Stan Watts
Alma Mater:
Class of:
Hometown:
Murray, UT
- Coached Brigham Young to NIT titles in 1951 and 1966
- Brigham Young's all-time winningest basketball coach
- Served as chairman of the NCAA Tournament Committee in 1976 and 1977
- Coached multiple sports at Dixie Junior College in St. George, Utah, before being named head baseball coach and freshman basketball and football coach at Brigham Young in 1947
- Final Top 20 Rankings (seven: AP/UPI)--1951 (11/10), 1953 (NR/19), 1957 (NR/14), 1965 (9/6), 1966 (NR/19), 1971 (20/11) and 1972 (9/9)
- All-Americans (six): Kresimir Cosic (1972), John Fairchild (1965), Mel Hutchins (1951), Roland Minson (1951), Dick Nemelka (1966) and Joe Richey (1953).
Record:
Season | School | Overall | League | Finish | Conference (Division) | Postseason (Record) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
22-12 | 14-6 | 1st | NCAA (1-1) | |||
28-9 | 15-5 | 1st (RMC) NCAA | /NIT (3-0) | |||
14-10 | 9-5 | 2nd | MSC | DNP | ||
22-8 | 11-3 | 2nd | MSC | NIT (0-1) | ||
18-11 | 9-5 | 2nd | MSC | NIT (0-1) | ||
13-13 | 10-4 | 2nd | MSC | DNP | ||
18-8 | 10-4 | 2nd | MSC | DNP | ||
19-9 | 11-3 | 1st | MSC | NCAA (1-1) | ||
13-13 | 9-5 | 2nd | MSC | DNP | ||
15-11 | 8-6 | 4th | MSC | DNP | ||
8-17 | 5-9 | 5th | MSC | DNP | ||
15-11 | 9-5 | 3rd | MSC | DNP | ||
10-16 | 5-9 | 4th | MSC | DNP | ||
12-14 | 6-4 | 2nd | DNP | |||
13-12 | 5-5 | 3rd | DNP | |||
21-7 | 8-2 | 1st | NCAA (0-2) | |||
20-5 | 6-4 | 2nd | NIT (3-0) | |||
14-10 | 8-2 | T-1st | DNP | |||
13-12 | 4-6 | T-4th | DNP | |||
16-12 | 6-4 | T-1st | NCAA (0-1) | |||
8-18 | 4-10 | 7th | DNP | |||
18-11 | 10-4 | 1st | NCAA (1-2) | |||
21-5 | 12-2 | 1st | NCAA (0-1) |
- 23-Year Coaching Record: 371-254 (.594) at Brigham Young
- 29-11 (.725) in Rocky Mountain Conference
- 96-58 (.623) in Mountain States Conference
- 69-43 (.616) in Western Athletic Conference
- 4-10 (.286) in NCAA Tournament
- 6-2 (.750) in NIT