- Norman Shepard
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Norman Shepard Sport(s) College basketball Current position Title Head coach Coaching career (HC unless noted) Basketball
1923–1924
1928–1929
1929–1936
1937–1949
1949–1954
North Carolina
Guilford
Randolph–Macon
Davidson
HarvardAccomplishments and honors Championships 1924 – Southern Conference Championship (tied)
1924 – Southern Conference Tournament Championship
1924 – Helms Athletic Foundation National ChampionshipNorman W. Shepard was a head coach of various college athletics at several American colleges and universities. He is best known for being the only Division I college basketball coach to go undefeated in his first season coaching.[1] Shepard coached the North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team for one season, from 1923–24, during which the team went undefeated and was later awarded a national championship by the Helms Athletic Foundation.
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Background and family
Shepard attended the University of North Carolina and after graduating played minor league baseball for a time.[2] Before becoming a head coach, Shepard spent three years abroad in France during World War I in the United States army as an artilleryman.[2]
Norman's family had various ties to athletics at North Carolina. His brother, Bo Shepard, became the head coach for North Carolina after Norman, and two of his other brothers, Caryle Shepard and Alex Shepard, played basketball for North Carolina.[3]
Coach of North Carolina Tar Heels
Shepard decided to accept the head coaching job for the Tar Heels while planning to attended law school on the side.[2]
When Shepard took over, the Tar Heels had been without a head coach for the previous two seasons.[4] Even though the Tar Heels had been without a head coach for the previous seasons, they had managed to win the Southern Conference Tournament at the end of the 1921–22 season and tied for first in the Southern Conference during the 1922–23 season.[5]
When Shepard took over the team, he inherited a well-rounded Tar Heel squad that included returning senior Cartwright Carmichael, who was the first North Carolina All-American in any sport, and Jack Cobb, who would later be named to the All-American team and would later have his number retired at North Carolina.[6] Shepard's North Carolina team earned the nickname the "White Phantoms" because of their fast playmaking and defense.[7]
The 1923–24 Tar Heels squad managed to win all 26 games they played that year.[7] Because there was no national post-season tournament, the Tar Heels final game was in the Southern Conference tournament against the University of Alabama Crimson Tide.[7] The Tar Heels managed to win the game 26–18.[7] The local news reported that hundreds of students at North Carolina "waited in the streets in front of telegraph offices and cafes" for news about the game and after the victory students "went wild" and set a bonfire on the athletic field.[7]
In 1936, the Helms Athletic Foundation retroactively awarded a national championship to the team since there had been no organization to award national championships at the time.[7] Currently Shepard holds the title of being the only head coach to go undefeated in his first year of coaching.[1][8]
Living abroad
After coaching North Carolina for one season, Shepard went to the Far East to work as a sales manager for Liggett and Meyer tobacco company.[2] While abroad, he played for and coached a basketball team in the Far Eastern Olympics.[3] Shepard married his wife while in China and returned to the United States after being abroad for five years.[9]
Return to coaching
After returning to the United States, Shepard took coaching jobs at Guilford College, Randolph College, Davidson College and finally Harvard University where he coached baseball, basketball and football.[3] He retired from being the head coach in 1968.[3]
Head coaching record
Basketball
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason North Carolina Tar Heels (Southern Conference) (1923–1924) 1923–24 North Carolina 26–0 7–0 T–1st Southern Conference Tournament Champion
Helms Athletic Foundation National ChampionshipNorth Carolina: 26–0[10] 7–0 Guilford Quakers (Independent) (1928–1929) 1928–29 Guilford 6–12 Guilford: 6–12 Randolph–Macon Yellow Jackets (Virginia Conference) (1929–1936) 1929–30 Randolph–Macon 14–7 1930–31 Randolph–Macon 16–7 1931–32 Randolph–Macon 7–12 1932–33 Randolph–Macon 11–11 1933–34 Randolph–Macon 15–4 1934–35 Randolph–Macon 11–13 1935–36 Randolph–Macon 9–11 Randolph–Macon: 83–65 Davidson Wildcats (Southern Conference) (1937–1949) 1937–38 Davidson 10–12 4–11 11th 1938–39 Davidson 19–9 9–7 5th 1939–40 Davidson 8–13 4–11 11th 1940–41 Davidson 11–12 5–7 10th 1941–42 Davidson 12–13 3–8 13th 1942–43 Davidson 18–6 7–4 4th 1943–44 Davidson 16–7 3–4 6th 1944–45 Davidson 9–9 3–6 9th 1945–46 Davidson 13–12 5–9 12th 1946–47 Davidson 17–8 7–7 9th 1947–48 Davidson 19–9 10–7 5th 1948–49 Davidson 18–8 11–6 5th Davidson: 170–118 71–87 Harvard Crimson (Ivy League) (1949–1954) 1949–50 Harvard 9–15 3–9 6th 1950–51 Harvard 8–18 3–9 6th 1951–52 Harvard 5–17 0–12 7th 1952–53 Harvard 7–16 2–10 7th 1953–54 Harvard 9–16 2–12 8th Harvard: 38–82 10–52 Total: 323–277 National Champion Conference Regular Season Champion Conference Tournament Champion
Conference Regular Season & Conference Tournament Champion Conference Division ChampionReferences
- General
- Powell, Adam (2005). University of North Carolina Basketball. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 0738541508. http://books.google.com/books?id=4YhGeDCjS7wC&output=html.
