Carl Nordly

Carl Nordly was a former head men's basketball coach at the University of Minnesota. Nordly started his coaching career at Carleton College, where he played collegiately. [cite book | last = Hugunin | first = Marc | coauthors = Stew Thornley | title = Minnesota Hoops: Basketball in the North Star State | publisher = St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society Press | date = 2006 | pages = 22 | url = http://stewthornley.net/minnesotabasketball.pdf | isbn = 0873515749 |format=PDF] In 1935, Nordly became a professor at Minnesota and in 1942, following the first retirement of Dave McMillan, took over as Gophers head coach. He coached the team from 1942 to 1944 and had a 17-23 career record. Nordly remained a professor at Minnesota until 1955. [Hugunin and Thornley, 22] Nordly's coaching style was heavily indebted to Walter Meanwell, former coach of the Wisconsin Badgers. [Hugunin and Thornley, pg. 37]

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