George King

Alma Mater: 

Morris Harvey College (WV)

Class of: 
Hometown: 
Charleston, WV
High School: 
Stonewall Jackson High School
  • Coached Purdue to runner-up finish in 1969 NCAA Tournament
  • Won three southern Conference Tournament championships (1962, 1963 and 1965)
  • Assistant coach at West Virginia under Fred Schaus
  • Selected by the Chicago Stags in 1950 NBA draft. Averaged 10.3 ppg, 3.9 rpg and 4.8 apg with the Syracuse Nationals and Cincinnati Royals in six seasons from 1951-52 through 1957-58
  • Named to NAIA Basketball Hall of Fame in 1967
  • Final Top 20 Rankings (four: AP/UPI)--1961 (9/12), 1962 (15/16), 1963 (NR/16) and 1969 (6/7)
  • All-Americans (three): West Virginia's Rod Thorn (1962 and 1963) and Purdue's Dave Schellhase (1966) and Rick Mount (1969 and 1970).
Record: 

Season

School

Overall

League

Finish

Conference (Division)

Postseason (Record)

1956-57

Morris Harvey

12-12

DNP

1960-61

West Virginia

23-4

11-1

1st

Southern

DNP

1961-62

West Virginia

24-6

12-1

1st

Southern

NCAA (0-1)

1962-63

West Virginia

23-8

11-2

1st

Southern

NCAA (2-1)

1963-64

West Virginia

18-10

11-3

2nd

Southern

DNP

1964-65

West Virginia

14-15

8-6

4th

Southern

NCAA (0-1)

1965-66

Purdue

8-16

4-10

T-9th

Big Ten

DNP

1966-67

Purdue

15-9

7-7

T-5th

Big Ten

DNP

1967-68

Purdue

15-9

9-5

3rd

Big Ten

DNP

1968-69

Purdue

23-5

13-1

1st

Big Ten

NCAA (3-1)

1969-70

Purdue

18-6

11-3

2nd

Big Ten

DNP

1970-71

Purdue

18-7

11-3

3rd

Big Ten

NIT (0-1)

1971-72

Purdue

12-12

6-8

T-5th

Big Ten

DNP

NOTE: Morris Harvey College is now known as the University of Charleston (WV).

  • 13-Year Coaching Record: 223-119 (.652) overall
  • 12-12 (.500) in one year at College Of Charleston (WV)
  • 102-43 (.703) in five years at West Virginia
  • 109-64 (.630) in seven years at Purdue
  • 53-13 (.803) in southern Conference
  • 61-37 (.622) in Big Ten Conference
  • 11-2 (.846) in southern Conference Tournament
  • 5-4 (.556) in NCAA Tournament
  • 0-1 (.000) in NIT