- Rappoport, Ken (2002). Tales from the Tar Heel Locker Room. Sports Publishing LLC. ISBN 158261489X. http://books.google.com/books?id=WHcMGVwNzgkC&dq=Charles+Doak+basketball&source=gbs_summary_s&cad=0.
- "2008-09 North Carolina men's basketball media guide". UNC Athletic Communications. http://tarheelblue.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/100708aab.html.
- Specific
- ^ a b "NCAA stats". NCAA. NCAA. p. 159. http://web1.ncaa.org/web_files/stats/m_basketball_RB/2009/Coaching.pdf. Retrieved 2009-09-23.
- ^ a b c d Rappoport 2002, p. 13
- ^ a b c d Rappoport 2002, p. 14
- ^ Rappoport 2002, pp. 12–13
- ^ Rappoport 2002, pp. 14–15
- ^ Rappoport 2002, p. 11
- ^ a b c d e f Powell 2002, p. 16
- ^ Associated Press (December 16, 2006). "OSU's Sutton has Cowboys unbeaten". Amarillo Globe News. http://www.amarillo.com/stories/121606/col_6327445.shtml. Retrieved 23 September 2009.
- ^ Rappoport 2002, p. 14
- ^ 2007-08 North Carolina men's basketball media guide 2007, p.177
North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball head coaches Nathaniel Cartmell (1910–1914) • Charles Doak (1914–1916) • Howell Peacock (1916–1919) • Fred Boye (1919–1921) • No coach (1921–1923) • Norman Shepard (1923–1924) • Monk McDonald (1924–1925) • Harlan Sanborn (1925–1926) • James N. Ashmore (1926–1931) • Bo Shepard (1931–1935) • Walter Skidmore (1935–1939) • Bill Lange (1939–1944) • Ben Carnevale (1944–1946) • Tom Scott (1946–1952) • Frank McGuire (1952–1961) • Dean Smith (1961–1997) • Bill Guthridge (1997–2000) • Matt Doherty (2000–2003) • Roy Williams (2003– )
Davidson Wildcats men's basketball head coaches James W. Rhea (1907–1909) • No coach (1909–1913) • No team (1913–1914) • No coach (1914–1915) • Bill Fetzer (1915–1918) • No coach (1918–1919) • Fred Hengeveld (1919–1922) • H. M. Grey (1922–1923) • William "Monk" Younger (1923–1931) • Flake Laird (1931–1937) • Norman Shepard (1937–1949) • Boyd Baird (1949–1952) • Danny Miller (1952–1955) • Tom Scott (1955–1960) • Lefty Driesell (1960–1969) • Terry Holland (1969–1974) • Robert Brickels (1974–1976) • Dave Pritchett (1976–1978) • Ed Biedenbach (1978–1981) • Bobby Hussey (1981–1989) • Bob McKillop (1989– )
Davidson Wildcats head baseball coaches Club only (1870s–1901) • John A. Brewin (1902–1905) • W. T. Everett (1906–1907) • Tommy Stouch (1908) • W. T. Everett (1909) • H. E. Barr (1910) • Red Garman (1911) • William Guerrant (1912) • W. T. Cook (1913–1914) • Bill Fetzer (1915–1919) • Fred Hengeveld (1920–1922) • Buck Currie (1923) • William "Monk" Younger (1924–1931) • Flake Laird (1932–1939) • Norman Shepard (1940–1944) • No team (1945) • Charlie Jamerson (1946–1950) • Packard (1951) • Dave Poole (1952) • Chuck Clements (1953–1956) • Tom Stevens (1957–1972) • Jack Burris (1973) • Tom Stevens (1974–1972) • Junior Wade (1975) • Palmer Muench (1976–1980) • Charlie Slagle (1981) • George Greer (1982–1987) • Jim Stoeckel (1988–1990) • Dick Cooke (1991– )
Harvard Crimson men's basketball head coaches John K. Clark (1900–1902) • John Gilles (1902–1904) • No coach (1904–1905) • Clarence Randall (1905–1906) • Unknown (1906–1907) • George Grebenstein (1907–1909) • No official team (1909–1920) • Ed Wachter (1920–1933) • Wes Fesler (1933–1941) • Earl Brown (1941–1943) • Floyd Stahl (1943–1946) • William Barclay (1946–1949) • Norman Shepard (1949–1954) • Floyd Wilson (1954–1968) • Bob Harrison (1968–1973) • Satch Sanders (1973–1977) • Francis McLaughlin (1977–1985) • Peter Roby (1985–1991) • Frank Sullivan (1991–2007) • Tommy Amaker (2007– )
Harvard Crimson head baseball coaches Unknown (1865–1899) • E. H. Nichols (1900–1901) • A. V. Galbraith (1902) • Barrett Wendell (1903) • O. G. Frantz (1904) • T. F. Murphy (1905) • P. N. Coburn (1906) • L. P. Pieper (1907–1910) • Frank Sexton (1911–1914) • Percy Haughton (1915) • Fred Mitchell (1916) • No team (1917) • Hugh Duffy (1918–1919) • Jack Slattery (1920–1924) • Eddie Mahan (1925) • Fred Mitchell (1926–1938) • Floyd Stahl (1939–1943) • No team (1944–1946) • Adolph Samborski (1947–1948) • Stuffy McInnis (1949–1954) • Norman Shepard (1955–1968) • Loyal Park (1969–1978) • Alex Nahigia (1979–1990) • Leigh Hogan (1991–1995) • Joe Walsh (1996– )
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