William H.H. "Tippy" Dye
Alma Mater:
Class of:
1937
Hometown:
Pomeroy, OH
- Guided Washington to a third-place finish in the 1953 NCAA Tournament
- Assistant coach at Ohio State under Harold Olsen in the mid-1940s. Three-year letterman under Olsen
- Served in the U.S. Navy for three years during World War II
- Final Top 20 Rankings (five: AP/UPI)--1949 (T19), 1950 (2), 1951 (15/13), 1952 (6/5) and 1953 (4/3)
- All-Americans (four): Ohio State's Dick Schnittker (1949 and 1950) and Washington's Bruno Boin (1957), Bob Houbregs (1952 and 1953) and Doug Smart (1957 through 1959).
Record:
Season | School | Overall | League | Finish | Conference (Division) | Postseason (Record) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
11-7 | DNP | |||||
7-13 | 5-7 | T-6th | Big Nine | DNP | ||
10-10 | 5-7 | T-6th | Big Nine | DNP | ||
14-7 | 6-6 | T-4th | Big Nine | DNP | ||
22-4 | 11-1 | 1st | Big Nine | NCAA (1-1) | ||
24-6 | 11-5 | 1st | PCC (North) | NCAA (2-1) | ||
25-6 | 14-2 | 1st | PCC (North) | DNP | ||
28-3 | 15-1 | 1st | PCC (North) | NCAA (3-1) | ||
8-18 | 7-9 | 4th | PCC (North) | DNP | ||
13-12 | 7-9 | 3rd | PCC (North) | DNP | ||
15-11 | 11-5 | 2nd | PCC | DNP | ||
17-9 | 13-3 | T-2nd | PCC | Probation | ||
8-18 | 5-11 | 8th | PCC | Probation | ||
18-8 | 11-5 | 2nd | PCC | DNP |
- 14-Year Coaching Record: 220-132 (.625) overall
- 11-7 (.611) in one year at Brown
- 53-34 (.609) in four years at Ohio State
- 156-91 (.632) in nine years at Washington
- 27-21 (.563) in Big Nine Conference (forerunner of Big Ten)
- 94-50 (.653) in Pacific Coast Conference (forerunner of Pacific-10)
- 6-3 (.667) in NCAA Tournament