19-9

NCAA (2-1)

1957-58

Oklahoma City

14-12

DNP

1958-59

Oklahoma City

20-7

NIT (0-1)

1959-60

Oklahoma City

12-13

DNP

1960-61

Oklahoma City

14-12

DNP

1961-62

Oklahoma City

14-12

DNP

1962-63

Oklahoma City

19-10

NCAA (1-2)

1963-64

Oklahoma City

15-11

NCAA (0-1)

1964-65

Oklahoma City

21-10

NCAA (2-1)

1965-66

Oklahoma City

24-5

NCAA (0-1)

1966-67

Oklahoma City

16-10

DNP

1967-68

Oklahoma City

20-7

NIT (0-1)

1968-69

Oklahoma City

18-9

DNP

1969-70

Oklahoma City

17-13

DNP

1970-71

Oklahoma City

9-16

DNP

1971-72

Oklahoma City

16-12

DNP

1972-73

Oklahoma City

21-6

NCAA (0-1)

1973-74

Texas-Pan American

13-9

Probation

1974-75

Texas-Pan American

22-2

Probation

1975-76

Texas-Pan American

20-5

DNP

1976-77

Texas

13-13

8-8

T-4th

SWC

DNP

1977-78

Texas

26-5

14-2

T-1st

SWC

NIT (4-0)

1978-79

Texas

21-8

13-3

T-1st

SWC

NCAA (0-1)

1979-80

Texas

19-11

10-6

3rd

SWC

NIT (1-1)

1980-81

Texas

15-15

7-9

T-6th

SWC

DNP

1981-82

Texas

16-11

6-10

T-7th

SWC

DNP

1983-84

Oklahoma City

8-19

3-11

8th

MW City

DNP

1984-85

Oklahoma City

6-20

1-13

8th

MW City

DNP

1985-86

Oklahoma City

26-5

8-2

2nd

SAC

DNP

1986-87

Oklahoma City

34-1

10-0

1st

SAC

NAIA (1-1)

1987-88

Oklahoma City

19-12

7-3

T-2nd

SAC

DNP

1988-89

Oklahoma City

12-14

SAC

DNP

1989-90

Oklahoma City

18-13

5-5

T-3rd

SAC

DNP
  • 34-Year Coaching Record: 597-344 (.634) overall
  • 432-265 (.620) in 25 years at Oklahoma City
  • 55-16 (.775) in three years at Texas-Pan American
  • 110-63 (.636) in six years at Texas
  • 58-38 (.604) in Southwest Conference
  • 4-24 (.143) in Midwestern City Conference
  • 34-16 (.680) in Sooner Athletic Conference
  • 5-6 (.455) in SWC Tournament
  • 0-2 (.000) in Midwestern City Conference Tournament
  • 7-9 (.438) in NCAA Tournament
  • 5-3 (.625) in NIT
  • 1-1 (.500) in NAIA Tournament