George "Jud" Heathcote
Alma Mater:
Class of:
Hometown:
Port Orchard, WA
- Named national coach of the year by NABC in 1990
- Coach of 1979 NCAA champion
- Coach of 1989 NIT fourth-place team
- Assistant coach at Washington State under Marv Harshman for seven seasons from 1964-65 through 1970-71
- Major-college career playing statistics under Jack Friel (3 ppg, 52.3 FT%)
- Final Top 20 Rankings (seven: AP/UPI/USA)--1978 (4/5), 1979 (3/4), 1985 (NR/20/NR), 1986 (18/18/12), 1990 (4/4/7), 1991 (NR/22/NR), 1992 (14/11/20) and 1995 (11/10/20)
- All-Americans (six): Michigan State's Magic Johnson (1978 and 1979), Greg Kelser (1979), Shawn Respert (1994 and 1995), Scott Skiles (1986), Steve Smith (1990 and 1991) and Sam Vincent (1985).
Record:
Season | School | Overall | League | Finish | Conference (Division) | Postseason (Record) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
14-12 | 7-7 | T-5th | DNP | |||
13-13 | 7-7 | 4th | DNP | |||
19-8 | 11-3 | T-1st | DNP | |||
21-8 | 13-1 | 1st | NCAA (1-2) | |||
13-12 | 7-7 | 5th | DNP | |||
10-17 | 7-11 | 6th | DNP | |||
25-5 | 15-3 | 1st | NCAA (2-1) | |||
26-6 | 13-5 | T-1st | NCAA (5-0) | |||
12-15 | 6-12 | 9th | DNP | |||
13-14 | 7-11 | 8th | DNP | |||
12-16 | 7-11 | T-7th | DNP | |||
17-13 | 9-9 | T-6th | NIT (1-1) | |||
16-12 | 9-9 | 5th | DNP | |||
19-10 | 10-8 | T-5th | NCAA (0-1) | |||
23-8 | 12-6 | 3rd | NCAA (2-1) | |||
11-17 | 6-12 | 7th | DNP | |||
10-18 | 5-13 | 8th | DNP | |||
18-15 | 6-12 | T-8th | NIT (3-2) | |||
28-6 | 15-3 | 1st | NCAA (2-1) | |||
19-11 | 11-7 | T-3rd | NCAA (1-1) | |||
22-8 | 11-7 | T-3rd | NCAA (1-1) | |||
15-13 | 7-11 | T-8th | NIT (0-1) | |||
20-12 | 10-8 | T-4th | NCAA (1-1) | |||
22-6 | 14-4 | 2nd | NCAA (0-1) |
* Lost Big Sky Conference playoff game against regular-season co-champion Idaho State (60-57) for automatic berth in NCAA Tournament.
** Record does not reflect two forfeit victories awarded from Minnesota.
- 24-Year Coaching Record: 418-275 (.603) overall
- 80-53 (.602) in five years at Montana
- 338-222 (.604) in 19 years at Michigan State
- 45-25 (.643) in Big Sky Conference
- 180-162 (.526) in Big Ten Conference
- 15-10 (.600) in NCAA Tournament
- 4-4 (.500) in NIT