Cal Luther

College coach infobox
Name = Cal Luther


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Sport = Basketball
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OverallRecord = 491-458-1
Awards = 1964 OVC Coach of the Year, 1969 OVC Coach of the Year, 1996 OVC Coach of the Year
Championships = 1964 OVC Championship, 1969 OVC Championship
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Years = 1949-1951
Team = Valparaiso
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CoachYears = 1951-1954
1954-1958
1958-1974
1981-1990
1990-1999
1999-2000
CoachTeams = University of Illinois (Freshman Coach)
DePauw
Murray State
Longwood
Tennessee-Martin
Bethel (Tenn.)

Cal Luther is an American basketball coach. He was head men's coach at DePauw, Murray State, Longwood, Tennessee-Martin, and Bethel College. He was also head coach of the Egyptian national basketball team. [http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=SL&p_theme=sl&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB04CB790552460&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM] He had previously been a college basketball player at Valparaiso.

DePauw

After serving as the Freshman Coach at the University of Illinois from 1951-1954, Luther became DePauw University's head coach. In his first season as head coach, he coached DePauw to a rare tie against Wabash. DePauw defeated Wabash 67-66, however the coaches of both teams decided the game should be recorded as a tie due to a scorers error. [http://www.newspaperarchive.com/LandingPage.aspx?type=glpnews&search=wabash%20depauw%20tie&
] In four seasons with the Tigers, Luther had a 45-40-1. [http://www.depauw.edu/ath/mbasket/history/yrbyyr%20records.asp]

Murray State

Luther became Murray State's head coach in 1958. In his sixteen seasons at MSU, Luther's Racers had a 241-134 record and made the NCAA tournament twice. [http://racerhistory.com/index.htm] He was also Murray State's Athletic Director. [http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/courant/access/967832502.html?dids=967832502:967832502&FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:AI&date=Nov+30%2C+1977&author=&pub=The+Hartford+Courant&desc=Cal+Luther+Resigns+As+Murray+State+A.D.&pqatl=google] In 1971, the Minnesota Golden Gophers hired Luther to coach the men's basketball team, but he changed his mind and turned the team down after accepting the position. [cite book | last = Hartman | first = Sid | authorlink = Sid Hartman | coauthors = Joel Rippel | title = Sid Hartman's Great Minnesota Sports Moments | publisher = Voyageur Press | date = 2006 | location = | pages = 31 | url = | doi = | id = | isbn = 0760326568]

Longwood

Luther spent nine seasons as the head coach of Division II Longwood University. One of his players, Jerome Kersey would be drafted in the second round of the 1984 NBA Draft. His overall record at Longwood was 136-95. Luther was named OVC Coach of the Year in 1964 and 1969

Egypt

Luther was the coach of the Egyptian national basketball team in 1990. Egypt finished 16th out of 16 teams in the 1990 FIBA World Championship.

Tennessee-Martin

Luther coached Tennessee-Martin from 1990-1999. There he compiled a 78-129 record. His 319 total victories while a coach in the OVC ranks first all-time in league history. Luther was named OVC Coach of the Year in 1996, making him the only coach to win Coach of the Year honors at two different OVC institutions. [http://www.collegehoopsnet.com/ovc/history.htm] After leaving UT Martin, Luther spent one season as the coach of Bethel College before retiring.

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