Bonnie "Country" Graham

Alma Mater: 
Class of: 
Hometown: 
Baldwyn, MS
  • Mississippi's all-time winningest coach
  • Coached at Jones County Junior College (MS) from 1939-40 through 1948-49 except for when he served in the U.S. military (Army) for more than two years
  • Major-college career scoring average under George "Doc" Bohler (16.6 ppg). All-SEC first-team selection as a senior
  • All-Americans (one): Joe Gibbon (1957).
Record: 

Season

School

Overall

League

Finish

Conference (Division)

Postseason (Record)

1949-50

Mississippi

8-17

4-13

12th

SEC

DNP

1950-51

Mississippi

12-12

5-9

T-10th

SEC

DNP

1951-52

Mississippi

15-11

8-6

5th

SEC

DNP

1952-53

Mississippi

14-11

5-8

T-7th

SEC

DNP

1953-54

Mississippi

12-12

7-7

T-6th

SEC

DNP

1954-55

Mississippi

8-15

5-9

T-9th

SEC

DNP

1955-56

Mississippi

11-13

4-10

T-10th

SEC

DNP

1956-57

Mississippi*

9-13

4-10

T-10th

SEC

DNP

1957-58

Mississippi

12-12

6-8

8th

SEC

DNP

1958-59

Mississippi

7-17

1-13

12th

SEC

DNP

1959-60

Mississippi

15-9

8-6

T-4th

SEC

DNP

1960-61

Mississippi

10-14

5-9

T-9th

SEC

DNP

1961-62

Mississippi

12-13

5-9

9th

SEC

DNP

* Forfeited game against Iona in a tournament at Kentucky Wesleyan when the Rebels pulled their team off the court just before tipoff after Mississippi Governor James Coleman called saying they couldn't play against an opponent with a black player.